Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(nerfer @ Oct 24 2007, 10:11 AM) [snapback]529689[/snapback]</div>

Along the same interstate... (Should be getting kinda obvious now)

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(nerfer @ Oct 24 2007, 05:44 PM) [snapback]529912[/snapback]</div>

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&...205994&z=12
Wisconsin Dells The Waterpark Capital
of the World!

"Well my dog died just yesterday and left me all alone.
The finance company dropped by today and repossessed my home.
That's just a drop in the bucket compared to losing you,
And I'm down to seeds and stems again, too."

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Oct 24 2007, 06:01 PM) [snapback]529916[/snapback]</div>

This place has no Federal backing.They have $3 billion to alleviate human suffering.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Oct 24 2007, 08:28 PM) [snapback]529977[/snapback]</div>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_In...rative_Medicine
Embryonic stem cell research.I knew I should have cropped closer.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Oct 24 2007, 06:39 PM) [snapback]529984[/snapback]</div>

Sorry, Evan, we did Loch Ness already. Got any others?

MB

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Oct 24 2007, 08:18 PM) [snapback]530035[/snapback]</div>

It would be the last one I looked at after looking at these things all over the globe in Spain, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, but I found it at last ---
The Pamplona, Spain, Bullfighting Ring, on the Paseo de Hemingway
Good pick, Evan - a new category!!!

Take a look at the Bullring in Cartagena, Colombia - now there's a sports-minded country!!!

Meanwhile, the field's open ---

MB

 

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Oct 25 2007, 08:39 AM) [snapback]530192[/snapback]</div>

Almost 12 hrs so Im moving on.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&...p;z=18&om=1
Pyramid Arena in Memphis Tennessee


This will require a little deduction.
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Oct 25 2007, 06:03 PM) [snapback]530516[/snapback]</div>

I'm going to suggest another rule here, that when you ID a picture you MUST provide something beyond the raw Googlemaps link, like at least where it is or what it is. Those inscrutable link references sit on the screen like a dumped t**d, if you'll excuse the unpleasant simile, but I find them annoying. If one is concerned about getting the ID posted as rapidly as possible to avoid getting beat by a competing player, by all means post the raw link initially, to stake your claim, so to speak, but then go back and edit the entry to give the rest of us some illumination. OK, I'm done carping.

Meanwhile, back to deductions: if the picture's orientation is conventional with North at top dead center, those long shadows pointing dead north indicate someplace WELL north of the equator, as those are the shortest shadows of the day at that location, the noon shadows. Even if the picture were taken at Winter solstice (when shadows are the longest they get all year) they're still too long to be at anyplace south of I'd guess about 50 degrees latitude.

The row housing looks very Londonish (coincidentally just above 50 degrees latitude), but that kind of housing is common in many places so it's not necessarily London.

Beyond that I haven't any idea what else to go on, but I'll gaze at the shimmering pixels some more and perhaps spot the vital trace of hung laundry or odd chimney that'll ID the place instantly.

MB

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(airportkid @ Oct 25 2007, 08:34 PM) [snapback]530525[/snapback]</div>

That was excellent detective work.It now houses a museum.

(Previous one is Pyramid Arena in Memphis Tennessee.)

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Oct 25 2007, 09:25 PM) [snapback]530542[/snapback]</div>

The character who supposedly lived here would have enjoyed this game.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Oct 25 2007, 07:55 PM) [snapback]530550[/snapback]</div>

You've given it away with all those clues: 221B Baker Street, of course! Except now I have to go get the image from Googlemaps --- stand by ---- here it is ----
The residence of Sherlock Holmes

I highly recommend the Jeremy Brett television series of Holmes' adventures, with Dr. Watson portrayed as man of intellect, not a halfwit as the Basil Rathbone series portrayed him.

I'm still at work but finally headed out the door, so the field is OPEN!

(Thanks, Mojo, for filling in the Memphis info!)

MB

 

Are we allowed to post our homes? If so:

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(hint: my home)

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(orionll @ Oct 26 2007, 12:54 AM) [snapback]530598[/snapback]</div>

I just drove around Albany until I spotted your silver Prius.
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=U...002725&z=19
Garfield Ave & Stannage Ave

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Oct 26 2007, 02:21 AM) [snapback]530617[/snapback]</div>

Ill leave it open