Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Ichabod @ Jun 17 2007, 07:58 AM) [snapback]463398[/snapback]</div>

Bingo? Pikes Peak

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&...p;z=17&om=1

How about this one?

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Toups @ Jun 17 2007, 09:42 AM) [snapback]463459[/snapback]</div>

Cypress Point Golf Club, Monterrey California.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&om...mp;t=k&z=16

Thinking of new image.

 

NEXT IMAGE:

Hints: It's in North America and the image has been rotated.

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Sufferin' Prius Envy @ Jun 17 2007, 12:54 PM) [snapback]463495[/snapback]</div>

Well that hint narrows it down a bit!

I would guess northern somewhere, Alaska, Maine, Canada? Obviously sparsely settled in this small image.

Is the shadow a hint? or just a cloud shadow?

 

I think the shadow is a separation between different aerial shots... it's where 2 images were stitched together. I think the real hint is the little island in the middle of that bay. It looks like there might be a structure on it. I have no idea though.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Sufferin' Prius Envy @ Jun 17 2007, 12:54 PM) [snapback]463495[/snapback]</div>

I guessed that it might be in a park , being that unpopulated.
Emerald Bay ,Lake Tahoe
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=la...p;z=15&om=1[attachmentid=8980][attachmentid=8981]

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mojo @ Jun 17 2007, 12:46 PM) [snapback]463526[/snapback]</div>

mojo

Hope you don't mind me posting this as a viewable image, if so BM me and I'll remove it.

Wildkow

This is mojo's entry. . .

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Wildkow @ Jun 17 2007, 03:01 PM) [snapback]463532[/snapback]</div>

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Hoo boy, that one's way too easy for me, I remember those volatile days like they were yesterday! I'll let someone else get this (except if it takes too long I'll leap in with the answer).

MB


I'd like to propose Rule #4, incidentally, a rule that depends entirely on honesty as it's unenforceable, but here goes: if you recognize a landmark straight off, don't leap to answer it, but give others a chance to work it out. Part of the fun of this game is the detective work. So while you recognize the landmark because it's in your backyard (or, as in Wildkow's case, it IS your backyard), others won't know what it is and will have to search it out, and for me at least, that's a major part of the enjoyment of the game.

Just my suggestion.

Mark Baird
Alameda CA

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Boulder Bum @ Jun 17 2007, 10:29 PM) [snapback]463813[/snapback]</div>

Dadblast! Another one I recognize instantly! I'll have to leave it for someone else to solve.

Meanwhile, here's the updated Complete List of All Identified Landmarks So Far

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Boulder Bum @ Jun 18 2007, 12:29 AM) [snapback]463813[/snapback]</div>

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=50.361944,-4...c=addr&om=1
Eden Project

Next...International visitors here.
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Boulder Bum @ Jun 18 2007, 03:54 PM) [snapback]463851[/snapback]</div>

Its ....Gitmo

The next one is where the sun rises...

 

Mount Fuji

I guessed it pretty quickly, and the hint was a little over the top, but I had no idea it looked so cool from above! Go check out "Dreams" by Akira Kurosawa. Anthology movie, one of the segments is about Mt. Fuji. Overall very good movie.


Next:

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Yeah I did almost the same search terms for Marin Courthouse, but the real key was putting in a date. The B&W and the clothes they're wearing were enough to place the date roughly. WD, BB!

p.s. Evan, that's a shot of my Pentium II chip, right?

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Jun , 06:16 AM)</div>

Given the new guidelines, I'll have to pass on this one!