Ryan’s GoogleEarthing World Tour Complete
Adriaan has won Ryan’s GoogleEarthing World Tour. Ryan will post the results in the comment field.
I don’t expect any new puzzles to be posted before the end of the month, although I might surprise myself and you by doing so. In the meantime, there are some unsolved puzzles to play with, so give them a whirl.
Brad
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December 21st, 2005 at 7:14 pm
copy/pasted from earlier.
Allright! This is my first internet access in a week, I was hoping the last site would be found. It’s actually Lookout Mountain, the site of a Civil War battle. I’ll post the total results when I get back home, Adriaan and alan, please send your paypal address to
Rtaylor352@yahoo.com
December 22nd, 2005 at 3:32 pm
As you can see it was found just a few hours after you left.
By the way: does your family really live in Tennessee or was that just a hint (or both)?
Anyway, I noticed it after I found the spot, so it didn’t help
Adriaan
December 24th, 2005 at 11:13 am
Here is the final leaderboard
Adriaan - 35
Alan - 17
Rogier - 12
Deepblue - 8
Michael Johnson - 2
Kelly - 1
I would like to commend everyone on their awesome work, I wish I knew all the secrets to finding these. I mean finding a town like Tamworth, NSW or Deadwood, SD is truly an exercise. Any advice? Anyways, the first place prize has been awarded, to a local children’s cancer charity, per Adriaan ’s kind request. I look forward to searching with you all on old and upcoming puzzles. Merry Christmas, Happy Haunaka, and a happy new year!
Ryan
PS. Yes I was actually visiting family in TN. My sister lives in Nashville and my parents are building a home outside the Great Smokies National Park. It was merely Ironic that the last unknown photo was also in TN.
December 26th, 2005 at 2:58 pm
“I wish I knew all the secrets to finding these. I mean finding a town like Tamworth, NSW or Deadwood, SD is truly an exercise. Any advice?”
My ‘advice’:
- First and foremost; enjoy the challenge.
- Invest time in it, a lot of time
- Try to find clues in the picture: shadows, orientation (north, south etc.), color of the soil etc etc.
For instance the Tamworth one (world tour #65):
It was pretty clear by then that most of your puzzles were located in either North-America, Europe or Australia/New Zealand. The shadows led me to Australia. So I turned on the roads-layer and went searching along north-south running roads in brownish-red areas. It took about 45 minutes …
Adriaan