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SuperSlug
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Joined: 29 May 2007 Posts: 74
#16
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White Horse in Juarez Mexico
31.660881 Lat
-106.588122 Long
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Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 11:53 am
plugs
Unfettered
Joined: 17 Sep 2006 Posts: 430 Location: Behind you.
Superslug, you've got a horrible knack of figuring out the ones I'm working on at the moment *shakes fist*
Edit to add:
#29!
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Alton Barnes White Horse:
Lat: 51.3725697
Long: -1.847834
Edit: aaand #25! Was a vicious one.
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St Francois Island
Lat: -7.067778
Long: 52.734722
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Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 12:05 pm
Nighthawk
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 14 Jul 2007 Posts: 4751 Location: Miami, Florida, USA, Earth
God damn, sometimes I amaze even myself.
#30:
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It's a location from Mad Max , where Max begins to take revenge for his family. It's a user submitted location, and a bit down the list.
Lat: -37.8992
Lon: 144.481
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Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 12:54 pm
SuperSlug
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Joined: 29 May 2007 Posts: 74
plugs wrote:
Superslug, you've got a horrible knack of figuring out the ones I'm working on at the moment *shakes fist*
Are you sure that's not the other way round?! But I need to go now, so we won't need helmets to block those transmissions.
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Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 1:02 pm
drizjr
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Joined: 28 Nov 2003 Posts: 1700
#43
eta: What does it mean when you get
Quote:
Data analysis...
Checking coordinates... OK
Compute position... OK
Result: INCORRECT POSITION
because that's what I get for #36...
Does it just mean wrong answer, or do the OK's mean that's close?
eta: OMG, I'm obsessed with this thing! Somebody stop me!
Another self-portrait is #15. Paul Gauguin
yet another edit: I'm seeing a pattern here.
Another self portrait for #27.
Botticelli in his Adoration of the Magi .
Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 1:40 pm
tomtom
Kilroy
Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 2
#31
Binary numbers in decimal are : 43 , 1, 49 and 7, that correspond to the "clocks" pictures, I guess this is a clue to find the house (?) of the #31...
Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 3:34 pm
plugs
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Joined: 17 Sep 2006 Posts: 430 Location: Behind you.
I think it just means wrong location but the long/lat is submitted in the right format. I tried a few things out with that. I get the wrong location one a lot and it turns out it's just not the right place so I think it means just that.
It IS addictive. And annoying. When you're certain something is something but apparently it's not (like the Warhol one). Still working on it but running out of ideas...
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Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 3:38 pm
tomtom
Kilroy
Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 2
I made some tests with Big Ben tower, precision of the location seems to be less than 1km (0.6 miles), so coordinates should have at least 3 decimals to be accurate.
The "ERROR/OK" in coordinates/precision only means you have entered a correct number (decimal point must be a . not a ,).
Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 3:52 pm
pancito
I Have No Life
Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 2095 Location: In my happy place.
Stupid question #1,227:
How do I get long/lat from an address?
Anyway, I'm pretty sure #33 (Bicyclist) is Eddy Merckx. The Eddy Merckx factory is at:
Birrebeekstraat 1
1860 Meise
Belgium
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Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 3:58 pm
uhhhhman
Boot
Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 39
for #36 Andy Warhol one i got it with
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his grave coordinates 40.353889 80.029167
Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 4:41 pm
plugs
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Joined: 17 Sep 2006 Posts: 430 Location: Behind you.
Google is your friend!
Tried the coords - no luck. I was thinking more along the lines of Tour de France locations for that one but haven't got around to it yet.
For others struggling with find long/lat for a place, just throw the place in google along with "longitude" and 99% of the time you'll turn up Google Earth file you can view in cache for info.
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Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 4:41 pm
plugs
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Joined: 17 Sep 2006 Posts: 430 Location: Behind you.
Ok, I feel a little rude for stealing from both drizjr (for identification) and uhhhhman (for idea)...
but #15
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Atuona, Gauguin's place of death:
Lat: -9.8
Long: 139.033333
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Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 4:48 pm
uhhhhman
Boot
Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 39
on #33 David merkx
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the hint was 49431...which is how many kilometers he went to set the hour record in the veldrome in mexico city. found the coordinatess for the building... coords lat 19.410097 -long 99.10346
Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 5:17 pm
pancito
I Have No Life
Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 2095 Location: In my happy place.
uhhhhman wrote:
on #33 David merkx
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the hint was 49431...which is how many kilometers he went to set the hour record in the veldrome in mexico city. found the coordinatess for the building... coords lat 19.410097 -long 99.10346
Cool! (and D'oh!)
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Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 5:21 pm
drizjr
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Joined: 28 Nov 2003 Posts: 1700
To pancito: There's no such thing as a stupid question.
To plugs: Heck, I'll identify a few more if it helps others find the co-ordinates.
*#4 Borley Rectory in Borley, Essex, England is another haunted place. The woman pictured is Marianne Foyster , the Rector's wife.
* #19 Lotus Racecar #2 housed at Donington F1 Museum, Castle Donington. (It's not the exact photo but you can see the Dunlop sign on the wall.)
* #23 Daley Thompson a former decathlete from England. (wiki link)
And from the source code, a page with all the hints in one place. http://www.geopikzz.com/hints.php
If this turns out to be a rabbit hole, that would be amazing. Even if it's not, it's a fun diversion.
Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 5:43 pm
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