Google Maps Scavenger Hunt!

[GT_Jim]

Hm... find me a dam. I'd like it to be a little big.

 

[Solid Lifters]

http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&q=4...234,-1.510481&spn=0.002545,0.008551&z=17&om=1

Awesome castle.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=...14.735353&spn=0.006231,0.017102&t=k&z=16&om=1

Hoover Dam.

 

[GT_Jim]

Nice one 👍

 

[Solid Lifters]

A bridge that goes nowhere.

 

[Gnasha]

Is that acceptable?
Saint Benezet's bridge in the south of France most known as Avignon's bridge

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&h...,4.805124&spn=0.011786,0.028539&t=k&z=16&om=1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont_d'Avignon

If it's ok let's go for an original Museum.

 

[Solid Lifters]

That's good enough. This is what I was thinking of... http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&q=3....747012&spn=0.001591,0.004275&z=18&iwloc=addr

 

[UnoMOTO]

Would most everyone prefer a link to the map or a screen shot?

 

[Barracuda]

I mostly prefer screenshots, links can get annoying, especially with a slower computer like mine.

 

[Solid Lifters]

I mostly prefer the opposite. I like a link to the map so I can zoom in and out as I like. Pics can be faked; links cannot.

How about both? (If available)

 

[Sakiale]

Can I use Google Earth for this? It's faster for me.

 

[UnoMOTO]

I like to use screen shots myself mostly because I use Google earth. I don't think that everyone is using Earth. Maybe I'll make my screen shots clickable for those who have Earth....yeah...thats the ticket!

 

[TheCracker]

Ok then, what's next?

 

[GT_Jim]

I think next is;

If it's ok let's go for an original Museum.

I don't know what it is though

 

[Gnasha]

I don't know what it is though

I just want a Museum with a really original architecture. Spain would be a good place to look for example...

 

[TheCracker]

How about the Guggenheim, Bilbao?

 

[TheCracker]

Next: Find me a Formula 1 circuit no longer used for any kind of motorsport.

 

[Gnasha]

Next: Find me a Formula 1 circuit no longer used for any kind of motorsport.

Questions, does it count if it was a road cuircuit?

 

[TheCracker]

As long as it's Formula 1 (not just pre-war Grand Prix) and a proper circuit ie not just a casino car-park.

 

[Gnasha]

Is that Ok, Rouen les Essards.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&h...pn=0.021451,0.057077&t=k&z=15&iwloc=addr&om=1

and the next subject would be, any Rally stage from the WRC (no particular year)

 

[Solid Lifters]

Mexico Rally Stage I. Follow it North-East direction from Leon. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=...01.601434&spn=0.007185,0.017102&t=h&z=16&om=1


EDIT: Find a produce market, or a bascule bridge closed to vehicle traffic and open for a ship.

A produce market may be too hard, but it only took me five minutes to find the open bascule bridge, if you know where to look.

 

[UnoMOTO]

Soooo close! I missed this one by 20 seconds maybe

 

[GT_Jim]

Is that ok?



It took me less than 5 secs to find, because I knew the place


edit: I'm not sure it is a bascule bridge...

 

[Solid Lifters]

Is that ok?



It took me less than 5 secs to find, because I knew the place


edit: I'm not sure it is a bascule bridge...

It is, and it's what I was looking for. Your turn! Go!

 

[GT_Jim]

Sorry guys for the delay but it's the time difference, you know...

Find me a factory with smoke coming out of the funnels. (If you could find a pursuit it would be better)

 

[daan]

Carry on with the next find, but that bridge isn't a bascule bridge. Its a submersible bridge. A bascule bridge is a type of drawbridge.

At each end of the canal, seashore roads cross using submersible bridges that are lowered to the canal bottom to allow maritime traffic to pass.

 

[GT_Jim]

Carry on with the next find, but that bridge isn't a bascule bridge. Its a submersible bridge. A bascule bridge is a type of drawbridge.

Yeah that's why I said I was not sure.

 

[TheCracker]

Tower Bridge (no BEP's Fergie, not London Bridge) in London is an example of a bascule bridge.

 

[GT_Jim]

I looked for that and other bridges I found in wiki but none of them were open...

 

[Solid Lifters]

I couldn't tell if it really was a bascule bridge. It looked odd, but all those words got in the way of really telling me if it was or not. Looking back, it reads "Bridge Under Water." 'Old Eagle Eyes', they call me.

This is a bascule bridge and it's open for a ship. http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&q=4...1,-122.304584&spn=0.001301,0.004275&z=18&om=1

I've never heard of a submersible bridge before. The whole concept seems odd to me.

 

[TheCracker]

I've never heard of a submersible bridge before. The whole concept seems odd to me.

I guess most ships/boats have more above water than they do below.