Here's a new game that could be fun if it works. It may not be perfect from the word go but we'll develop the rules as we go along.
In this game you use Google maps (maps.google.com) selecting the satellite imagery rather than the map option. Treat the earth as if you are an alien viewing it from space. Using only visual and directional clues, you must guide us to a specific point on the map of your choosing. You may not use place names (eg Spain, New York, Pacific ocean, equator etc). You may only use visual references and compass bearings. The first member to centre the required location then gets to choose the next, starting from the finishing point of the last person. If someone guesses close, you can give new directions from that location if you wish. I think that's everything. For the fist run well begin from the default location theat the maps loads at. Here goes nothing...
Go SOUTH until you reach a large, ice covered land mass. Follow the coast EAST until you see some small pinkish features, right on the shore, mixed with some light blue. there is a grey colored cape that looks like a clowns hat here. Travel NORTH until part of a large green land mass appears on the right. Centre this land mass on your screen.
Still with me? The location we are looking for is on the east coast, about half way down. Zoom in on this area slowly and you will notice an outcropping jutting into the water, just above the curve in the centre of the east coast of the land mass. It is the most noticable feature present and has light colored areas on it. Zoom in on this feature until it stretches from the top to the bottom of the screen. (Note: This is Fraser Island, the largest sand island in the world. Normally this would be cheating but I doubt many of you have heard of it and for those of you who have... just ignore what I said.)
Go SOUTH and you will see a similar outcropping to the one we just saw, but about half the size. Centre this feature on the screen and zoom in very slightly. You should be able to see a meandering, squiggly river. Zoom in on the mouth of the river. You should be able to see an airport on the left side. Follow the river past the first bridge, and stop at the second. This bridge is at the top of a tight bend, about the second noticable bend in the river. There is a white, circular stadium almost due SOUTH from this bridge; zoom out slightly if you can't see it. Once you have the stadium centred, zoom in as closely as you can (this is the GABBA for those of you who know of it).
We are very close now! The stadium is on a rectangular block surrounded by roads. Go to the NORTH-EAST corner of the block and follow the road NORTH for two blocks, until you come to a white building that looks like a warehouse. Turn RIGHT ( or go EAST down the road) for three blocks, until you come to the first major intersection. The target (my house) is on the south-west corner of this intersection.
So did you find it? I have a feeling I am going to have to give more instructions as I'm bound to have been unclear somehwere. Any way, if you think you did, give me a link with the target centred.If not, give me an area that you think is close, or a point along the way where you got lost, and I'll try to guide you there. Good luck...
In this game you use Google maps (maps.google.com) selecting the satellite imagery rather than the map option. Treat the earth as if you are an alien viewing it from space. Using only visual and directional clues, you must guide us to a specific point on the map of your choosing. You may not use place names (eg Spain, New York, Pacific ocean, equator etc). You may only use visual references and compass bearings. The first member to centre the required location then gets to choose the next, starting from the finishing point of the last person. If someone guesses close, you can give new directions from that location if you wish. I think that's everything. For the fist run well begin from the default location theat the maps loads at. Here goes nothing...
Go SOUTH until you reach a large, ice covered land mass. Follow the coast EAST until you see some small pinkish features, right on the shore, mixed with some light blue. there is a grey colored cape that looks like a clowns hat here. Travel NORTH until part of a large green land mass appears on the right. Centre this land mass on your screen.
Still with me? The location we are looking for is on the east coast, about half way down. Zoom in on this area slowly and you will notice an outcropping jutting into the water, just above the curve in the centre of the east coast of the land mass. It is the most noticable feature present and has light colored areas on it. Zoom in on this feature until it stretches from the top to the bottom of the screen. (Note: This is Fraser Island, the largest sand island in the world. Normally this would be cheating but I doubt many of you have heard of it and for those of you who have... just ignore what I said.)
Go SOUTH and you will see a similar outcropping to the one we just saw, but about half the size. Centre this feature on the screen and zoom in very slightly. You should be able to see a meandering, squiggly river. Zoom in on the mouth of the river. You should be able to see an airport on the left side. Follow the river past the first bridge, and stop at the second. This bridge is at the top of a tight bend, about the second noticable bend in the river. There is a white, circular stadium almost due SOUTH from this bridge; zoom out slightly if you can't see it. Once you have the stadium centred, zoom in as closely as you can (this is the GABBA for those of you who know of it).
We are very close now! The stadium is on a rectangular block surrounded by roads. Go to the NORTH-EAST corner of the block and follow the road NORTH for two blocks, until you come to a white building that looks like a warehouse. Turn RIGHT ( or go EAST down the road) for three blocks, until you come to the first major intersection. The target (my house) is on the south-west corner of this intersection.
So did you find it? I have a feeling I am going to have to give more instructions as I'm bound to have been unclear somehwere. Any way, if you think you did, give me a link with the target centred.If not, give me an area that you think is close, or a point along the way where you got lost, and I'll try to guide you there. Good luck...