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SkyscraperCity has begun a daily test challenging readers to guess the city from an aerial image.
http://xl.skyscraper...?page=satellite
Some years ago, we had a very similar contest on CartoTalk.
A hint if you start today. Put the more general name (such as New York) you'd tell a travel agent, not the very specific district name (such as Brooklyn) that you might put on a map.
Guess the city
Started by
Dennis McClendon
, Mar 31 2009 01:00 PM
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Posted 31 March 2009 - 01:00 PM
Dennis McClendon
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Posted 31 March 2009 - 10:38 PM
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That's pretty neat - thanks! Did you guess correctly on this one? I don't think I have a clue.
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Posted 01 April 2009 - 01:12 PM
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Yes, I didn't have too much trouble with the March 31 or April 1 images.
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Posted 01 April 2009 - 02:19 PM
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Yes, I didn't have too much trouble with the March 31 or April 1 images.
Anybody up for revamping our own contest?
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Posted 01 April 2009 - 10:30 PM
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I do remember spending way to much time on that old contest. There were two of us in the office that would hit it each morning. I no longer have that kind of time available, I'm lucky if I can check the forum twice a week now-a-days.
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Posted 02 April 2009 - 02:59 PM
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That was good fun. Definitely added to my list of places i'd like to go, like Moyogalpa, Nicaragua (thanks erin, i think if i remember correctly...)
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Posted 03 April 2009 - 07:44 AM
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Yes, I didn't have too much trouble with the March 31 or April 1 images.
Anybody up for revamping our own contest?
You go first!
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Posted 27 April 2009 - 11:14 AM
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I'm terrible at this game at SCC...I've gotten maybe 5 right so far.
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