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Free World
Joined: 01 Apr 2005
Location: Drake Hotel
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| krats1976 wrote: |
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| So do you guys just type the coordinates in and let the program find it or do you scroll around the earth looking? I do the latter as it's a bit more fun for me. Just curious. |
Little of both. |
Same here... usually scroll around to get the general area then type the coordinates to get specific.
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New coordinates: 22��57'8.72"S, 43��12'41.97"W |
I think that it is the statue known as Christ the Redeemer on Corcovado Mountain.
If I am correct, here are the new coordinates:
37d 31' 53.77" N 126d 54' 51.81" E |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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By Jove, it's right smack in the middle of the dome of the national assembly building! 
I think this might be a stumper, but everyone is so good at this game I'm probably wrong:
50d 40' 45" N, 4d 24' 20" E |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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| How does one copy the co-ordinates? |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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highlight then right click and choose copy, or highlight and then ctrl + c.
in the google earth bar, right click and select 'paste' or ctrl + v.
You can get coordinates for some places in Wikipedia but it's a good idea to test them first.
A clue for my coordinates: rubber boots. |
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krats1976
Joined: 14 May 2003
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| Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Waterloo |
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Free World
Joined: 01 Apr 2005
Location: Drake Hotel
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 3:07 am Post subject: |
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I think you got it Krats.
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| Although the fighting mostly took place in Braine-l'Alleud and the surrounding areas, history commemorates it under the name of the "Battle of Waterloo" with its monument, the "Butte du Lion" (the Lion's Mound).The actual battlefield lies at about 5 Km south of the city, in the nearby village of Mont-Saint-Jean. |
http://www.trabel.com/waterloo/waterloo.htm
I guess the coordinates are the battlefield about 5 K from the city.
Where to next Krats?
(Off topic: As a kid I used to love playing mini golf here: 42 d 53' 47" N 79 d 37' 13" W) |
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krats1976
Joined: 14 May 2003
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 3:24 am Post subject: |
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Cool. 
Try this one:
38��42'28.74"N, 77�� 5'10.16"W
rats... I just realized this one has a name tag... ah well, it'll be an easy one.  |
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Free World
Joined: 01 Apr 2005
Location: Drake Hotel
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 5:15 am Post subject: |
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| 38��42'28.74"N, 77�� 5'10.16"W |
Mount Vernon in DC.
How about here? 43 05' 07.15" N 79 04' 48.28" W |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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Damned if I can remember the name, but I ate dinner there once. The tower needle thingy next to Niagara Falls on the Cdn side.
16d 47' 48" N, 87d 47' 47" W |
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Free World
Joined: 01 Apr 2005
Location: Drake Hotel
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Bulsajo wrote: |
| Damned if I can remember the name, but I ate dinner there once. The tower needle thingy next to Niagara Falls on the Cdn side. |
Yep, Skylon Tower - Niagara Falls, Canada.
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| 16d 47' 48" N, 87d 47' 47" W |
Glover's Reef. Beautiful place but my computer is acting up so I can't post a picture unfortunately.
Here's an easy one. 38��53'51.4"N, 77��02'11.7"W |
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krats1976
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Free World wrote: |
| Here's an easy one. 38��53'51.4"N, 77��02'11.7"W |
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue....
I'll post a new one later (or someone else can list one)... |
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the saint
Joined: 09 Dec 2003
Location: not there yet...
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 10:35 pm Post subject: |
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Let's move the boundaries a bit:
28d 36' 46.55" N, 77d 13' 46.00" E |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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1600 Pennsylvania Avenue....
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I was watching Leno's Jaywalking tonight and he asked 5 or 6 people including 2 college students what the address for the White House was. "1600" and "Pennsylvania" were not in any of the answers (They were all variations on "#1 White House road"). |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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| the saint wrote: |
Let's move the boundaries a bit:
28d 36' 46.55" N, 77d 13' 46.00" E |
Well, I only know that's not the 2 things I know of in India- the Sikh Golden Temple and the Taj Mahal. The area looks pretty cool from satellite and I'm guessing dates back at least to British colonial era...
Uh, Maharajah's palace or monument?
Gandhi monument? Gandhi's tomb?
Indira Gandhi's tomb?
I'm out of guesses so going with Gandhi's tomb. |
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the saint
Joined: 09 Dec 2003
Location: not there yet...
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| Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 1:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Bulsajo wrote: |
| the saint wrote: |
Let's move the boundaries a bit:
28d 36' 46.55" N, 77d 13' 46.00" E |
Well, I only know that's not the 2 things I know of in India- the Sikh Golden Temple and the Taj Mahal. The area looks pretty cool from satellite and I'm guessing dates back at least to British colonial era...
Uh, Maharajah's palace or monument?
Gandhi monument? Gandhi's tomb?
Indira Gandhi's tomb?
I'm out of guesses so going with Gandhi's tomb. |
It is part of what the British left behind there yes. It isn't a tomb but a monument of some kind. Does the street layout remind you of anywhere else in the world more familiar? If so, what might you find slap bang in the middle of such an arrangement? |
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