Forum Game - Where's That Landmark? Part 2

[edward]

I could u find no evidence m that King Canute p ever crossed q this bridge located u just about a three miles east of the landmark.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

OK, I like the "tide" connection with the island across the bridge (by which I mean behind the camera), but I don't have time to find another one right now so I'll leave it for others to try.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

... and I'm having a bit of difficulty locating the right dune, anyway. They all look rather similar.

 

[edward]

... and I'm having a bit of difficulty locating the right dune, anyway. They all look rather similar.

Regular Google maps has only one area named @@@@@@ dunes "National Recreation Area"

 

[Jonathan Scott]

If you go any further, you'll have to state the answer!

 

[Borek]

No more ore. Or something.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

OK, this is getting silly. As has happened several times, it suddenly went from being nearly impossible to having too many clues. It's the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. The bridge is over the Umpqua River (of which the letters "Umpqua" are scattered rather weirdly through the clue, although I didn't understand why until after I found the bridge) and goes to Bolon Island Tideways State Park.

 

[OmCheeto]

OK, this is getting silly. As has happened several times, it suddenly went from being nearly impossible to having too many clues. It's the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. The bridge is over the Umpqua River (of which the letters "Umpqua" are scattered rather weirdly through the clue, although I didn't understand why until after I found the bridge) and goes to Bolon Island Tideways State Park.

Being a local, I immediately recognized the Umpqua name, and found the landmark just before midnight on Tuesday. But being very tired, I decided to go to bed, instead of answering.

ps. I still want to know what edward's wife refers to him as. A Banshee, perhaps? :D

Banshee Hill is the highest dune in http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oregon_Dunes_National_Recreation_Area&action=edit&redlink=1 at 500 feet elevation.
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500 feet, is actually, a lot. Imagine a 50 story building.

 

[Mark44]

I could u find no evidence m that King Canute p ever crossed q this bridge located u just about a three miles east of the landmark.

The hidden word is Umpqua, a river on the Oregon coast that flows to the Pacific. Oregon Dunes NRA

 

[edward]

OK, this is getting silly. As has happened several times, it suddenly went from being nearly impossible to having too many clues. It's the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. The bridge is over the Umpqua River (of which the letters "Umpqua" are scattered rather weirdly through the clue, although I didn't understand why until after I found the bridge) and goes to Bolon Island Tideways State Park.

I just didn't want people to become discouraged so I gave everything except the coordinates. .)

This is the correct answer of course.

 

[edward]

The hidden word is Umpqua, a river on the Oregon coast that flows to the Pacific. Oregon Dunes NRA

That is it Mark44. Unfortunately to win the $30,000 prize money you must be the first to post the name of the landmark. Stick around and try again.

Who is up? It was OmCheeto's turn but he was too busy hosing off his driveway before it rained , so I posted a quick one and Jonathon Scott found the landmark.

 

[Borek]

I just didn't want people to become discouraged so I gave everything

Wait at least half a day (better: a day) between hints. Otherwise you post everything you can between the moments some of us are able to visit the thread.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

OK, new one, shouldn't be difficult:

 

[TumblingDice]

Looks like OmCheeto's top-secret, hydroponic "grow" location of genetically altered brocolli. You even included the backup "rain dance" setup Om planned ahead for times of drought! (Can't say any more, lest I place my life in danger...)

 

[Jonathan Scott]

This really shouldn't be difficult; I tried a Google search on one obvious word and only had to look at a couple of Wikipedia pages to find this location.

 

[OmCheeto]

This really shouldn't be difficult; I tried a Google search on one obvious word and only had to look at a couple of Wikipedia pages to find this location.

Well, I'm assuming "labyrinth" was the word, and "Wikipedia" was a good clue.
I usually slog through tens of thousands of Google images to find landmarks.

The fact that it looked like the one from Knossos did not seem to help at all.

Silver coin from Knossos representing the labyrinth, 400 BC.​

The keywords apparently were: england garden labyrinth
Which brought up http://www.labyrinthos.net/turflabuk.html , where I recognized the curves immediately.

Anyways, after only an hour, the landmark appears to be The Winchester Mizmaze at St Catherine's Hill.
coordinates: 51.045662, -1.311743

ps. "broccoli" & "labyrinth" did not help at all...

[edit]Just found this:

"Sheep worrying"? :D

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Yes, that's our local mizmaze. The picture was from Bing birds-eye view. I went to school at Winchester, and we could walk up the hill from there. There's a great view of the whole grounds of the college and most of Winchester, and I've been familiar with that spot for about 45 years. My children have always had great fun walking round the mizmaze whenever we visit the hill. There used to be hundreds of wild rabbits on the hill, but we now only see them occasionally, along with wild deer and lots of butterflies.

I had assumed the obvious word (even if less technically correct) was "maze" which would then take you to "labyrinth" and hence to the "mizmazes".

OK, your turn again.

 

[OmCheeto]

Yes, that's our local mizmaze. The picture was from Bing birds-eye view. I went to school at Winchester, and we could walk up the hill from there. There's a great view of the whole grounds of the college and most of Winchester, and I've been familiar with that spot for about 45 years. My children have always had great fun walking round the mizmaze whenever we visit the hill. There used to be hundreds of wild rabbits on the hill, but we now only see them occasionally, along with wild deer and lots of butterflies.

I had assumed the obvious word (even if less technically correct) was "maze" which would then take you to "labyrinth" and hence to the "mizmazes".

OK, your turn again.

Yay!

Sometimes I think we should start another game called: "Where's the landmark in Om's brain that he saw 300 webpages back but can't remember the name".
I saw something yesterday that was very magical. A hill, with a spiraling trail to the top...

Anyways, I can't find it now.
Here's the next one.

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This digging through my parents negatives is very much like this game. It took me two hours to positively identify this landmark. From the associate negatives on the roll, my father was apparently buying a car this day. By this year, ≈1954, he had apparently already transferred from the Army to the Air Force, to become a jet engine mechanic.

ps. Before we get too far along, I'd like to thank you for bringing up Bosham. That was very interesting about the plague:

http://www.bosham.org/chichester/about-bosham-early-history-c-3_45.html
In 1664 the Great Plague was sweeping through the country, when the plague reached nearby Chichester the citizens shut the City gates and sealed themselves in, in an attempt to stop the plague from spreading to people outside the City. The fishermen of Bosham took it upon themselves to help as best they could and left food outside the city gates, this continued until the plague had passed. In recognition of this, the fishermen were allowed to sell their fish in the market without having to pay a fee.​

As I believe I mentioned somewhere before, one of my ancestors moved from Chichester to the Colonies around 1649. I'll have to go visit someday, and thank them for taking care of the rest of the family. :)

 

[TumblingDice]

ps. "broccoli" & "labyrinth" did not help at all...

I was expecting you to recognize differences between helping and "poking the bear".

 

[OmCheeto]

Oh! I just discovered that it's a National Historic Landmark, and is also a quantum landmark, as it's both where I thought it was, and, in India?

per wiki; "A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, site, structure, or object that is officially recognized by the United States government for its national-level historical significance. Out of more than 85,000 places on the National Register of Historic Places, only about 2,500 are NHLs."

 

[Jonathan Scott]

You've done it again - too many clues! I just speculatively typed in three words in Google based on your mention of "India" (which I might have guessed from the appearance anyway) and the context of the picture and got pages of hits on the exact location, and that was without even using the National Historic Landmark clue.

I don't have any further ideas for now, so I'll leave it to see if anyone else is interested.

 

[edward]

You've done it again - too many clues! I just speculatively typed in three words in Google based on your mention of "India" (which I might have guessed from the appearance anyway) and the context of the picture and got pages of hits on the exact location, and that was without even using the National Historic Landmark clue.

I don't have any further ideas for now, so I'll leave it to see if anyone else is interested.

Unfortunately my wife fell and broke her ankle so I have been quite busy since I brought her home from the hospital Saturday afternoon.

I tried a quick Google search with a few speculative words and all I came up with was a taco stand and the Seattle Space Needle. Air force 1954 hmm.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Two of the words in your last sentence were two of those which I used. The other one was India-related.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

I've spent quite a long time trying to think up another landmark so that I can answer the previous one without hanging the thread, but it seems that the thread has hung anyway, so I'll answer it but I hope someone else can find another landmark.

My first search words were "air force" based on the context and "taj" (as in Taj Mahal) based on the appearance. The result was pages of hits on "Randolph Air Force Base", near San Antonio, Texas.

I don't have any ideas for a further landmark at the moment, so if anyone else wants a go please feel free.

 

[OmCheeto]

I've spent quite a long time trying to think up another landmark so that I can answer the previous one without hanging the thread, but it seems that the thread has hung anyway, so I'll answer it but I hope someone else can find another landmark.

My first search words were "air force" based on the context and "taj" (as in Taj Mahal) based on the appearance. The result was pages of hits on "Randolph Air Force Base", near San Antonio, Texas.

I don't have any ideas for a further landmark at the moment, so if anyone else wants a go please feel free.

As you may have guessed, I don't have any new landmarks either.
But after some googling, as I've already forgotten what the landmark was, you are correct.

If anyone has a new landmark, be our guest.

ps. Where are Andre and Fuzzyfelt? They always had some grand ones. :)

 

[edward]

I am in terrible pain. I kicked myself 37 times for missing Randolph AFB. In 1962 I went through basic training at Lackland AFB just about 20 miles way. I looked through pictures of Lackland AFB thinking that I might see a picture of myself. I set a record in basic training for having a training instructor yell; "We don't need no god dammed independent thinkers in the military." in my face. "Sir yes sir you snarly simple minded bastard" I never got to say that.

I had decided that the USA would never build an air traffic control tower with such poor peripheral visibility so I gave up on the landmark. The only air base we had with a building that might have looked like that was in Turkey.

Scroll down a bit and see the old and new towers. Now I see that they must have stood on the outside and counted boll weevils.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randolph_Air_Force_Base

 

[edward]

Here is a new one. It may be easily recognized by the well travelled. For others it is a horse of a different color.

 

[edward]

Although the front of the building is rounded the rear is more squared off.

 

[edward]

The buildings in the pictures are at the location from which we will travel a few miles to the actual landmark. I'll start with a rather incomplete map. ( I Hope)

 

[Jonathan Scott]

OK, I got it. I could have got it without any text in that last image, because a visible advertisement narrowed it down to a specific region, and the mountains suggested which part of that region to investigate more closely. I found the first image which was originally very blue.

But I won't say the answer yet (a) because I still don't have another landmark and (b) to give others a chance.

 

[OmCheeto]

OK, I got it. I could have got it without any text in that last image, because a visible advertisement narrowed it down to a specific region, and the mountains suggested which part of that region to investigate more closely. I found the first image which was originally very blue.

But I won't say the answer yet (a) because I still don't have another landmark and (b) to give others a chance.

City Center Mall
address: Near Kamal Pokhari Police Station, Pashupati Road, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal

I'm embarrassed to mention how many places I ended up looking at: Santa Monica Pier, Corvette Museum, and about 10 others, nowhere near Nepal.

 

[edward]

OK, I got it. I could have got it without any text in that last image, because a visible advertisement narrowed it down to a specific region, and the mountains suggested which part of that region to investigate more closely. I found the first image which was originally very blue.

But I won't say the answer yet (a) because I still don't have another landmark and (b) to give others a chance.

That was great work Jonathan I couldn't read any of the ads on the building except the one for Royal Stag. That was dumb of me, but then missing a detail is my specialty.:D I do know that the type of building + city center+ another word finds it.

Here is another portion of the map which should reveal the city.

 

[edward]

City Center Mall
address: Near Kamal Pokhari Police Station, Pashupati Road, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal

lding not in the city center look more like this. I'm embarrassed to mention how many places I ended up looking at: Santa Monica Pier, Corvette Museum, and about 10 others, nowhere near Nepal.

OK so we don't need the other portion of the map. We are now looking for a landmark within that city. Most of the buildings around the landmark look much different.

I didn't even realize that they had movie theaters there. Good lordly what is this world coming to.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

That was great work Jonathan I couldn't read any of the ads on the building except the one for Royal Stag.

Yes, I looked up Royal Stag and found it was a whisky sold primarily in India and Nepal. (Some of the other ads were identifiable, such as Omega and Guy Laroche, but as they are international that didn't help much).

 

[OmCheeto]

"City Center Mall" wasn't the answer?

 

[edward]

"City Center Mall" wasn't the answer?

Close enough, it is a movie theater complex called "Big Movies" in the City Center Mall. But the actual landmark is seven minutes away according to Google maps directions.

I have a feeling that that cinema complex is not locally owned.

Here is what the buildings in the landmark area look like:

Google image lookup has improved. Sometimes it will even find a screen capture from a youtube video.

 

[edward]

Yes, I looked up Royal Stag and found it was a whisky sold primarily in India and Nepal. (Some of the other ads were identifiable, such as Omega and Guy Laroche, but as they are international that didn't help much).

You are right and I though that Royal Stag sounded international. My mother was right The devil is in the details. I should have Googled it and painted over it.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

But the actual landmark is seven minutes away according to Google maps directions.

You mean that the landmark is NOT what was in the original picture? I wasn't expecting that!

 

[edward]

You mean that the landmark is NOT what was in the original picture? I wasn't expecting that!

Post 279.

The buildings in the pictures are at the location from which we will travel a few miles to the actual landmark. I'll start with a rather incomplete map.

Post 286
a movie theater complex called "Big Movies" in the City Center Mall. But the actual landmark is seven minutes away according to Google maps directions.Sorry about that. Google was finding so many of the pictures of the actual landmark that I decided to take the road less travelled. :D

 

[edward]

Secret maps from Google. The landmark is just beyond the dark green mark on the map (s).

 

[edward]

Google gave conflicting versions of the shortest route.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Is it something one could ring?

 

[edward]

Is it something one could ring?

CORRECTION ::: there is a bell in a temple within the area. Google gives them both the same address. You have found it

It is an area of buildings surrounding or adjacent to another more noteworthy building. There are three of them in the Kathmandu valley. The one closest to those wonderful cinemas is the one that I am looking for. This one could be called a plaza.

 

[edward]

I just edited the post above.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Actually, there seem to be bells and temples everywhere around there. I'm looking around the Basantapur Durbar Square area. There's an impressive neoclassical palace "Gaddi Baithak".

 

[edward]

Actually, there seem to be bells and temples everywhere around there. I'm looking around the Basantapur Durbar Square area. There's an impressive neoclassical palace "Gaddi Baithak".

That is interesting, especially how the neoclassical architecture differs from the surrounding buildings.

This all is a part of my landmark which was Dubar Square. You can post another if you have one or pass it on to OmCheeto, or anyone who has a landmark. If we are lucky OmCheeto has scanned some more old black and white photos that he can post.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Thanks for the interesting trip to Kathmandu, even though I was a bit thrown initially by having a "landmark" picture which wasn't actually the landmark!

I still don't have any good ideas for new landmarks at the moment. (Every now and then I have an idea, but when I search the forums I find I've already used it before)! Anyone else is free to have a go, but I'll keep trying to think of something.

 

[edward]

Thanks for the interesting trip to Kathmandu, even though I was a bit thrown initially by having a "landmark" picture which wasn't actually the landmark!

I still don't have any good ideas for new landmarks at the moment. (Every now and then I have an idea, but when I search the forums I find I've already used it before)! Anyone else is free to have a go, but I'll keep trying to think of something.

Sorry about that little run around to get to the real landmark. I couldn't find any pictures of the landmark that Google image search didn't recognize. I should have expressed more clearly the; "THIS IS NOT THE REAL LANDMARK" concept. I could have taken some of the real landmark pictures to the paint program and drawn some spiders on them. :D

 

[OmCheeto]

Ok.

 

[OmCheeto]

Sorry about that little run around to get to the real landmark. I couldn't find any pictures of the landmark that Google image search didn't recognize. I should have expressed more clearly the; "THIS IS NOT THE REAL LANDMARK" concept. I could have taken some of the real landmark pictures to the paint program and drawn some spiders on them. :D

Ha ha! This is one reason I'm so slow with this new location. Everything of interest is readily recognizable.
But it's always fun looking for landmarks. It's the next best thing to traveling.

That is interesting, especially how the neoclassical architecture differs from the surrounding buildings.

This all is a part of my landmark which was Dubar Square. You can post another if you have one or pass it on to OmCheeto, or anyone who has a landmark. If we are lucky OmCheeto has scanned some more old black and white photos that he can post.

I'm afraid that I was born a few years after my last landmark, and have used up pretty much all the locations I've been to.
But this new one is in the same vein.
It was inspired by a phone call from my sister last week.
On her trip to Germany next May, she's stopping off in Chichester England for a few days to do family genealogical research.

Though, this New landmark is nowhere near England.
According to the records I have, a couple of my relatives moved here in 1649.
Also, I'm only looking for the name of the town, as I don't have the family address, nor any family photos.
According to a landmark page devoted to the city, the oldest building still standing, wasn't built for another 75 years.
Here's a picture of it:

ps. I'm a bit embarrassed now by my first photo, but it was the most impressive thing in a 10 minute long video of still images of the town. It's just an apartment complex.