How Do You Choose the Perfect Obscure Landmark for an Online Guessing Game?

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The discussion focuses on selecting obscure landmarks for an online guessing game, emphasizing the challenge of finding interesting yet not overly famous locations. Participants suggest using tools like Google Images and Google Earth to discover unique landmarks by experimenting with random search terms. The conversation highlights the difficulty in identifying landmarks that are both intriguing and not easily recognizable, with examples provided to illustrate the point. The goal is to compile a list of landmarks that are too obvious for the game, encouraging creativity in search strategies.

PREREQUISITES
  • Familiarity with online image search tools like Google Images
  • Basic understanding of Google Earth functionalities
  • Knowledge of landmark identification techniques
  • Creative thinking for generating unique search terms
NEXT STEPS
  • Explore advanced Google Image search techniques for obscure landmarks
  • Research unique landmarks using Google Earth’s satellite view
  • Investigate creative search term generation strategies
  • Compile a list of lesser-known landmarks suitable for guessing games
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This discussion benefits game developers, educators, and trivia enthusiasts looking to enhance their guessing games with unique and challenging landmarks.

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It may be known that we are having an interesting game https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=270543 , trying to find interesting, funny, impressive, incredible, twisted and misleading landmarks to guess it's location and name, by using the tools on internet like image google and google-earth

Many of the most interesting, funny, impressive, incredible are hardly useable because they are too famous or far too easy to identify. So how do you select such a landmark? For instance by typing in random search terms and see what emerges. Sometimes the result is too literal though, and therefore unusuable. For instance, this is what you find if you search for baby and tower:

http://www.ripleys.com/assets/img/upload/bions/baby%20tower2.jpg

So how many seconds would it take to think of search words to find this landmark back?

Post here your interesting, funny, impressive, incredible landmarks that are too obvious for the game.
 
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