Monday, January 02, 2006

DeLorme's "Where On Eartha" Challange - Replayed

I recently won the monthly (November) Delorme Professional "Where on Eartha" challange where they display some geographic feature in the world and have you try to identify it. Last November, they displayed the adjacent satellite photo (www.topobird.com) along with a flag. The challange was first to identify the location - then estimate the latitude and longitude of the flag; the closest estimate winning their professional mapping software.

I came within four feet!

Here's a quote from their December issue:

Where on Eartha™?
Thanks to all of you who responded to November's Where on Eartha challange, in which we asked you to tell us the coordinates of the flag in the
TopoBird image. Most respondents recognized the location as and many came close to guessing the coordinates of the flag, which was placed at . Congratulations to Kenneth Wyatt, whose estimate of was within 4 feet of the flag.

I deleted the location info as a challange to you, the readers. Send me an email with your guess as to where this shot is located, along with the coordinates of the flag. The one who comes closest to guessing the lat/long of the flag by the end of January 2006 will be given a special gift - an 8x10 print (from my Website) of your choice! No fair looking at their past newsletters!

For more info on DeLorme's consumer and professional mapping software, check out
www.delorme.com.

Good luck!

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