The concept behind GoogleEarthing.com is very simple: imagine a scavenger hunt akin to Where’s Waldo whose search space consists of the entire visible surface of the Earth. Seriously.
The rules of the game are very simple:
- Download and install Google Earth.
- Identify the location of the image by name, longitude and latitude, or very specific description. Enter your guess using the comments feature for the image in question.
- Send an email to info@googleearthing.com so we know how to contact you.
- Tell all your friends about GoogleEarthing.
The first person with the correct coordinates, name, or otherwise completely specific description of the location will will a valueless prize chosen by the site operator.
Just for grins, here’s an idea of the sort of image you are tasked to find:
The above image is actually puzzle #92, posted November 12, 2006. As of this blog entry, this puzzle has not been solved … will you be the first to crack it?
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ePeterso2
Who I Am
ePeterso2I’m Eric Peterson, and my email address is epeterso2@puzzlehead.org.
I’m a software engineer who lives in a suburb of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. I’ve enjoyed solving puzzles for years, and a few years ago I began constructing puzzles of my own.
If you’re ever in Broward County and would like to get together some time, please send me a note by email and let me know. I love the opportunity to meet with other puzzleheads, especially if it involves lunch.
Puzzle Testing
I believe that the best way to make a puzzle even better is to ask someone else to solve it. You learn so much about how people think, how people approach your puzzle, pitfalls they may encounter, and outright errors in your construction by having someone else try it before you unleash it upon the world.
If you’re a puzzle constructor, I would be honored to test your puzzle for you. Send me email with your puzzle or a link to it, and I’ll try solving it, as long as I have time available to do so. I’m a busy guy, so my time is limited … but I’m always open to a challenge.
My Public Profiles
* My Linked In profile
* My Geocaching.com profile
* My FloridaCaching.com profile
Puzzles I’ve Written
* Geocaching puzzles
Puzzles I’ve Solved
* Geocaching puzzles (solved and found)
What Happened to ePeterso1?
ePeterso1 was a horrible experiment gone wrong that had to be hunted down and killed before he claimed the lives of any more innocent victims. Most of the bugs that caused ePeterso1 to go haywire have been corectted in ePeterso2.
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hmm….and how many people are looking…..intriguing.
I know of a couple of geocaches which are based on using Google Earth to locate a spcific location. One one case, once the area has been found, then you need to measure the coords and project from that spot to find the cache. In the other case, there is information available from the Google Earth image which is needed to solve the puzzle and find the cache. Here are some links:
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=c8c7ae1d-b16e-4112-aa24-097279c76aba
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=62d566eb-df45-4746-9f7e-6cd7230397a8