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Offlinequizzaciously

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Re: Find the album cover location (and win!)
« Reply #15 on: November 06, 2018, 03:24:59 PM »
From the T&C's.

The competition prizes are as follows: One winner will receive 2x
tickets to Mark Knopfler’s concert in Los Angeles, USA on 22nd September
2019, or another concert date of equal value. The prize includes economy
flights to and from anywhere in the world and 2 nights hotel accommodation
in Los Angeles (or another concert location of equal value). The prize does
not include ground transport or other expenses in any location.

I like the prize and that's why I've spent a little bit extra time to find the exact spot from which the photo was taken.

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Re: Find the album cover location (and win!)
« Reply #16 on: November 06, 2018, 04:01:33 PM »
758km... could be worse

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Re: Find the album cover location (and win!)
« Reply #17 on: November 06, 2018, 04:21:34 PM »
758km... could be worse

You live in the US, you can drive there and check  :P
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Re: Find the album cover location (and win!)
« Reply #18 on: November 06, 2018, 05:10:51 PM »
I am 177km off.. bit frustrating..you end up sitting and discovering every damn road around  ;D

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Re: Find the album cover location (and win!)
« Reply #19 on: November 06, 2018, 05:25:50 PM »
I am 177km off.. bit frustrating..you end up sitting and discovering every damn road around  ;D

That's pretty close  :)
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Re: Find the album cover location (and win!)
« Reply #20 on: November 06, 2018, 05:38:16 PM »
I am 177km off.. bit frustrating..you end up sitting and discovering every damn road around  ;D

That's pretty close  :)

Yea.. the smartest thing is to set a radius with the distance and try to get closer... funny thing is... My GF was sitting having a look around, and by just luck we might have found it, there is also connection with a song from this location.. i will try again on next clue, will look around and see if anything is an equal match to the cover...

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Re: Find the album cover location (and win!)
« Reply #21 on: November 06, 2018, 05:46:10 PM »
I am 177km off.. bit frustrating..you end up sitting and discovering every damn road around  ;D

That's pretty close  :)

Yea.. the smartest thing is to set a radius with the distance and try to get closer... funny thing is... My GF was sitting having a look around, and by just luck we might have found it, there is also connection with a song from this location.. i will try again on next clue, will look around and see if anything is an equal match to the cover...

Without Google Maps and exact distance readings it would be one heck of a competition :lol

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Re: Find the album cover location (and win!)
« Reply #22 on: November 06, 2018, 05:50:38 PM »
I am 177km off.. bit frustrating..you end up sitting and discovering every damn road around  ;D

That's pretty close  :)

Yea.. the smartest thing is to set a radius with the distance and try to get closer... funny thing is... My GF was sitting having a look around, and by just luck we might have found it, there is also connection with a song from this location.. i will try again on next clue, will look around and see if anything is an equal match to the cover...

There is no radius function on Google Maps. Do you have a tool or site for that? I could'nt find it yet. I have also found a couple of roads who are very close to the cover, but the mountains don't fit  :-\
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Re: Find the album cover location (and win!)
« Reply #23 on: November 06, 2018, 06:02:21 PM »
I use this site:
https://www.calcmaps.com/map-radius/

Just try to match that picture with Google Maps, click to put down the pin and draw the radius with the other one :)

Haha yes those mountains are difficult to match to the cover. Is there a function where you can move the mountains until you are satisfied? :)
« Last Edit: November 06, 2018, 06:05:10 PM by vr46mk »

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Re: Find the album cover location (and win!)
« Reply #24 on: November 06, 2018, 06:20:12 PM »
I use this site:
https://www.calcmaps.com/map-radius/

Just try to match that picture with Google Maps, click to put down the pin and draw the radius with the other one :)

Haha yes those mountains are difficult to match to the cover. Is there a function where you can move the mountains until you are satisfied? :)

That's a very good tool, I wish I'd had something like that!

By the way, if one of you will find the place, please don't post it there, let people get through their own private investigation.

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Re: Find the album cover location (and win!)
« Reply #25 on: November 06, 2018, 06:38:37 PM »
I use this site:
https://www.calcmaps.com/map-radius/

Just try to match that picture with Google Maps, click to put down the pin and draw the radius with the other one :)

Haha yes those mountains are difficult to match to the cover. Is there a function where you can move the mountains until you are satisfied? :)

That's a very good tool, I wish I'd had something like that!

By the way, if one of you will find the place, please don't post it there, let people get through their own private investigation.

Yea that sounds good... Well, most of it looks like the cover picture.. except the mountains don't match! I have 2 possible places in the radius, only the mountains that are not right... but this could be so wrong as well, I don't know.. I just found a clear connection with one song so I can't let go of this place, will probably try this with the next clue....


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Re: Find the album cover location (and win!)
« Reply #26 on: November 06, 2018, 06:53:02 PM »
The distance given... Is it by roads, or 1 straight line?
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Re: Find the album cover location (and win!)
« Reply #27 on: November 06, 2018, 07:07:55 PM »
How do you log in again after the first guess?
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Re: Find the album cover location (and win!)
« Reply #28 on: November 06, 2018, 07:08:52 PM »
12 kms
The shit is. I did not exactly save this point in my mind.
So have to wait 2 days and maybe get farther.
Did not think I would have been so close.
« Last Edit: November 06, 2018, 07:15:46 PM by steinei »
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Re: Find the album cover location (and win!)
« Reply #29 on: November 06, 2018, 08:46:46 PM »
The distance seems not in a straight line... I drawed 2 circles with km's and location i got from a fellow seeker. We choose the intersection point, what was still 329 km away...  :think ???
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