The rules seem to have have relaxed some. The photos have become so obscure that no one but the people taking them know what city it is without hitting Google. I refrained from posting my "cheats" as responses until yesterday. I claimed to use Bing as a sort of handicap/goof. My Google educated guess was also wrong.
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MagicMatt
Brewmathemagician
I'm a relatively newcomer to this thread, but I did read the OP and it only says to not use Image Search (you know, right clicking on an image and "Search Google for this image"), or looking at the image name/url. It says nothing about using Google itself with the provided context clues. I think that's part of the game - the "GoogleFu" nature of it.
Correct me if I'm wrong though. Otherwise this last one would have been impossible (and has proven to be thus far, even with the aid of Google).
Back on topic, I thought Salzburg many times, but the layout of the city just isn't right for the angle of the photo (city is on the wrong side of the river, the river isn't running east/west enough really (though I'm now starting to doubt the actual river direction as just a photo illusion), and I can't find that tower/spire anywhere).
Getting closer, but the picture was taken from Austria facing across the river, looking at the other country. I said it was on the Austrian border, not that the castle was Austrian...
MagicMatt
Brewmathemagician
Think I got it: Burghausen Castle, Burghausen, Austria!
Seems like such an obscure place! Where you there for vacation or business?
Seems like such an obscure place! Where you there for vacation or business?
I don't care how you all play the game, it's not my thread and I'm not making the rules or enforcing them. Just an observation.
E.g., I right-clicked the picture above and asked google to search for similar pics, and here's what pops up. 0.43 seconds! That takes the challenge out of the game.
I do like the idea of using google as a sort of scavenger hunt, but then the pics must be ones taken by the poster, because anything from the internet is going to be too easy for google.
You are correct!
I was "there" for business, in that I was staying in Munich and had a customer meeting in Austria. Burghausen was where we crossed the border. We took time to get out and take pics on the way back.
It is Burghausen, Germany BTW. The castle is on the German side.
Photopilot
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Burghausen Germany
If that is right I followed the map of Austria to find a city on a small river fitting the description. The map also shows a castle which I assume is the large building in the image.
If that is right I followed the map of Austria to find a city on a small river fitting the description. The map also shows a castle which I assume is the large building in the image.
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It actually was my own picture... Google must be smart.
IMHO using a reverse image search like that would be cheating. Using Google with the clues provided or to narrow down ones guesses is IMHO okay. I don't think anyone could have gotten mine without it.
To be honest, I was so jet-lagged on that trip, and wasn't driving, that I had to use Google to deduce where I'd taken the picture!
MagicMatt
Brewmathemagician
Yeah the whole "right click > search google for image" is what is specifically called out as being off limits. Yes, we all know you "can" do it, but it was asked to not do it:
Besides, if you do that same routine on the original image he posted (the panorama), Google tells you "nature" (try it). So that would have been useless anyway (until he posted the 2nd pic).
Besides, if you do that same routine on the original image he posted (the panorama), Google tells you "nature" (try it). So that would have been useless anyway (until he posted the 2nd pic).
MagicMatt
Brewmathemagician
Ok here's the next one. The only hint I'll give up front is that we're back in the US now.
I wont guess as I have stayed the night there years ago. @ over $200 a night. Thank god I didn't have to pay for it. Picture was probably taken early fall or just going into fall. Colors are amazing in late fall out there.
Cheers
Jay
I don't have a clue, but that place looks cool!
MagicMatt
Brewmathemagician
I say guess away! That's a valid reason to know the city and is completely fair game!
Hot Springs Arkansas. The twin tower looking building is Arlington Hotel. I stayed 2 nights with a girlfriend what seems like 20+ years ago.
The only reason I know of the time of year that picture was take ins that's about the time I was there and the colors are just amazing!
Cheers
Jay
The only reason I know of the time of year that picture was take ins that's about the time I was there and the colors are just amazing!
Cheers
Jay
MagicMatt
Brewmathemagician
Indeed it is. Taken from the Hot Springs Mountain Tower in the National Park. You're up JayBird!
Here ya go...
Cheers
Jay
Cheers
Jay
Mount Rainier in Washington?
Upthewazzu
Well-Known Member
Hmmmmm, Interesting. Looks like the western US, but no glacier at top rules out most mountains in WA/ID/MT/OR. So I'll say Mt. Shasta in CA
I Agree that it looks like the I5 corridor but it looks too small and too brown to be Shasta (which is named the white mountain). I've been there many times and never seen it totally snow free.
I'm going to go with Mt Lassen national volcanic monument, but its hard to tell.
My mom lives in Reno and I went through there last year.
Photopilot
Well-Known Member
That is why I suggested the how did you know that addition to the game.
To me it is interesting as to how people get to their answer. I was wondering if the members have visited Taiwan and Kuala Lumpur or a random city in Germany.
To me the coolest ways to get the answer are:
- I've been there
- I recognize the picture just because.
- Educated guess based on the image and or clues
- Educated guess using Google maps and google as a tool
I feel using google image is akin to cheating. I do use it but only after submitting a guess and just to see if I am correct. I like the clues and treasure hunt aspect of the game.
HarborTownBrewing
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Like someone else said, I don't have the patience for this game. But I love geography and pictures so I'll at least stay tuned to the thread!
This 100%
And when I said I "Google image searched" earlier, I input search terms on the image tab.. I had no idea you could right click the image like that.. Just for clarification.
I love the clue based searching as well
Photopilot
Well-Known Member
My first two guesses are taken but I will add Mt. Baker WA as a possibility.
Photopilot
Well-Known Member
I think when the game is a day into fruitless efforts of the whole team it is time to pull out all the stops to get the game moving.
I think early on in the guessing game using google image to check your guess allows you to eliminate a wrong guess and keep looking.
While we are discussing ethics of this game, I got to ask is it fair for me to search my own photos to search for this mountain?
I would say it's totally fair, as you've likely been there... unless you have software that will recognize the photo and match it to one of yours automatically or something like that
Dammit this is wrong.. it just clicked where the picture is.. I won't give it away as I've actually hiked around it.. doh moment :smack:
You guys are close. It is Northern California. I personally took the picture.
Cheers
Jay
Cheers
Jay
Photopilot
Well-Known Member
I scanned my portfolio and knew it was not Baker. I was pretty sure it was Lassen also. I can't think of another peak in Norcal unless it is in the Tahoe area.
It would be interesting what Jay considers Norcal. I grew up in the Bay Area which I consider Norcal but Jay is in Nornorcal.
MK if you've been there time to let us know where it is.
Photopilot
Well-Known Member
That's exactly how I thought you'd see it. Growing up in the Bay Area, I used to classify anything south of San Jose as Los Angeles.
It's black butte near shasta on I5
Photopilot
Well-Known Member
I saw that on the map but the photo does not look like butte to me. At least in Wyoming they are always flat topped mountains. Or maybe I got distracted by Deschutes' Porter when thinking of Black Butte.
MagicMatt
Brewmathemagician
Agreed Photopilot. I only start Googling if it's clearly a stumper that no one seems to be able to get. I'm all about context clues and geography though, so I definitely put on the thinking cap first.
BrewerBrad82
Well-Known Member
This is becoming incredibly obscure. I may just post a pic of inside my car and have you guys guess where its at.
MagicMatt
Brewmathemagician
I don't think so. That's a pretty prominent feature. Maybe the castle one and the one I posted from across a lake were a bit obscure, sure, but I don't mind a challenge.
And you're welcome to post a pic of whatever you want really, but you'd have to guess correctly first
Ok lets get traditional... a plain old city skyline. I was there 2 weeks ago for work, but I didn't take this picture.
I am not from Edmonton, but I am Canadian. The hotel in the foreground and the snow gave it away. It seems every Canadian city has a hotel like that, plus there aren't many Canadian cities to choose from that size.
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