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About Scavenger Hunts
Scavenger hunts are contests to see who can find the most maps in a list of categories. To participate, you simply submit maps as normal, then select the category you are submitting to. Once a moderator approves your map, you automatically get points for that category!Table of Contents
Past Hunt: Mother Of All Scavenger Hunts
After a short break from the Big Kahuna scavenger hunt, we're doing a similar length hunt (100 points total!) but shortening the time to two weeks. This should be challenging for any Globetrotter to get a perfect, but we wouldn't be suprised if someone does!There will be no cash prizes this hunt, only bragging rights.
Good luck!
The (n) numbers in the categories correspond to the notes below:
(1) On a highway. Bumper to bumper traffic that appears to be at a stop.
(2) Shamu, state flags, etc. http://www.southwest.com/about_swa/photos.html for photos of these planes, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Airlines#Livery for details.
(3) Looking for real flags, not paintings of them on buildings, etc.
(4) Wikipedia entry as a More Info link
(5) More Info link required for verifiability
(6) Either digital or analog accepted
(7) For details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick-fil-A
(8) The intention is to find a 'real' submarine not an amusement ride or non-submersible. In other words a military or scientific research vessel in open water rather than one in a closed pool.
This hunt runs from 2007-07-12 14:00:00 until 2007-07-26 14:00:00 (CST timezone).
Categories:
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1 Point
- 18-wheeler with the company identifiable (BEV) (6 submissions)
- A landlocked lighthouse (4 submissions)
- A location with a Wikipedia entry (4) (4 submissions)
- A traffic jam on a highway (1) (6 submissions)
- Abandoned drive-in movie theater identified by name (3 submissions)
- Aerial tramway or gondola car (5 submissions)
- Amusement park on a pier (3 submissions)
- An abandoned bridge (5) (3 submissions)
- An odd shaped building (6 submissions)
- Barge transiting a lock (4 submissions)
- Bridge under construction (4 submissions)
- Building shaped like an ice cream cone (3 submissions)
- Cement Truck (6 submissions)
- Church or cathedral built before 1500 (5) (7 submissions)
- Clock on which the time is clearly visible (6) (5 submissions)
- Corporate logo on a roof (4 submissions)
- Dump Truck (4 submissions)
- Erect mobile crane (3 submissions)
- Fire training area (not at an airport) (5 submissions)
- Flea market / boot sale in progress (5 submissions)
- Full size billboard - Beer or other alcohol (BEV) (4 submissions)
- Full size billboard - Chick-fil-A with cows (BEV) (7) (3 submissions)
- Full size billboard - Lottery, with current total readable (BEV) (4 submissions)
- Full size billboard - TV/Radio station with the call-letters or frequency numbers visible (BEV) (4 submissions)
- Graffiti (3 submissions)
- Greek ruins (5) (4 submissions)
- Mosque (5 submissions)
- Nudist colony or beach (BEV) (5) (4 submissions)
- Paddlewheel riverboat (4 submissions)
- Parasailer (2 submissions)
- Putt-putt golf range (6 submissions)
- Roman ruins (5) (6 submissions)
- RV (6 submissions)
- School Bus (Not at a storage yard) (6 submissions)
- Sculpture of an animal (other than a horse) (includes roadside attractions) (4 submissions)
- Skateboard park (5 submissions)
- Ski chairlift system in high def (3 submissions)
- Something kicking up a large cloud of dust/dirt (3 submissions)
- Surfers (3 submissions)
- Truck pulling three or more trailers (3 submissions)
- Unfurled flag - Canada (BEV) (3) (5 submissions)
- Unfurled flag - Other Nationality (BEV) (3) (4 submissions)
- Unfurled flag - UK (BEV) (3) (3 submissions)
- Unfurled flag - US (BEV) (3) (6 submissions)
- Unfurled flag - US state (BEV) (3) (3 submissions)
- Unusual / unique playground (3 submissions)
- Velodrome (7 submissions)
- A children's inflatable bouncy-house at a residence (not a carnival or fair) (2 submissions)
- An airplane in flight (BEV) (6 submissions)
- An airplane in flight (LL, GM/GE, or YM) (6 submissions)
- Horse drawn carriage (5 submissions)
- Military training exercise in progress (2 submissions)
- Oversize object being transported on a highway with escort vehicles (4 submissions)
- Person riding a bike (4 submissions)
- Person walking a dog (3 submissions)
- Southwest Airlines specially painted plane (2) (4 submissions)
- Steam locomotive (5 submissions)
- Traffic (at least a dozen cars) backed up waiting for a train to pass. (4 submissions)
- Tree being transported in/on a truck or trailer (2 submissions)
- Window washers suspended on a skyscraper (4 submissions)
- A backyard barbecue or party in progress (3 submissions)
- A go-cart race in progress (4 submissions)
- A horse, mid-jump at a riding stable (3 submissions)
- A hot air balloon (not tethered, helium, or aerostat)
- A parade in progress
- A splash from a swimmer diving off a diving board (2 submissions)
- Crop dusting in progress (2 submissions)
- Fire training exercise in progress (3 submissions)
- Submarine in motion (8) (1 submission)
2 Points
3 Points
Final Standings:
- mikeb9991 - 94 points
- mlc1us - 89 points
- milwhcky - 76 points
- kaiken - 31 points
- DonMartini - 30 points
- daggerwell - 26 points
- Effi - 8 points
- gthoffman - 2 points
- gamma - 2 points
- bubaonline - 1 points
Rules
- All maps submitted for points in a scavenger must be new and unique (no duplicates of old maps!).
- To submit a map for the scavenger hunt, submit a map as normal. On the submissions page, you will have a chance to select a category to submit to.
- Once a map is approved by the moderators, you will recieve the points for that category.
- The scavenger hunt ends on the date listed. At that point, the user with the most point wins. Ties are allowed.
Past and Present Hunts
- VGT mini-Hunt (2007-05-03 12:00:00 to 2007-05-10 12:00:00)
- 'Big Kahuna' Scavenger Hunt (2007-05-19 14:00:00 to 2007-06-09 14:00:00)
- Street View Scavenger Hunt (2007-08-09 14:00:00 to 2007-08-23 14:00:00)
- Long Overdue Scavenger Hunt (2008-04-23 11:00:00 to 2008-05-07 11:00:00)
- Here's Lookin At You! Street View Scavenger Hunt (2008-06-18 11:00:00 to 2008-07-02 11:00:00)