'Word Hunt' Street View Scavenger Hunt

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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 scavenger hunt category you are submitting to. Once a moderator approves your map, you automatically get points for that category.

The user with the most points at the end of the hunt wins!

Past Hunt: 'Word Hunt' Street View Scavenger Hunt

This month's Scavenger Hunt is a 60-point Google Street View (SV) hunt with a focus on finding words in SV imagery. The hunt starts on Wed September 17 2008 at noon EST, and will last two weeks.

Only Google Street View imagery is accepted, and the imagery must depict a clearly readable word from a category below.

The top 5 contenders will receive a free copy of Off the Map: The Most Amazing Sights on Earth as Seen by Satellite from our friends at Google Sightseeing:

The first place winner will also receive a $25 Amazon.com gift certificate.

Special Notes:
Note 1: In any location outside of California

This hunt runs from 2008-09-17 11:00:00 until 2008-10-01 11:00:00 (CST timezone).

Final Standings:

microscopicxp - 45 points
Sam034 - 44 points
neotrix - 44 points
adrbr - 42 points
milwhcky - 42 points
Tyco - 42 points
bubaonline - 42 points
JulienG - 41 points
kkeps - 40 points
maveriick - 36 points
boothy443 - 28 points
giove - 14 points
jdubble07 - 1 points
mikeb9991 - 0 points
photog - 0 points
texmexxx - 0 points
courseiam - 0 points

Rules

All maps submitted for 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.

'Word Hunt' Street View Scavenger Hunt

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Past Hunt: 'Word Hunt' Street View Scavenger Hunt

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Rules