Another edition of the Monday puzzles.
(image: Olemang)
The above picture is a hint to solving this week’s puzzle. It is a picture of this past Saturday’s unveiling of the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto (via Torontoist). Hope that’s enough of a hint.
*(This puzzle is dedicated to Carl, who, among other things, is addicted to Google Earth)
Happy Scheming.
Question 1 40 degrees, 46′ 58.71″ N
73 degrees, 57′ 32.47″ W
Question 2 48 degrees, 51′ 40.95″ N
02 degrees, 20′ 06.53″ E
Question 3 51 degrees, 31′ 06.98″ N
00 degrees, 07′ 33.53″ W
Question 4 52 degrees, 21′ 34.25″ N
04 degrees, 53′ 03.11″ E
Question 5 59 degrees, 56′ 25.69″ N
30 degrees, 18′ 50.30″ E
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June 4, 2007 at 1:30 am
Dan
1. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY USA
June 4, 2007 at 12:00 pm
Dan
2. Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
June 4, 2007 at 12:02 pm
Dan
3. The British Museum, London, UK
June 4, 2007 at 12:09 pm
Dan
4. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, NL – though if you’re being sneaky you may also be looking for the Van Gogh Museum.
June 4, 2007 at 12:19 pm
Dan
5. The Winter Palace and the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
June 4, 2007 at 12:25 pm
hroman
Dan, you are a master cartographer.
All 5 are correct, (and yes, I was going for the Rijksmuseum, not the Van Gogh).
Did you use Google Earth? That toy is amazing!
June 4, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Dan
No google earth required, just my mad GIS skills.
Here’s one for you. What is the significance of the building at:
-37° 49′ 7.17″, +144° 57′ 27.80″
(hint: its not a museum)
June 4, 2007 at 1:00 pm
Dan
And for EXTRA EXTRA bonus marks, can you tell me the significance of the structure just recently built at:
+33° 7′ 35.95″, -117° 18′ 48.20″
(hint: also not a museum)
June 4, 2007 at 1:14 pm
hroman
Hmm, Google Earth helped immensely. It seems to say that the first is located in Melbourne, Australia (Rialto Towers), and that the second is somewhere in California (near Lego-land).
As to their respective significance, you’ve stumped me!
June 4, 2007 at 2:28 pm
Dan
Well done, you’re GIS skills are good, but there is still much to learn:
1. Rialto Towers – Tallest Office Building in the Southern Hemisphere
2. Legoland California – Home of the world’s tallest Lego Tower:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=458709&in_page_id=1811
June 4, 2007 at 3:53 pm
halejon
I thought Dan was a weatherman…
June 5, 2007 at 3:47 am
jd2718
Arrgh, I missed this one. But did anyone notice the wall at the right (north by north east) end of #1? Any guess what the street that follows the path of this wall is now called?
June 10, 2007 at 12:22 pm
hroman
Hmm, I don’t know. You live in NYC, right?
June 11, 2007 at 10:52 pm
jd2718
It’s a beautiful picture of the Wall that Wall Street is named for. I’m not from New York, but I’ve been here a long time.
June 11, 2007 at 11:25 pm