With the
increasing use and accessibility of aerial/satellite views as a mapping
and navigating tool, comes a neat surprise: There are places where
names of places, companies or structures are readable from above -
sometimes painted on surfaces (roofs, etc.) or created through
landscaping (shrubs, rocks, grass). Example -- if you go to N 40.287936
W 76.645497, you can see the words "HERSHEY COCOA". Creating a waymark
is easy - just find one of these using the aerial/satellite view, and
log the coordinates using a GPS converter app. (The map in the listing
would qualify as the "posting photo".) Logging the waymark would
require a physical visit to the location, and a photo of the lettering
from ground level, or the structure where the lettering is located.
(Only 'permanent' lettering would qualify, and some additional
guidelines would probably be advisable to prevent copyright issues.)
Anybody see a fun, worthwhile challenge here? Let's get a category...Thanks!
(Yes, I've read the 'googly earth' thread - this is a more specific subset- and expect the 'armchair' bloodbath. If so, I will try to put it in photo goals.)