Contest #10
How to Play
To participate, just make your guess in the comments section for each photo. Guesses will be held until the end of the contest, when they will all be made public. Anything and everything is fair game for getting a correct answer. Each contest will last one week, starting on Friday. Each Wednesday at 0:00 hrs GMT a hint will be published. If you submit a correct answer before the hint is out, you'll earn an extra point, so submit your guess as soon as you have an idea.
I’m obviously a geography nerd. I know this one too but I’ll just give a hint for others: The tourists here are a really *captivated* by the local sights.
Comment by Ben Bayer | February 20, 2008
Yeah, I know this one as well. The border fence on the left side shows up really well, doesn’t it?
There is some interesting patchwork of photos showing here as well – including a thin vertical strip that is on top of a larger strip.
The other interesting thing is – turn on 1st level Admin borders (States/Provinces, not international) and see how it doesn’t conform to the fence. The shape is right, but the location is larger. I wonder if this is just mapping errors or if the fenced area is actually that much smaller than the treaty area? (I doubt it, but…)
Comment by Stephen Hope | February 21, 2008
I believe they left a “no man’s land” on purpose – distance is probably about the range of a 50 caliber turret. Good hints! Not sure if I’d gotten that one otherwise. The airport looked to be a “medium” size, so I went here and loaded all medium airports in the world into GEarth:
http://www.ourairports.com/data/
Note: this is 3,916 airports!
Comment by Andy McAllister | February 21, 2008