Come join the Geo-Photo-Scavenger Hunt - on Platial

The basic info:

1. The list of items is below!

2. you can start as soon as you get this list, judging will take place at the Platial party. We will have a local Portland winner, this person needs to be here in person (read about the Party below the list) to win. We will also be holding the contest internationally, and those entries will be tallied later that night. The non local participants will have the same cut off time as the local users (5:30pm April 11th, 2006 PST) Any Places added to the site after that time will not be scored.

2.5 You don't have to be the original photographer. And, you will need to score yourself: some time before the deadline, you should add up your points and declare them in the description of your map. We will go ahead and confirm the scores of the top several maps, but it's just going to help us out on time a huge amount. Thanks. :)

3. to submit your entry, register at http://Platial.com/register (free), "create a map" with the word "scav" somewhere in the title (so we can find all the maps). it's also best to send us an email linking to the map , so we can make sure not to miss it. leave a comment here with a link to your map.

4. plot the photos on the map (be as close as you can) as Places (just click the 'add a place' button to get started). You need to title each Place with the scavenger hunt item(s) that the photo contains. So if you have a photo of the 'tip jar' and 'roller skates' in one Place, the Place should be titled "tip jar & roller skates"

5. focus on the scores of the items, not just the quantity of items. you can have multiple items covered in one photo but the title must contain the items to get points for them.

6. winner is the person with the most points. The prizes will be great, seriously!

7. all determinations about what counts and doesn't count will be judged on a partially impartial basis and will not be subject to review. it's all in fun anyway.

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THE LIST (WITH POINT VALUES) GOOD LUCK TO ALL!

• 4 a real rabbit
• 1 donut
• 1 spanish coffee
• 1 cyclist
• 1 a bridge
• 1 a piece of graffiti
• 1 man wearing a hat
• 1 public transportation
• 2 a tip jar
• 1 dry fountain
• 2 taking a picture of yourself taking a picture
• 4 rollerskates
• 2 a wooden horse
• 2 the expose yourself to art lady in downtown pdx
• 3 photograph of you in front of the made in oregon sign
• 4 found mitten/glove
• 5 diamond shaped things (platial themed)
• 1 sidewalk fossil
• 1 the number 9
• 3 shoes on a wire
• 3 tree stump
• 2 thoguht bubble
• 5 sad mutilated bike
• 4 outdoor fire (not a match or lighter)
• 3 ruins
• 2 reflection of clouds
• 2 curvy bars
• 2 funny street sign
• 4 thundercloud
• 1 puddle
• 3 double gap
• 3 balloons
• 5 buildings that look like big brother & little brother
• 2 sandbag
• 4 eroded old historical billboard
• 5 hole in a fence
• 5 tree branch growing around somthing (a fence?)
• 1 pink
• 2 broken window
• 3 a "you are here" sign
• 2 A sequential house number or at least three digits (ex: 123 Florida Ave, 678 Kearney Ave)
• 2 baclava
• 3 a stranger's tattoo
• 3 a tattoo of an animal
• 5 a gargoyle
• 5 a white dog with brown spots
• 3 abandoned furniture
• 3 an ugly porcelain doll
• 2 rivets
• 3 a dirt path
• 3 tulips
• 4 dentures
• 2 a woman wearing a suit
• 2 the toothpaste section
• 1 squashed gum on a sidewalk
• 1 cell phone tower
• 3 magnolia tree
• 1 a tiled wall
• 5 something avant guard
• 3 something from the 1980s
• 3 a piano
• 5 a wild animal (no cats)
• 3 lace curtains
• 2 standing water
• 2 bulbs
• 1 a green backpack
• 1 ashes
• 2 a clean public toilet
• 1 an outdoor food cart
• 1 an umbrella
• 1 someone wearing shorts
• 4 a busker
• 4 chalk drawings
• 3 a fancy hairdo
• 3 a person up in a tree
• 2 a child with wet hair
• 2 a credit card application
• 4 juggling
• 3 a siren
• 5 plastic horse tied to a curb
• 2 a firetruck
• 5 a crater
• 3 the eyes of a person in love
• 2 calamari
• 2 a fruit tree
• 1 a ball of yarn
• 3 where you were on 9/11/2001
• 3 where you had a bike wreck
• 4 where you had a breakup
• 3 free power outlet outdoors

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The Party
Tuesday, April 11th, 5:30 PM - 9?
Platial HQ
404 NW 10th Ave, Portland, OR (@ Flanders)
Snacks, Shirts, Drinks, Maps.

Comments

[garyjwood]

Glad to be a part of this. My map is here:

http://platial.com/garyjwood/map/3061#scav_-_Geo-photo_scavenger_hunt

[laura]

dear me, I'll have infinite respect for the person who actually finds and photographs all of this stuff!

[laura]

wait, so do they have to be original photographs? For instance, if I was in Colorado Springs on 9/11/01, but I don't have a picture of Colorado Springs, could I upload one that I find on the Internet?

[jason]

good question laura, i we had assumed it was all about you being the original photographer, but, there really would be no way for us to verify this kind of thing, so, let me be clear, you do not have to be the original photographer, although, technically speaking, it's not encouraged that you pass off someone else's photo as your own, neither is it recommended that you violate any copyright laws in the process. Have at it.

[rich]

for those of us no longer in portland...what to do about the Made in Oregon and Expose Yourself To Art lady?

[Dave]

Holy crap! I had no idea y'all were right across the street!

I'd join the hunt if I weren't going to be in China. I'll try to send some of the other Panic boys over!

[Tana]

I've got 27 of my own photographs at this point, and I don't understand the bit about you not having to be the original photographer.

Can you explain that some more, please?

Thanks.

[jason]

regarding the photographer details, let's say that you were in texas when 9/11 happened (one of the items on the list) but you don't have any photos of your own from austin, we are saying that in a case like that , it is ok to just go find an appropriate photo of austin to use.

[jason]

regarding the photographer details, let's say that you were in texas when 9/11 happened (one of the items on the list) but you don't have any photos of your own from austin, we are saying that in a case like that , it is ok to just go find an appropriate photo of austin to use.

[kbeadle]

Here is my scav map:
http://www.platial.com/kbeadle/map/3125

[Tana]

I am having a problem viewing all my places. I know I added a place and forgot to add it to the Scavenger map, but I am unable to see more than a half dozen places or so.

Help?

[guy2k]

Well, finding all the items was fun, uploading all the images. . . not so much. But I'm in!
http://platial.com/guy2k/map/3872
I hope I have time to map out all that I've got.

Alas, I will miss the party--kind of a long commute--have fun!

[Tana]

This was a lot of fun, and a welcome distraction to some unpleasant and stressful conditions here. (Not the least of which is the relentless rain.) With the exception of nineteen items, all the photographs are my own.

I can't find a photo of a plastic horse tied to a curb, or a power outlet outdoors, but I got everything else on the list. Now to go back and tag them all. (Jason, is there some keystroke that will add a single tag to an entire list? Gosh, that would be nice.)

: D

Thanks for the fun game, y'all.

[Team Building Scavenger Hunts]

We recently had a team building exercise in Los Angeles, it was a lot of fun. It was a scavenger hunt by Watson Adventures, and it was a really positive experience. I would reccomend it to anyone.

[Tom]

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