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Dover Rover
(World Traveler 2)
According to the design specifications, this one is easier than World Traveler 1. This time, you will be visiting towns named Dover located around the world. The 10 items in the list below will get you to each of the towns. Upon arrival, your job will be to identify a photo taken at that town. The photos follow the list below, and are not in the same order. When you identify the photo associated with each town, note the number next to the photo and assign it to that letter (A through J). The numbers for A through J will then complete the needed coordinates.
Note that some of the photos are from a satellite and some are from Street View. Be sure to check out the Google Earth notes at the end of the listing. If needed, please use Wikipedia to ensure a match with my data.
Hint: To travel quickly and easily to each Dover, copy and paste the the names (such as "Dover, Delaware") into the "Fly to" box in Google Earth. Since images in Google Earth are updated from time to time, it may be necessary to open an earlier version of the view that is initially displayed. Check the "Imagery Date" field in the bottom left corner of the image and make sure it matches the one listed below for each site. If not, try clicking on the earlier image date that does match.
The atrocious poetry should help you zero in on your target within each town.
Bon Voyage!
A - Dover, Delaware
If NASCAR is not the best
Take a look to the northwest
Image Date: 7/3/2010
B - Dover, Denmark
As ever onward you roam
There's just no need for an awful poem
Image Date: 12/31/2005
Extra credit: Zoom out slowly from this location to a very high altitude. Incredible.
C - Dover, Kent, England (1)
No need to play the jester
Take a stroll near Maison Dieu and Pencester
Image Date: 4/20/2007
D - Dover, Kent, England (2)
Now you're in solution mode
Walking Tower Hamlets Road
Image Date: 4/20/2007
E - Dover, Massachusetts
No need for tired feet
Fly on over to Centre Street
Image Date: 6/18/2010
Be sure to change the image date for this one!
F - Port Dover, Ontario, Canada
I know there's a lot at stake
Look somewhere east of the lake
Image Date: 5/31/2010
G - Dover, Prince Edward Island, Canada
A town that's not too tricky
Just a bit too small for Wiki!
Image Date: 7/15/2010
H - Dover, Tasmania, Australia
If at first nothing clicks
Go take a walk on the A6
Image Date: 10/8/2010
I - Dover, Utah
Lest you become hysterical
Consider this town historical
If you are looking for the most
You will find it in a ghost
Image Date: 9/24/2011
J - Dover, Virginia
This place is so small
I'll bet there's not even a mall!
Image Date: 12/31/2008
Following are the photographs. One of them won't be needed (to prevent defaulting the final question!).
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To get the coordinates of the cache, fill in your answers for A through J below:
N 40 AB.CDE
W 111 FG.HIJ
You can check your coordinates here. This puzzle is intended to be fun. If you get stuck, or need a hint, don't hesitate to email me.
The cache find will require a short walk and should be accessible in snow.
Click here for some pointers on using Google Earth.
There are many Dover towns I didn't use. Several are, to put it bluntly, extremely boring places (at least from a Google Earth perspective). I spent several hours scouring both the aerial and land images of these towns and just couldn't find anything of particular interest. We are very lucky to be living in a more vibrant and varied area. Also, there are enormous differences in the quality of images. The ones in England, as with many European towns, are stunning.