Pick this Place

Submitted: Tuesday, Feb 14, 2006 at 13:39

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ExplorOz Team - David

You have read about it in the newsletter - some of you have submitted photos and info for it (thanks very much) and now it is running. You will see the animated image in the LHS section of the site that flashes PICK THIS PLACE AND WIN! - So go for it.

The competition roles automatically to the next image after the correct guess has been received. The system automatically checks the answers so you must answer correctly ie. If it was a pic of the Harbour Bridge in Sydney you would have to type harbour bridge and select NSW for the answer to be correct. It does not care about the case but you must spell it correctly. It is always the PLACE NAME and never a reference like the 'bridge in sydney' or the 'bridge over sydney harbour'.

Please continue to submit new items so that we can keep the system continually running. There is information about how to do this on the comp page. Good luck and enjoy.

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Reply By: Trevor R (QLD) - Tuesday, Feb 14, 2006 at 14:52

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Reply By: Rob from Cairns Offroad Training & Tours - Tuesday, Feb 14, 2006 at 19:14

Tuesday, Feb 14, 2006 at 19:14

Looks dark and cold and gloomy must be down south somewhere. When I lighten and enhance the pic it looks like cycads and rainforest. Be interesting the time frame to guess this comp. Are you going to list the guesses David so we have a process of elimination? By doing that we will also know the location of similar interesting places. Cheers Rob

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Follow Up By: ExplorOz Team - David - Tuesday, Feb 14, 2006 at 19:23

Tuesday, Feb 14, 2006 at 19:23

Interesting call on the listing Rob, I was going to collect the guesses but at this stage I just check them and throw the guess away - ie. I am not storing all the guesses. Capture and display sounds like a good idea but I wanted to make it a little harder, also I was not really wanting to store the data but maybe the guesses for the current comp would be a good idea.

I am a little time short right now as I am trying to complete the Outback Clean up Auction system to be started on Friday and also trying to migrate to a new server (which will now have to happen next week). Let me think some more on the display of guesses.

The comps will run till the answer comes in. There are already 5 sets of images loaded behind this one and several more have been submitted - I expect to run these comps for ever - well at least till everyone is sick of winning free stuff. I have some really hard ones comming up and the prizes are getting larger - based on how hard I think the answer is.

Enjoy - I could be tempted to add hints after a time frame however I have also not thought about this just yet. I wanted to get a gauge on how the system ran to start with. I do not want to load 10 images and have them all go off in one day.

Have fun......

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Follow Up By: ExplorOz Team - David - Tuesday, Feb 14, 2006 at 22:05

Tuesday, Feb 14, 2006 at 22:05

Rob,

Just added a function to display the last guesses. I am capturing them all now and display the last 10 on thecomp page. I may add a window that will aloo you to view them all if I feel generous.

Thanks for the idea and feedback. Enjoy.

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