Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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Who made those lights?
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@41.9537 ... 312!8i6656
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NathanFromEngland wrote:How do you get a link working with words, every time i do it it is the URL but its all broken.

Reverse Crossbuck.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@42.0182 ... 312!8i6656

It would be like this:
url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/@42.0182 ... 312!8i6656 Reverse Crossbuck. /url
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Erik-Gorb-Hamilton wrote:
NathanFromEngland wrote:How do you get a link working with words, every time i do it it is the URL but its all broken.

Reverse Crossbuck.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@42.0182 ... 312!8i6656

It would be like this:
url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/@42.0182 ... 312!8i6656 Reverse Crossbuck. /url
=https://www.google.com.au/maps/@42.018 ... Crossbuck.
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It didn't work...

Strange setup, it gets even more stranger as the gates practically get thinner.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@42.5769 ... 312!8i6656
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Railroad crossing protected by little stop signs...
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@48.0755 ... 312!8i6656

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I also found this
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@48.0756 ... 312!8i6656

It looks like Griswold but its hard to read...

(Another edit)
A private railroad crossing protected by stop signs through a station platform!
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@48.0544 ... 312!8i6656

GRS Relay cabinet!
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@48.0043 ... 312!8i6656

X-Rail
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@48.0438 ... 312!8i6656
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IanMP wrote:Railroad crossing protected by little stop signs...
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@48.0755 ... 312!8i6656

(EDIT)

I also found this
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@48.0756 ... 312!8i6656

It looks like Griswold but its hard to read...

(Another edit)
A private railroad crossing protected by stop signs through a station platform!
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@48.0544 ... 312!8i6656

GRS Relay cabinet!
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@48.0043 ... 312!8i6656
"ARRET"

What?
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NathanFromEngland wrote:
IanMP wrote:Railroad crossing protected by little stop signs...
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@48.0755 ... 312!8i6656

(EDIT)

I also found this
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@48.0756 ... 312!8i6656

It looks like Griswold but its hard to read...

(Another edit)
A private railroad crossing protected by stop signs through a station platform!
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@48.0544 ... 312!8i6656

GRS Relay cabinet!
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@48.0043 ... 312!8i6656
"ARRET"

What?
It means STOP in french... Welcome in Québec!
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Teardrop bell!
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@48.1532 ... 312!8i6656

Something looks wrong here...
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@48.1535 ... 312!8i6656

Interesting
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@48.1830 ... 312!8i6656

What is this company?
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@48.8226 ... 312!8i6656

Gateless crossing with windguards...
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@46.6723 ... 312!8i6656

Just... why?
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@46.5587 ... 312!8i6656
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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NathanFromEngland wrote:
Erik-Gorb-Hamilton wrote:
NathanFromEngland wrote:How do you get a link working with words, every time i do it it is the URL but its all broken.

Reverse Crossbuck.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@42.0182 ... 312!8i6656

It would be like this:
url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/@42.0182 ... 312!8i6656 Reverse Crossbuck. /url
=https://www.google.com.au/maps/@42.018 ... Crossbuck.
The =[link] needs to be inside the url bracket.
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Re: Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

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Nice find! Both of those signals had teardrop bells.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@41.9580 ... 328!8i1664
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@41.9580 ... 328!8i1664
NathanFromEngland wrote: Reverse Crossbuck.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@42.0182 ... 312!8i6656
That crossbuck isn't reversed.
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