**FIRST EMAIL**/FRC Game Hint #2

[T3_1565]

Originally Posted by Kristian Calhoun

Copley Square = square game piece? *shrug*

could be! That was the first thing I thought, but then again I don't think they would make it that easy!

[ChuckDickerson]

There is a pair of sculptures in Copley Square called The Tortoise and the Hare. Possibly a reference to something we have to do fast and something we have to do slow maybe???

It could also have something to do with Trinity Church.

[T3_1565]

Originally Posted by fimmel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copley_Square theres a statue at the exact coordinates....

but if you change the coordinates slightly (like make -71.076072 -71.076200) it doesn't move off the statue, makes me believe as someone said, its just the middle of the square

[jee7s]

How about Latitude, Longitude, Bearing?

Would some of our friends in Boston tell us what you see when standing in Copley Square looking at a bearing of 342 degrees magnetic?

[T3_1565]

is there a way to do that on the computer???

[chris31]

Originally Posted by T3_1565

is there a way to do that on the computer???

You can calculate what you would be looking at but with Google Maps or any satellite it wont help because you get a birds eye view and not teh view you would get standing there.

[Leav]

342.242026 hours are 14.2600844 days...

that's about the time until the kickoff.

-Leav

[Rafi Ahmed]

Its named after John Singleton Copley. He was an American portraitist.

I'm poking around the area in Google Street Views... Nothing yet, will report in on any significant findings.

Edit: Interesting. In this square, triangles and squares are everywhere. I'm guessing these two will be our game shapes?

[T3_1565]

Originally Posted by chris31

You can calculate what you would be looking at but with Google Maps or any satellite it wont help because you get a birds eye view and not teh view you would get standing there.

actually on google map it has a street view and I'm in right now but I have now way of know which way I'm facing

[colin340]

hmm 2 hints that new

[lukevanoort]

It looks like you'd end up looking at either a tree or bench... not like that is a rare sight.

[Andy Grady]

Gotta love it...

FIRST's GDC...providing entertainment to loads of bored Bostonian FIRST'ers on a friday night.

[Scott L.]

http://shinraikon.com/first/2008/hint%202/
maps of hint area
found using
http://www.robogeo.com/latlonfinder/map.asp

[T3_1565]

Originally Posted by Andy Grady

Gotta love it...

FIRST's GDC...providing entertainment to loads of bored Bostonian FIRST'ers on a friday night.

lmao, could you imagine???? 50 or so kids all get up and run to copley square with compasses and pieces of paper, and cameras chanting "WHAT CAN WE SEE!?!?!"