Pinpointing the exact location of my fans using a single image.. GEO DETECTIVE #8
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- Опубліковано 16 сер 2021
- While I work tirelessly behind the scenes attempting to locate Draco Dinkleberg's almost impossible image, you folks can enjoy this offering in which I tackle another run of seemingly gettable snaps. We start with Flynn Thistles desert obelisk before attempting to locate the 70's space age looking pyramid in Ginger Passion's photo.
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Just love how Tom uses a bush to gage where exactly he is in the first one, rather than the giant monument that says “West” and “South” in big letters lmao
I have never witnessed a man more resourceful and yet as oblivious as Tom.
I understand it so he wanted to gage where relative to the sign they were. They didn't stand on the sign, but some meters away from it.
It could be saying "this is the northern side of the monument" or, "if you can see this, you're looking northward".
I've noticed that Tom never seems to look at shadows though; he always goes straight for the sun itself, even if the whole sky is overexposed and pure white.
I think it's his explorer blood. If you're on a ship of exploration, traversing a sea of exploration and you look out to said sea, as one must, in order to explore it, there are no trees or obelisks to cast a shadow. Not one. You have to be prepared. You have to cast your eye toward the sun, no matter how overexposed the sky is. If not for this instinct, forget about America, we wouldn't even have discovered the sun!
@Mercer Who knows. Maybe its a cloudy day and a bucket of grey paint. 🧐
@@Meevious seriously? Ne trees that could cast a shadow. If only there were things on ships that could cast a shadow...
Tom, looking at a place called Black Mesa: “how do you describe that? Like a plateau.”
I was thinking something more along the lines of a mesa 🤔
unless you're from an desert area, you wouldn't necessarily know the meaning of that term
Gordon Freeman has entered the chat
Isn't Mesa Spanish for "table", which he said?
It's exactly the same lmao
@@reggiedixon2 But is that a thing a non spanish speaking person from a country without that kind of structures need to know?
I'm "Harry Bogswirler" (love the name there, Tom), and yes, he was indeed correct with the Goodwood Motor Circuit, though the photo was taken a lot more recently than Tom thought - May 2019, to be exact, at the 'Retro Rides Weekender' car show. Cars attending the show did parade laps around the circuit, but between those sessions, the start/finish straight of the track was open to walk along, so I felt it was an ideal photo opportunity. N.B the item in the Asda bag was actually a 1:24 scale Renault 5 Turbo 2 I bought at one of the stalls present at the show. The Goodwood Festival of Speed takes place in the grounds of Goodwood House, but the Revival, Members meeting and RR Weekender take place at the Motor Circuit.
Thanks for the info Harry - very cool!
Explain the PS2 in the bag. How do you still have a single use plastic bag
Which Asda do you shop at?
I think the resellers at these events save up the bags over time and re-use them at these events.
@@PrizeFightingYeti He explained what the item was and that he bought it from a vendor at the show who must have given him the bag with his purchase. They probably had a bunch of old plastic bags they were using, as many vendors will do.
"Because i'm OCD like that"
As he sets the line width to 1.9 instead of 2
I thought the same thing
Well, he's OCD like THAT. Very special kind of OCD 🤣
Asda bag dating is the new meta. Much improved over the old carbon dating method
He was well off though lol
'He's got a PS2 in an Asda bag' is now my favourite quote from the whole series
@@Cymru- 🤌🏻
I like immediate "It's Ghana. I recognize the trash."
@@CallieMasters5000 Hmm I concur, both gems of quotes 😂
A conference center: “the kind of place where you would have a conference”
- Tom Davies, 2021
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
I kind of like it when you read up the backstory of these places to be honest
The federal building know as ‘The Ziggurat’ in Laguna Niguel is actually where a lot of locals including myself will go learn to drive for the first time because of how much open parking lot the building has. Very cool to see something local on here. Recognized It right away from the thumbnail.
same!
I recognized it right away as well and knew the hill he was on!
Two things Tom the banner you thought said O’Ryan said Design. It’s the Laguna Design Center and second the city is pronounced Ni-Gell, like Miguel with an N.
it was such a shock to see something i used to see every single day on here and just have that snap of realization, makes it so much more entertaining to watch him try and hunt where it is and talk about how things are here. never did think about just how big the ziggurat parking lot is until now..
@@slushy lol they used the ziggurat parking lot for my high school graduation. It was funny seeing him go to the high school because I knew he was on that hill on aliso creek and Alicia.
Very cool to see the high school I went to (Aliso Niguel) and the Ziggurat building I drive by all the time. Had to admit I got a little giddy seeing it on UA-cam.
I doubt you've ever heard this from a viewer before but I use your videos as a method to fall asleep - I see them as calming and enjoy the problem solving aspect of it. Take it as a compliment though please - the witty commentary and ever slight monotone midlands twang is perfect.
P.S - I do also enjoy your videos during the day...
I'd really suggest watching videos less reliant on the visuals for that ^^
I love falling asleep to them too
I do this as well! I watch it back in the following day to miss nothing
Me too!!!
These are my unwinding videos, no sure why... but it's just real easy to listen to Tom talk for long periods of time. Have fallen asleep a few times, but really enjoy the visual content and usually rewatch.
As an American, watching Tom react to American sized infrastructure is hilarious
As a fellow American from the east coast, that town in California seems complely alien to me!
He's right though. That high school is freaking massive. I guessed sports complex when I saw the pool, 3 tennis courts, Baseball diamond, and football field/track. But nope, just a high school in suburban CA.
@@kevinrox666 high schools in my area got tennis courts, football fields, swimming pools, baseball field, and a full sole running track. All in one high school. High schools here are huge man.
@@__________________________6139 it’s because the US lacks the culture of organized sports at club level for kids and amateurs
@@sanderappel4499 No it doesn't. I know many people who grew up playing baseball, soccer, football, tennis and all the likes. My uncle literally coaches a little league team in California.
"If it's broke, fix it!" was (or is?) a campaign by Patagonia, an outdoor gear brand, where you could drop off your broken Patagonia clothing or gear to their stores and they'd repair it.
Goodwood racetrack is still in use now, the closure lasted 30 years but it reopened about 20 years back. Goodwood Revival and Goodwood Festival of Speed are the big meetings held there annually.
Festival of Speed was only on last month. It's basically just turn up with whatever you want to run.
Goodwood Revival is more about the history of the track and events in the past, mainly meant for the cars from way back when it was first open.
Festival of speed isn't held at the motorcircuit, rather the grounds of goodwood house which is further north of the aerodrome
However revival is held at the track :)
Revival and members meeting, the festival of speed is at Goodwood House and very much invited cars only I don't think my Kia would get a run out :D
the revival is a good watch to see big old ford galaxies clash with minis and old cars driven like they are supposed to be driven rather than polished with a wet towel!
I strongly recommend checking out some of the races on UA-cam! Lots of interesting races with all sorts of historical cars!
It's hard staring at all my vacation photos from over the years now. All I think when I look at them is "I wonder how long it would take Tom to figure this out?"
Tom after 18 minutes: "This is too short a video if I end it here"
Absolutely love it, mate!
The "Crossing in a straight line" videos have sent me down a rabbit hole of your geoguessr videos and I'm honestly hooked
Good
@@les471 oh it sure is good
One of us, one of us
we've all been there mate. there is some good videos out there besides geoguessr.
I HIGHLY recommend to watch the "how not to travel europe" videos. great fun
@@frufo61 Thank you for the suggestion! definitely checking that out
5:36 It's not like the monument tells you where the cardinal directions are. :D
That is why we love him.
Lol
"I don't wanna work out which direction we are" _monument that literally says west and south on it is main focus in-frame_
Laguna Niguel looks like one of the worst suburban hellscapes I've ever seen.
Agreed. Built for cars, and cars only.
I have seen worse government buildings though! (I mean, you can't say it's boring. It's probably shite.)
That parking lot. Absolutely dreadful.
@@renerpho Fairly certain that's just LA. Pretty dreadful.
actually quite wonderful really, the ziggurat is kinda tucked away from where you really typically go for food, leisure, etc. its also about a 2 hour drive from LA when you factor in traffic and is much more suburb-y than LA
I have family just a little bit south of there in San Clemente. Can confirm. Orange County is weird dude
the day has finally come where Tom had a round in the suburban prison that is my hometown. I definitely never thought Tom would see my high school or talk about the parking lot where I learned to drive 😂
Prison? Sign me up
I know right? I saw the mountain range and the federal building and thought “that looks pretty familiar…” lol
That high school looks huge!
@@thekupus1 funnily enough there are 2 other high schools in the area that they built with the EXACT same layout
@@logans6619 For anyone who doesn't want to drive or is under 16, you're basically on house arrest.
Laguna Niguel manages to pack every horrifying aspect of American architecture and city planning into one town. Fascinatingly dreadful.
I was thinking the exact same thing. God, i hate the states
Those dreaded suburbs, weird housing requirements, high schools with SWIMMING POOLS, Infinitely massive parking spaces and that one building.
@@SpaceSoups isn't that kind of a good thing swimming pool and that good looking cardboard houses
If you wanna learn more about how horrible (and money-draining) suburbs and zoning are, just checkout ua-cam.com/users/NotJustBikesvideos
@@SpaceSoups our dumbass building codes and zoning laws mean we can't legally build good, walkable places, and every building needs a certain amount of parking. Only the old cities that haven't been demolished and rebuilt are walkable and nice. Take a look at Houston for one of the most depressing and miserable cities in the entire USA. It's a concrete jungle.
Hello Geowizard i just want to say how every time you upload my day gets better. I smile everytime I hear your jokes(even some bad ones). Keep doing what your doing.
Tom: "This might be hard"
Me having watched my Yam Yam brother guess Bern from staring at a hedge: "Sure thing bud!"
that was insane
I love how you discovered an equally big parking situation in Britain right away. 😂
"I sooner mocked your rear end than actually called you by your name" hahahaha you're a genius
"Oh, Don't open Vegas pro..." I felt that one, accidentally clicking on Vegas Pro or Photoshop is the bane of my existence
Having apps that take forever to boot up on your taskbar is like a ticking bomb
He was probably more concerned about the 'Team V.R' cracked license being on display
"Girling" in big red letters
Tom: Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm I wonder if it's snatch bag mcdon
Very enjoyable episode! I like how you look up a little extra info on these places
same!!!
Just woke up and there's a new episode. Great start into the day!
Well done for drawing the line straight down! Happy to see your "line method" perfected. Now next time, try drawing another one in a different place and see the where the lines cross on google earth.
I personally would try to do three lines: a middle one to get the ballpark right and then two lines that represent the left and right edge of the photo - those two lines should give you a cone (or on 2D a triangle) of the view of the camera and they all should roughly meet in a single point.
Easily my favourite series that Tom does, I mean they are all good but for some reason this one is so fun to watch
18:09 was a nice surprise; I'm a huge motorsport fan and recognised it on impulse. That's the one and only time I'll solve one of these photos!
Same :)
Tom: “Red line cuz I am weird and ocd.”
Also Tom: *Makes line width 1.9*
This has definitely got to be my favourite series on UA-cam at the moment
“Get in!” Count: 0
@4:55 is not in the spirit of Get In. It shall not be counted. It did perk my ears up though.
I just heard it and I quickly scrolled down for your comment, because I wondered if you counted it or not lol
Oh man I was looking forward to your reaction when you realized that was a high school, and you did not disappoint
That school is rocking with every sport available: tennis courts, pool, baseball fields...
I assume the search for Draco one will be "Costas near peaky and somewhat round cathedrals"
"Dinkelberg!"
I have spent way too much time trying this one. I thought Costas were just UK. They are all over the globe. Ah well try google images of spires. Days later give up. Is it a uni, a monastery, a cathedral? I don’t know.
@@MrProlecat I've been trying to find Draco for about an hour now, no luck until I stumbled upon your comment. I'm 99.99% sure I have it now. I won't say the location just in case Tom reads this, but thank you very much, sir!
@@MrProlecat I was able to find it quite easily using Google's reverse image search. Just crop out the section of the photo with the building in the background and upload it to image search. I won't spoil what it is.
@@XT82 I used google lens on my phone and pointed it at the image and it gave me the location pretty quickly
i live for these videos. this is your best geoguesser- esque series
^
Man, not only do I love the content on geowizard, but tom himself is such a great guy! Makes supporting him so easy! Keep up the great work tom! All the "America is so big" comments had me dying 😂
Tom: "America, you have all this space you don't know what to do with it!"
Also Tom: *flying over huge fields and forests in the UK*
Lovin' it! 🤣
A fantastic start to the day! My favourite channel series.
My favourite series on all of UA-cam! Never end this series. Keep up the good work Tom.
TIL Black Mesa is a real place and not just fictional!
He pronounced it just like discount HDTF Gman
@@SuiYo Ikr 😭
Seriously, Black Mesa, fun find. Sometimes there are coincidences...
hl3 confirmed
@@SuiYo the mount thing is pronounced "mes sah" so he's right. But damn i cringed when i remembered hdtf
"So much unholy space." is exactly why the Brits moved to the US and pretty much took over. :-)
This is the best series on UA-cam right now, I just love it.
I’m so glad I found your channel. I have severe insomnia and your voice is so soothing and steady that it actually helps me fall asleep on the worst nights. Thank you for that! Especially because you’re videos are great to watch and so interesting when I’m actually awake and not trying to sleep!
Looking forward to your next one, thanks for the great entertainment.
I think anyone who does video editing can passionately relate to when he accidentally opened Sony Vegas Pro and the distain in his voice.
This is going to be good
wtf are you doing here
@@FizzleDrizzleYuh Watching my favorite youtuber
@@FizzleDrizzleYuh He's watching his favorite youtuber
@@FizzleDrizzleYuh Just watching his favorite youtuber
@@FizzleDrizzleYuh Passing time by watching his favourite youtuber
Nice to see you in good spirits! I tell people about this series all the time because you're so good. Have fun toiling and don't be too hard in yourself, this (mostly) looks very difficult lol
I am thoroughly enjoying this series and the deductions (and missed clues) that take place. Very entertaining, and perhaps somewhat educational. Very well done.
I absolutely love these videos!
"Brands hatch grandstand, that's quite hard to stay" :D
😂😂
I love all the stuff you do on your channel - how not to travel, straight line missions, geoguessr challenges, etc. But this series is my absolute favorite - hope you keep them coming.
This series is so awesome! I really hope to see more of these in the future! Makes me want to take photos in the most obscure places and send them to you!
I love this series tom. Never end it, hopefully you go through all these set of pictures and I'll get to patreon to send my own :)
Nice Video. 3 Quick ones. Love the series. And one consideration. At 7:38 Careful when you see the cars, if the picture is flipped, like many Selfie Mode Mobile Phones do, it looks like you are driving on the left. As long as you can read any text, like on his shirt, you definitly know.
One of my favorite series.
Continuing with one of the most interesting series on UA-cam. Keep up the detectoring!
The second picture looks soooooo similar to Saddleback mountain here in Southern California and I’m almost certain without doing any research it’s somewhere in southern Orange County
it is saddleback! I thought this was my chance to beat Tom but he just zoomed in and googled a building's name -__-
That’s a Cracked Sony Vegas if I’ve ever seen one 😂
Is it actually? lol
yeah, noticed the same
My fav series of yours!!
Love this series Tom. Love it. Well done my friend.
Love this series!
I recognized that Laguna Niguel photo in 2 seconds. Having been to the whole foods across the street, it isnt something you forget easily haha
It is so crazy that you zoomed in on my high school lol. I lived in Laguna Niguel/Aliso Viejo and surrounding area most of my life. I knew the 2nd one right away!
Was waiting for the day when one of these locations would be right on my doorstep. I live literally half a mile away from Goodwood circuit. Recognised it instantly. Great video as always Tom 👍
Flynn Thistle here. First of all well done, you found us at Black Mesa. Secondly, I can confirm we are indeed on the South West side of the monument. Just like all the rest have pointed out, slightly surprised you didn't work that out using the compass, but I'm happy to be part of a record time, nonetheless.
With THAT said, as promised Sir Tom, I'll upgrade my Patreon tier a level since you found us. Admittedly, had I have known in the beginning that you would have had google at your disposal for this challenge, I definitely would have made it more tough! You see, I envisioned you using the mileage and directions to pinpoint our location, but alas was still fun to be a (quick) part of one of your videos.
Cheers my friend. :)
P.S. My buddy and I are soon looking to destroy your straight line record using the new scoring system. Not gonna leak any deets just yet, but know its coming! You've been warned.
Neat!
Flynn Thistle’s friend here, first off nice use of Google sir. Was brought to your channel by Mr.Thistle to watch you straight line videos as motivation to do our own straight line here in the states. I second Mr.Thistle and you will see a straight-line that is unmatched, even by momma straight line herself.
"It's like a tabletop... how do you describe those?" Uhh, a mesa Tom?
British English doesn't have the same Spanish influence as American English. You'd be hard-pressed to find people familiar with the word "mesa" in the UK, and any comparable geographical features in the UK would be referred to be a different name, even if it was a perfect example of a mesa.
@@thelionofgod Yes. Mesa in British English is a Minecraft biome, if anything.
@@renerpho Correct.
@@renerpho xd
@@thelionofgod I am British, and I thought it was fairly widely understood...
Seeing this upload was a real "get in" moment
This is the most interesting thing I've seen. You should do more of these.
Hearing him say “Neegwell” is so funny to someone who lives near Laguna Niguel. Love how Tom pronounces all Spanish words. Love the vids keep it up.
You already found black mesa, so if anyone can find Half-Life 3, it's you! Please give it a try! 😉
"Hello, everyone! Welcome back to the channel! Today we are at Gaben's house trying to locate copy of HL3"
Instantly knew that was Goodwood. Pretty cool to see somewhere so familiar to me with all the wonderful different locations this series visits.
Absolute best serie on your channel
As a huge motor racing fan, the final one of these was very nice for me. It popped up and it was like a wave of recognition. Same thing happened when I was playing geoguesser distance BR once and it put me on the Mexico F1 track, which was very nice to get the exact location.
I haven't watched it yet, but I already know that this video will be great♥️
Tom:"i'm hoping this just works beautifully and it doesn't take me too long-....... oooh! Is that a swimming pool?!" 🤣🤣🤣
Tom: Im not weird really
Also Tom: 17:33
Tom, you could use the perspective lines from the buildings and find where they converge on the horizon (vanishing points); this will let you lay down a perspective grid to better calculate where the landmarks are in 3d space. Drawing lines over photos can be deceiving because of lens distortion and other things
So frickin' compelling. Such fun to watch.
maybe my favorite format of "geogesser", i love it so much!
love the series keep it up big man!
Imagine how hard the first one would've been if they had just shifted around a bit to cut the monument out of the shot... Probably near impossible.
"I'd sooner mock your rear end than call you by your name" would be such a great insult. Can we get that written on a cup please? 🤣🤣
My favorite series!
I always play along, in the last one I just searched for "Girling racing track" and found it immediately 😂
17:32 this is what intense geography does to a man
Was hoping this comment would be here somewhere 😂
At 9:00 I was screaming "IT SO CLEARLY SAYS LAGUNA DESIGN CENTER!!" Love the videos, can't wait for the Draco Dinkleberg epic search!
I love this series! can't wait for the next one!
LoL imagine me saying " a plateau" at the same time as Tom
Tom: I dont think there is a carpark this big in britain
Every Sainsburies: let me introduce myself
I love this series. Keep up the good work.
I'm a big fan and I was stoked when you ended up in my neck of the woods. I took my PADI scuba lessons in the Aliso Niguel High School pool.
U should check every costa coffee location in the world to find Dinkleberg because he is holding a coffee from costa so look up all the costas and find a castle near it that might help u find him , love the vids
How people can say this is stale is beyond me watching this mans talent of finding places is insane
I just need to watch more of this!
I liked that there was a cut between "the only racing tracks I know" and "off the top of my head"
18:33 Lol
Come on Tom, Goodwood Festival of Speed, it's a former racing circuit that still hosts motorsport events, I'm from Norn Iron and I have been there, had a decent breakfast in the Motor Circuit Cafe that is sticking up over the wall, on the left level with Harrys head.
My instant guess after seeing the home-stretch on the last picture would be Goodwood, let's see how it holds up
Edit: LET'S GOOOOO
Edit 2: Nowadays it's used for classic car races. No official championships, just passionate people racing their oldtimers.
I knew the second one immediately, as I grew up in the area. The Ziggurat is a local landmark, and has been in a number of movies. The building in the foreground is the Laguna Design Center. And, BTW... Niguel is pronounced nih-GEL with a hard G.
This is my favorite youtube series!
First time I've done a playalong - great fun, thanks Tom!
Good luck with Draco's image. Took me a while, and a lot of luck with google images to randomly stumble across it... Nothing sensible and structured like your searching
I played along for the first time too, and also just found it. It took me about 3.5 hours of systematic searching
Less than five minutes for me. Then again, is ****** **** allowed? 😅
Well done everyone for finding it but please delete this comment so as not to spoil it for Tom. He does actually read them believe it or not.
@@aspuzling let me know where the spoiler is and I’ll delete it 👍🏻
@@richardandrewsmall Google images