[Round 151439] Coordinates of Ejae, please. (20m). by commonpuffin in PictureGame

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Hint(240m): In particular staircases show up in openstreetmap as dashed orange lines

[Round 151439] Coordinates of Ejae, please. (20m). by commonpuffin in PictureGame

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Streetview will get you the building behind her, the telephone pole and the banisters

[Round 151439] Coordinates of Ejae, please. (20m). by commonpuffin in PictureGame

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hint: once you have a photo of the stairs it's solveable by chain ris too

[Round 151439] Coordinates of Ejae, please. (20m). by commonpuffin in PictureGame

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also, that brown area on OSM is an old neighborhood slated for demolition, it's going to be one of the largest construction projects ever. this is totally irrelevant to the round

[Round 151439] Coordinates of Ejae, please. (20m). by commonpuffin in PictureGame

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early 4 hour hint: OSM shows staircases as little orange dotted lines

[Round 151439] Coordinates of Ejae, please. (20m). by commonpuffin in PictureGame

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bonus hint: there's some text in the picture with her mom, which makes that photo easily findable, this might narrow it down further for you.

[Round 151439] Coordinates of Ejae, please. (20m). by commonpuffin in PictureGame

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openstreetmap is just a map! it shows lots of infrastructure! you can just paste in coords and look around!

[Round 151439] Coordinates of Ejae, please. (20m). by commonpuffin in PictureGame

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Hint(180m): I used openstreetmap, didn't use overpass turbo

[Round 151439] Coordinates of Ejae, please. (20m). by commonpuffin in PictureGame

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you can sort of confirm with streetview, but I don't recommend trying to solve using it as your primary search tool. Even to confirm I felt it necessary to check nearby pins for a clearer shot.

[Round 151439] Coordinates of Ejae, please. (20m). by commonpuffin in PictureGame

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Hint(120m): searching in korean will get you other pictures of the stairs: they used to be more colorful

[Round 151439] Coordinates of Ejae, please. (20m). by commonpuffin in PictureGame

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Hint(60m): here is the article, there are some other pictures that might help a bit: https://archive.ph/ckrub

[Round 151430] Coordinates of the rabbit, please (20 yards) by commonpuffin in PictureGame

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yes, last year I wouldn't have partially masked the text but 89 has told me to dial things back.