http://orbster.com/blogs/miss_h/ miss_h's Blog http://orbster.com/blogs/miss_h/2009/03/09/1236628015540.html <p><IMG SRC="http://orbster.com/blogs/miss_h/images/Elbtunnel_alt.jpg""width=425 height=350"></p> <p>(Tunnel below river Elbe, Hamburg; picture via <A HREF="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alter_Elbtunnel">wikipedia</A>)</p> <p> <A HREF="http://gpsmission.com/">GPS-Mission</A> even works in the tunnel below the river Elbe - as has been shown by the German TV show <A HREF="http://www3.ndr.de/sendungen/rund_um_den_michel/rundumdenmichel100_sid-435279.html">"Rund um den Michel"</A> on NDR. </p> <p>Yesterdays edition of the Hamburg based show was themed around "traces and tracing". Yago, a Hamburg based player and his friend were chased through town in a <A HREF="http://gpsmission.com/mission/4858349">nice mission</A> the TV team came up with - going deep down under the Elbe and high up to a bar with an excellent view over Hamburg as well as exploring an old Bunker. </p> <p>In the tunnel they had to find out how deep it is at its deepest point - and surprisingly they could send their answer right away from down there. Which of course was a trick - in reality players have to get out of the tunnel until they can post the answer to the riddle since there is neither internet nor GPS reception down there. </p> <p> By the way, this was the second time GPS Mission was on German TV - a few weeks ago it has been on 3Sat, in a <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5vjtdcScdU ">short feature on Location Based Games</A> which can be watched online. </p> http://orbster.com/blogs/miss_h/2009/03/03/1236101205987.html <p><IMG SRC="http://orbster.com/blogs/miss_h/images/parkdeck.JPG""width=425 height=350"></p> <p>(parking deck as playground)</p> If you take a look at the <A HREF="http://gpsmission.com/">GPS-Mission</A> map of Bremen, you´ll find quite a few missions that either make you play a gangster or a police officer. </p><p><a href="http://orbster.com/blogs/miss_h/2009/03/03/1236101205987.html">Read more...</a></p> http://orbster.com/blogs/miss_h/2009/02/05/1233837972296.html <p> Just started teaching a course on Location-Based Gaming at the <A HREF="http://www.informatik.hs-bremen.de/gob/">University of Applied Sciences</A> in Bremen. While the students are out in the streets I am busy with all the cable salad... </p> <p><IMG SRC="http://orbster.com/blogs/miss_h/images/gpsmaeuse.JPG""width=425 height=350"></p> <p><IMG SRC="http://orbster.com/blogs/miss_h/images/kabelbremen.JPG""width=425 height=350"></p>