Wednesday search challenge (6/19/13): How hard can it be? What's the color of the roof?

[Dan Russell]

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Wednesday search challenge (6/19/13): How hard can it be? What's the color of the roof?

A roof in Holland.  But this is not the roof you seek.

Sometimes a simple search problem requires just a slightly different way of thinking, a way of getting out of your normal way of doing things.  

This is such a problem.  It's not that hard, but it illustrates a great point about being a good SearchResearcher.  

This problem was sent to me by regular reader Miguel V., who asked about a particular section of a town in Holland that is obscured in Google Maps.  

He writes, "The really intriguing feature, apart from the blur itself being an artistic patch instead of a real blur, is that, although the satellite view is blurred, there's Street View for the whole area."  

But as you see when you look for Beatrixstraat 5, Noordwijk,  Netherlands... there's a twist to the problem.  

Today's challenge: 

1.  What is the color of the roof at Beatrixstraat 5, Noordwijk, Netherlands?  

You can rate yourself on this question.  It should take you less than 1 minute to solve.  If you're taking more than 2 minutes, ask yourself if you're looking under the wrong streetlight.  

And, for extra credit (and truthfully, I don't know the answer to this question myself, so don't spend TOO much time on this): 

2.  Why is this part of Nordwijk obscured? 

Be sure to let us know what you do to solve this challenge.  Search on!