Challenge Description
A wise man once said “Jordan’s land means so much to me the sky, the mountains, the trees, even the smell of the air bring me a deep sense of peace”. Inspired by this, my friend decided to use Jordan’s nature as the theme for his new website. He sent me the website’s cover and asked if I had any suggestions. But one thing puzzled me, there was a truck in the design, and I couldn't figure out its meaning. When I asked him what the website was actually about, he simply said, "Just give me the exact location where you can spot that truck, and you’ll understand." So… can you help me with that?,
The flag format would be for example, if the coordinates are 31.9558731,35.9229813, the correct flag would be NCSC{31.9558731,35.9229813}, using the full exact coordinates as they are displayed.
Challenge Solution
Based on reading the question, this could either be solved easily or lead down a lot of rabbit holes, But based on the picture of the truck in the image in question, we need the exact location.
From there, we can check related articles based on the Quote, although that could lead to more rabbit holes, However, if we examine the same picture, we can see that it represents the outline of Jordan's map from the middle.
So if we go to Google Maps and view the map of Jordan’s central region, we’ll notice that the two black drawings in the picture match parts of the map. The truck icon marks the precise location visible in Google Street View and it’s just a single point.
Based on that, we can click the spot and check the location using the URL at the top.
Once we have seen the Truck the flag will be done, NCSC{30.8696236,36.2617557}
Challenge idea
The challenge requires the user to identify a real world location from a visual cue in an image ( a truck on a stylized map that share some similarities with the central region of Jordan) By comparing the similarity in map shapes and markings between the stylized map and comparing it to Google maps, you can figure out the exact coordinates visually and using Street View for confirmation. The last thing you need to do is grab the coordinates from the URL.