I think I found some striped poles
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 08:19 (three years ago) link
All non-white cars are forbidden in Ashgabat (Turkmenistan) but I don't think this is it
― StanM, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 08:25 (three years ago) link
Striped poles for both street signs and lights are very distinctive. Googling around I found striped poles in Kuwait. The blue sign with two indecipherable lines of text - wondering if this is arabic script on top and Roman script underneath
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 08:52 (three years ago) link
The striped poles I found were in Haifa, near the airport but not had a chance to look properly
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 09:08 (three years ago) link
I'm not 100% on that cap being a Kippah - could be a Taquiyah or Kufi too?
― StanM, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 12:44 (three years ago) link
I see FAH too, and the word underneath looks like "depot."
― nickn, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 17:28 (three years ago) link
The area immediately north of Tel Aviv airport is festooned with striped poles. Festooned!
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 20:43 (three years ago) link
one more before I go to bed:
https://i.ibb.co/gSGGnMf/Screenshot-2021-11-17-at-21-28-33.png
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 21:30 (three years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@23.5885384,58.3844859,3a,75y,55.9h,77.58t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipNkSvNKaYuOdEpeqdGbRz4YjPx4lRkpZhyVUV2q!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNkSvNKaYuOdEpeqdGbRz4YjPx4lRkpZhyVUV2q%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi1.1677419-ya168.24538-ro0.124545805-fo100!7i5760!8i2880
Got him!
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 22:10 (three years ago) link
O Man!
― nickn, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 22:19 (three years ago) link
(indirectly via https://trafficfineslist.com/images/oman-traffic-fines.jpg)
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 22:32 (three years ago) link
The land of the stripey pole...
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 22:39 (three years ago) link
nice one!
― StanM, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 22:58 (three years ago) link
Second pic: https://goo.gl/maps/DCEtf1CDDXDucce1A
― tomorrow, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 23:08 (three years ago) link
That was a good one. I definitely got sidetracked by finding stripey poles in Israel. Haifa and Tel Aviv both felt too busy but they had the striped poles, but weirdly only in certain areas so I felt hmm maybe
Then I looked Jordan, Saudi, Oman and saw the traffic fines photo with the highway overhead and furniture store and it was pretty quick from there
One thing I learned is that Haifa and Tel Aviv both have a lot of tiny roundabouts, that are pretty well decorated
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Thursday, 18 November 2021 08:14 (three years ago) link
Nice one, was looking for a while like the middle east was a bit of a blind spot for the thread.
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Thursday, 18 November 2021 08:36 (three years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/9YGK7BJ/co2.jpg
Monday SV
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Monday, 22 November 2021 10:55 (two years ago) link
Initial thought: those bigger houses feel scandinavian - but it could just as easily be Scotland or something like the flatter parts of Austria, maybe? :-/
Can't quite make out what's on the road (bottom) - xxxT xxNAS ? (west/east something nas?)
Trying to see if the cars drive on the left or right but that three lane road is very confusing - looking at the arrows near the bottom of the pic all three lanes are coming our way, but a bit further away, between the trees, it looks like there's an arrow that splits into left/straight on for traffic coming from where we are - so which is it?
― StanM, Monday, 22 November 2021 12:15 (two years ago) link
Looks like driving on the left to me, I can't see an arrow indicating the left lane is coming our way, only the one higher up. Can't make out the writing on the road on the right hand lane beyond __Y ___S - any lanes? left turns? Might be a place name instead of an instruction.
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Monday, 22 November 2021 12:23 (two years ago) link
I think that's the UK, and it might be Lancaster?
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Monday, 22 November 2021 13:27 (two years ago) link
That could be a currys / pc world logo on the left edge in the middle - have looked at a few megastores with no joy though.
The roads and carparks all look very quiet!
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Monday, 22 November 2021 14:50 (two years ago) link
Might look silly in a bit but I'm pretty confident that is not the UK. First thought was Scandinavia
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 22 November 2021 16:44 (two years ago) link
If only you'd waited a minute...
Swansea:
https://goo.gl/maps/TptAJZuqy2UXqmst7
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Monday, 22 November 2021 16:46 (two years ago) link
Writing on the road says CITY DINAS (city in welsh)!
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Monday, 22 November 2021 16:48 (two years ago) link
This is the original image: https://goo.gl/maps/fNwPerNVem5gmMmF6
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Monday, 22 November 2021 16:49 (two years ago) link
nice, well done!
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Monday, 22 November 2021 16:53 (two years ago) link
Ah man, I was gonna say if it is the UK it could only be Wales, honest! Well done
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 22 November 2021 16:59 (two years ago) link
yeah the last time we had somewhere that looked like england but with trees it was wales.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 22 November 2021 17:35 (two years ago) link
wooo! nice one!
― StanM, Monday, 22 November 2021 18:11 (two years ago) link
see, this small arrow to the right (in front of the car) was the one that made me think all three lanes went the same way (it still is, a bit) - but it's a roundabout
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.637948,-3.9311403,3a,75y,212.94h,58.35t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9ye0lFi78qtXmCgFZ-5FIQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
― StanM, Monday, 22 November 2021 18:14 (two years ago) link
Good work on this one , you were correct on the Curry's / PC World logo, and on the DINAS marking - neither of which I had picked up on. True about the tree coverage as well
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 08:54 (two years ago) link
Yeah I was pretty confident about the currys/pc world, i didn't have the patience to look at every megastore on a map but the white frontage with dark horizontal line is fairly distinctive and luckily it came up in an image search for currys pc world megastore retail park.
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 09:00 (two years ago) link
This is the original image: https://goo.gl/maps/fNwPerNVem5gmMmF6― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge)
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge)
if you look straight down, the drone is hanging above a small hill with a spiral path that's apparently not labeled on google maps? Is this some kind of prehistoric site?
― StanM, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 10:09 (two years ago) link
On openstreetmap it's labelled as white rock park, which led me here http://whiterocktrails.org/ which despite dozens of pages is not super clear on the history of the site, i can't find anything about the mound or paths.
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 10:26 (two years ago) link
Industrail not prehistoric though.
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 10:29 (two years ago) link
Industrial
https://i.ibb.co/HVbKxXG/y.jpg
out on the street
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Thursday, 25 November 2021 08:33 (two years ago) link
idk but there's a ghost under the pedestrian crossing sign.
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Thursday, 25 November 2021 08:44 (two years ago) link
Probably a German-speaking location, as the poster has the slogan 'Selbsthilfe'.
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Thursday, 25 November 2021 09:13 (two years ago) link
Mallorca then?
― StanM, Thursday, 25 November 2021 09:29 (two years ago) link
to the right of the ghost there's an arrow pointing to the right with something that I can't read but it somehow doesn't look like western letters?
― StanM, Thursday, 25 November 2021 09:36 (two years ago) link
The German sign is for a self-help group ('Selbsthilfe') offering support for people with alcohol and prescription drug ('Medikamente') issues.
The eagle logo to the right of it may be the symbol of the self-help group, as the background is the same colour.
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Saturday, 27 November 2021 12:38 (two years ago) link
There are pedestrian crossing signs like that in Mallorca.
― o. nate, Saturday, 27 November 2021 23:47 (two years ago) link
I haven't really found where to go look around yet on Mallorca, to be honest
― StanM, Sunday, 28 November 2021 01:10 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/BjLktHd/cuu.jpg
Out on the street II (not on the street)
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Sunday, 28 November 2021 19:10 (two years ago) link
Tirana, Albania
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Eurolloto+Tregu+Elektrik/@41.3258843,19.8326425,3a,75y,70.62h,78.64t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAF1QipMNvtvzN3GWtpxIJR1t8Z0xMPQ1CtuyE0RAf68f!2e10!3e12!7i11364!8i5682!4m9!1m2!2m1!1seurolloto!3m5!1s0x1350313d3b654a51:0x6f1328f2cdbd9802!8m2!3d41.325914!4d19.832699!15sCglldXJvbGxvdG-SAQ5iZXR0aW5nX2FnZW5jeQ
― kinder, Sunday, 28 November 2021 19:36 (two years ago) link
Actual streetview of the first photo https://www.google.com/maps/@41.32567,19.8335903,3a,75y,254.87h,72.43t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQcDQDC0Nzw9P3L6F1R0RpQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― kinder, Sunday, 28 November 2021 19:49 (two years ago) link
oh wow! well done!
― StanM, Sunday, 28 November 2021 20:01 (two years ago) link
how did you find it?
― StanM, Sunday, 28 November 2021 20:03 (two years ago) link
Mainly luck, don't really know as I thought I'd start in Germany. I was looking for 'moto' cafe then realised it was Euro Lloto, which are all over. Somehow on Google maps it was showing me different locations with the inside photos - I clicked on a few and one looked like the one in the photo, so clicked around it.
― kinder, Sunday, 28 November 2021 20:09 (two years ago) link