istanbul?
― joseph sixpack (ice crӕm), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:47 (fifteen years ago) link
oh boooooring xp to lol canada
my error was to GIS rather than GS
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:48 (fifteen years ago) link
ankara
― ○◙i shine cuz i genital grind◙○ (roxymuzak), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:48 (fifteen years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Vampire_laronde.jpg/350px-Vampire_laronde.jpg
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:49 (fifteen years ago) link
I like how I win by not actually saying "Montreal" at any point :-)
Baghdad?
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:50 (fifteen years ago) link
actually i found it with fewer google words "bridge amusement park" do i win even more than ailsa?
― Ant Attack |=| (Ste), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Also, is not cheating, is educational and enterprising and stuff. Honest.
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Granny Dainger's is Montreal
― Jibe, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:52 (fifteen years ago) link
lol
― Ant Attack |=| (Ste), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:53 (fifteen years ago) link
haaaaaaaa
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Ed - Lahore, right?
― Matt DC, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:57 (fifteen years ago) link
^win
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:58 (fifteen years ago) link
#3. http://pics4.city-data.com/cpicv/vfiles18126.jpg
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:07 (fifteen years ago) link
THATS MONTREAL???
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Monday, 13 October 2008 14:08 (fifteen years ago) link
many xps obv
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Monday, 13 October 2008 14:09 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.staronetickets.com/images/Montreal.jpg
― joseph sixpack (ice crӕm), Monday, 13 October 2008 14:10 (fifteen years ago) link
google search: trees i don't what kind + smallish river + rolling hills + bland low buildings
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:11 (fifteen years ago) link
haha, yeah, that's spoiled my research fun.
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:11 (fifteen years ago) link
#3 url gives it away though
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:12 (fifteen years ago) link
#3 is not very easy for Europeans
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:14 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm guessing somewhere in the north east of the US - Massachussets or somesuch? Might be way off though. Any clues?
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:37 (fifteen years ago) link
This is based on trees and scenery looking like it would be somewhere geographically similar to Northern Europe, but that one building and the grid layout of the roads looking American. Am I on the right lines?
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:39 (fifteen years ago) link
I was thinking upstate NY.
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Damn I thought it was Legoland...
― snoball, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:40 (fifteen years ago) link
If it had a highway cutting through it it would look like Concord, NH.
― What's good for Wall Street (call all destroyer), Monday, 13 October 2008 14:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Ithaca?
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Monday, 13 October 2008 14:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Casper?
― Ant Attack |=| (Ste), Monday, 13 October 2008 14:46 (fifteen years ago) link
it's in the Western US
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Vegas
― Ant Attack |=| (Ste), Monday, 13 October 2008 14:47 (fifteen years ago) link
it's about the size of Pittsfield, MA
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:48 (fifteen years ago) link
or Casper, WY (which it isn't)
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:50 (fifteen years ago) link
i cant even tell what country that is. the pointy orange thing and two church steeples make me think europe somewhere but that bridge and some of those apartment buildings seem america? wait. is that an amusement park?
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Monday, October 13, 2008 8:28 AM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Haha, you just described Canada without knowing it.
― ☑ (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 13 October 2008 14:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Yakima, WA!I give up.
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:54 (fifteen years ago) link
closer
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:56 (fifteen years ago) link
rapid city?
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 October 2008 15:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Everett
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Monday, 13 October 2008 15:04 (fifteen years ago) link
rapid city is way bigger than Pittsfieldxp
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 15:05 (fifteen years ago) link
corvallis then
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 October 2008 15:05 (fifteen years ago) link
so is Everett, apparently
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 15:06 (fifteen years ago) link
cherry blossom wins
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 15:15 (fifteen years ago) link
#4.http://i34.tinypic.com/xq9set.jpg
― joseph sixpack (ice crӕm), Monday, 13 October 2008 15:19 (fifteen years ago) link
i'll say kiev again
― Ant Attack |=| (Ste), Monday, 13 October 2008 15:20 (fifteen years ago) link
sofia
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 15:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Legoland
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 15:23 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd say somewhere in asia, maybe india. Chennai?
― Jibe, Monday, 13 October 2008 15:24 (fifteen years ago) link
that looks oriental to me.
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Monday, 13 October 2008 15:24 (fifteen years ago) link
bangkok
― lil yawne (harbl), Monday, 13 October 2008 15:34 (fifteen years ago) link
For such a densely packed in place, it looks a bit Day Of The Triffids. No one in the park, no cars visible on the street. Can't see what the sign says, but it looks more likely to be in Roman script, not Japanese or Chinese.
Not New World, somehow not European-looking, I'd guess India, although that doesn't quite seem right either.
xpost yes maybe Bangkok
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 13 October 2008 15:37 (fifteen years ago) link
its not bangkok
― joseph sixpack (ice crӕm), Monday, 13 October 2008 15:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Hanoi?
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 15:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Its definitely Spanish speaking with the street name being Calle Csomething, and signs in that style appear to be common across Colombia though I noticed them more in Bogota. And the buildings on the left and words match
But on the other hand, there aren't many streets with trash like that or with that many people. Bogota's streetview surprisingly sparsely peopled. Maria Paz had people and trash. The building on the right is a problem. And the lighting isn't right, though I noticed the imagery is copyright 2019 and Bogota's coverage is more recent than that
I did wonder about Buenaventura on the coast, that seems to have trash and maybe port cities are a better bet
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 5 June 2024 06:48 (one week ago) link
Having a punt that its Caracas.
― Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 5 June 2024 07:38 (one week ago) link
I've just realised that this is not the most recently available street view, which is not really fair as the current view is very different
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 5 June 2024 08:23 (one week ago) link
This is roughly the same view in 2024
https://imgur.com/a/8FtdgxV
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 5 June 2024 09:04 (one week ago) link
Hm, why didn't that work?
https://i.imgur.com/YzYLNbQ.png
Reminds me of some streets I saw in Sal in Cape Verde.
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Wednesday, 5 June 2024 11:47 (one week ago) link
OK, that's pretty dramatically different! I'm struck by the cars, which look like they're from the 1990s or something
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 5 June 2024 11:55 (one week ago) link
Ok not Himalayan. Agree with South America or maybe Haiti?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 5 June 2024 12:08 (one week ago) link
Cali, Colombia? The painting of the green jeep is labeled "El Caleno."
― jaymc, Wednesday, 5 June 2024 12:11 (one week ago) link
Or wait, maybe it is Bogota. The building in the first photo looks like La Casa de Pique in the Bronx slum, which was demolished a few years ago: https://www.colombia.com/actualidad/nacionales/sdi/141328/inicio-la-demolicion-del-bronx
― jaymc, Wednesday, 5 June 2024 12:35 (one week ago) link
found it: 1563 Cl. 9https://maps.app.goo.gl/Nzk7KhPSgq2vhzZS9?g_st=ac
― jaymc, Wednesday, 5 June 2024 12:43 (one week ago) link
Ah good! I was at the wrong end of town, about 7 miles further west, though would never have found it even if landed on same street though with the changes. Was going to look for churches this afternoon
Weird area, I did kept second guessing if it was Bogota or not, but the street sign design was too big a factor to look elsewhere
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 5 June 2024 13:06 (one week ago) link
from 2014
https://www.google.com/maps/@4.600975,-74.0837072,3a,75y,18.44h,77.59t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sDgRK-F7csYnxL8IWHCwqUg!2e0!5s20141001T000000!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DDgRK-F7csYnxL8IWHCwqUg%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.share%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26yaw%3D18.438167091363482%26pitch%3D12.410116189830106%26thumbfov%3D90!7i13312!8i6656?coh=205410&entry=ttu
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 5 June 2024 13:09 (one week ago) link
well done jaymc, and cherry blossom who did say Bogota last night too. If you turn the camera around 180 degrees, are those homeless people sleeping? I really hope so, because this is what I read about the Bronx:
https://colombiareports.com/keep-colombias-homicide-rate-low-dismember-dispose-victims-remains/
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 5 June 2024 13:26 (one week ago) link
I think this is the best thread to ask this.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53772932710_8353e9d6c6_h.jpg
This is me. It's October 1973 and I'm seven years old. My mom and I went on a several month long trip around Europe and somewhere on the road she took this picture. My gut feeling is that it's Trieste, Italy or perhaps Pula, Croatia. I have no idea, but I'll bet that wall is still there.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 6 June 2024 02:58 (one week ago) link
Nafplio in Greece maybe?
https://theculturetrip.com/europe/greece/articles/11-reasons-to-fall-in-love-with-nafplio-the-most-romantic-destination-in-greece
― nate woolls, Thursday, 6 June 2024 03:10 (one week ago) link
I say maybe, but that looks like exactly the same piece of wall to me.
― nate woolls, Thursday, 6 June 2024 03:11 (one week ago) link
that makes total sense - we did eventually get to Greece (I had my 8th birthday in Athens)
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 6 June 2024 03:29 (one week ago) link
and bingo! thanks for spotting that - I found the spot at 4:28 into this video. There's more trees now and it looks like the walls of Palamidi Fortress have been given a good cleaning.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 6 June 2024 04:17 (one week ago) link
I broke into that fortress once! Interrailing round Europe with friends in 1993 we were staying in Nafplio, after visiting the town we planned to visit the fortress on the way back to our hostel, which was on the other side, but after climbing all the way up the hill we found the fortress was closed. So we climbed up a 12ft wall, walked through it and out the other side.
― ledge, Thursday, 6 June 2024 06:16 (one week ago) link