(found by googling "circlar pedestrian bridge"!)
Ha, I was googling "roundabout bridge".
― pplains, Sunday, 29 November 2015 16:50 (eight years ago) link
sorry, I guess I thought Aveiro was a bigger deal! it's a significant university town and moderate tourist attraction, i dunno man.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 29 November 2015 21:01 (eight years ago) link
Big enough to have a pedestrian roundabout bridge, I ain't knockin' ya, C.
― pplains, Monday, 30 November 2015 00:31 (eight years ago) link
Current one is such a wonky patchwork of elements. Having a hard time picturing any of these spaces relating to any of the others. That's not so unusual but it sort of is in towns with what look like old-timey cathedrals and squares, and that huge, oddly-shaped green that nothing else seems to really take seriously.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 30 November 2015 00:47 (eight years ago) link
I'm most intrigued by the nonagonal UFO landing pad in the northwest
― El Tomboto, Monday, 30 November 2015 00:51 (eight years ago) link
Lot of cities in the UK, I'll give you all that.
― pplains, Monday, 30 November 2015 02:50 (eight years ago) link
That looks like (half) a rugby pitch three quarters to the right at the top. Is it somewhere in the British Isles that isn't England?
― AlanSmithee, Monday, 30 November 2015 07:36 (eight years ago) link
yes indeed it is british isles
― thomasintrouble, Monday, 30 November 2015 12:14 (eight years ago) link
Armagh!
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Monday, 30 November 2015 12:46 (eight years ago) link
It is, I just found it as well!
― ailsa, Monday, 30 November 2015 12:48 (eight years ago) link
I have nothing so go ahead and post one if you have
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Monday, 30 November 2015 12:57 (eight years ago) link
well done! is there any chance we could restrict this to actual cities? finding provincial towns is fiendishly difficult. armagh has less than 15k ppl, there are bigger villages !
― ogmor, Monday, 30 November 2015 12:58 (eight years ago) link
Armagh is an actual city.
― ailsa, Monday, 30 November 2015 13:09 (eight years ago) link
I'd finished doing cities in Wales and was just moving round the ones in NI (I knew it wasn't in Scotland)
I just went by the list of Irish cathedrals on wikipedia
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Monday, 30 November 2015 13:12 (eight years ago) link
xps the trick is finding somewhere difficult but not TOO difficult and I guess being solved in 24 hours with a couple of nudges feels about right?
― thomasintrouble, Monday, 30 November 2015 13:14 (eight years ago) link
man not only does it have city status but there are three smaller cities in the uk. carry on then
― ogmor, Monday, 30 November 2015 13:27 (eight years ago) link
imo sticking to 100,000+ population is best unless it has some unique identifying characteristic
― ciderpress, Monday, 30 November 2015 14:00 (eight years ago) link
RIP St Davids
― The Male Gaz Coombes (Neil S), Monday, 30 November 2015 14:09 (eight years ago) link
I thought this was an expression of desperation at first.
― pplains, Monday, 30 November 2015 14:25 (eight years ago) link
"I can't find this stupid city. Armagh!"
alisa, you got anything?
― pplains, Monday, 30 November 2015 14:32 (eight years ago) link
Here's an unofficial one until we get a new city up. Trick to this one is that it's been flipped sideways.
http://i.imgur.com/bAyWlia.jpg
― pplains, Monday, 30 November 2015 14:40 (eight years ago) link
Very strong Latin American vibe....
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 30 November 2015 15:39 (eight years ago) link
Yup. Buenos Aires.
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Monday, 30 November 2015 16:10 (eight years ago) link
Sorry, don't have anything for now. Will try and find something and put it up later.
― ailsa, Monday, 30 November 2015 16:35 (eight years ago) link
Meanwhile here's one that might be too small for a city but there's something identifiable
http://i.imgur.com/Yzzu7kX.jpg
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Monday, 30 November 2015 17:15 (eight years ago) link
Saint martin de Re. Cool looking place. I'll try to work out how to post a map from my phone. This may take a while...
― thomasintrouble, Monday, 30 November 2015 18:14 (eight years ago) link
I'd be happy for someone else to post the next one, I won't be back at a PC until Friday.
― thomasintrouble, Monday, 30 November 2015 18:58 (eight years ago) link
Really cool aerial, that last one.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 30 November 2015 20:16 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/GTDNQxH.jpg
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Monday, 30 November 2015 21:08 (eight years ago) link
Barcelona in a heartbeat.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 30 November 2015 21:19 (eight years ago) link
I had a hunch it would be too easy
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Monday, 30 November 2015 21:20 (eight years ago) link
For better or worse. The Cerda plan which gives it that very distinctive grid of chamfered-edge blocks also makes the entire 19th century expansion of the city just brutally monotonous when you're anywhere between the big diagonals. The chamfered corners also make it a real pain to get around on foot: every street you're crossing is basically twice as wide as it needs to be, so you burn a lot of potential walking time waiting for lights. A shame the chamfer couldn't have been saved for 'special' intersections, or the grid more frequently offset with some other rhythm or open spaces (e.g. Savannah).
IIRC, Sagrada Familia was meant to be within an even bigger park - or rather, a total of six green blocks, making a Latin Cross. Obviously that was way too much real estate, but it's alarming to consider that it might not actually feel all that different, except of course for being able to get a real frontal approach on the thing.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 30 November 2015 21:25 (eight years ago) link
I looked at doing a v similar shot of Barcelona earlier but figured too obvious. Still looks excellent from the air though.
― ailsa, Monday, 30 November 2015 22:58 (eight years ago) link
they look like chromosomes.
― pplains, Tuesday, 1 December 2015 00:36 (eight years ago) link
18.
http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq313/doctorcasino/guessaerial2_zpscxwof8fh.png
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 1 December 2015 02:25 (eight years ago) link
Ground zero. Hiroshima.
― Humean froth (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 1 December 2015 02:35 (eight years ago) link
Yup, well done.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 1 December 2015 02:45 (eight years ago) link
Another easy one:
http://i.imgur.com/HeHtcfX.jpg
― Humean froth (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 1 December 2015 02:46 (eight years ago) link
Singapore
― Treeship, Tuesday, 1 December 2015 02:56 (eight years ago) link
Marina Bay Sands is hard to miss.
― jmm, Tuesday, 1 December 2015 03:21 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/6sN06NV.jpg
view image it's big
― conrad, Monday, 7 December 2015 12:54 (eight years ago) link
very middle european? prague/ljubliana etc are similar
― thomasintrouble, Monday, 7 December 2015 13:56 (eight years ago) link
not Prague I don't think, but maybe Brno?
― The Male Gaz Coombes (Neil S), Monday, 7 December 2015 14:05 (eight years ago) link
totally Brno! Nice.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 7 December 2015 14:19 (eight years ago) link
👍
― conrad, Monday, 7 December 2015 15:37 (eight years ago) link
a lovely city, I would recommend a visit to the Brno Dragon should anyone pay a vist
http://www.brno.me/photos/sights/city-portal-dragon.jpg
working on my selection...
― The Male Gaz Coombes (Neil S), Monday, 7 December 2015 15:45 (eight years ago) link
relatively easy I should think
http://i.imgur.com/HhrAC8l.png
― The Male Gaz Coombes (Neil S), Monday, 7 December 2015 15:50 (eight years ago) link
We got stuck in traffic and so had to cut out our visit to Brno proper - but Mies's Villa Tugendhat is a must-see for the architectural sort.
xpost Lyon!
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 7 December 2015 15:51 (eight years ago) link