Its definitely a good one (or four)
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 1 April 2021 09:59 (three years ago) link
salta argentinahttps://www.google.com/maps/@-24.8313789,-65.4265503,3a,75y,287.65h,102.43t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sDUMusM5RqZtHykHFWvy-Yw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― Jibe, Thursday, 1 April 2021 10:01 (three years ago) link
Praise be!
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Thursday, 1 April 2021 10:02 (three years ago) link
Paseo! Fuck, should have tried that. Well done, how did you get it?
― Computers I can live with, I even dried them in the oven (ledge), Thursday, 1 April 2021 10:07 (three years ago) link
Had a feeling that last pic would reveal all eventually. Well done Jibe
― or something, Thursday, 1 April 2021 10:09 (three years ago) link
once it became clear it could have been a spanish speaking country, i figured that pasco logo might actually be paseo. started searching for paseo centro comercial, ended up on paseo libertad's website and saw the same logo as that pic and then i looked on gmaps for paseo supermarkets in argentina
― Jibe, Thursday, 1 April 2021 10:10 (three years ago) link
nice work
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Thursday, 1 April 2021 10:14 (three years ago) link
Damn, never even heard of Salta. I'd checked Cordoba (which didn't look too bad for it) and Mendoza but that was as close as I got
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 1 April 2021 10:26 (three years ago) link
There were some really wild guesses on this thread!
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 1 April 2021 10:27 (three years ago) link
The two mountains in the back window of the bus suggested it was somewhere high altitude but i was was miles away. I've never been to that part of Argentina.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 1 April 2021 10:49 (three years ago) link
I've never been to any part of Argentina.
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Thursday, 1 April 2021 11:06 (three years ago) link
So whats the story with the blue line? Google is adding it when you do directions? Were you doing a route?
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 1 April 2021 11:26 (three years ago) link
It's just there when I drop down into streetview, shows where coverage is available. I assume it's there for everybody. Maybe others have a different method for finding pics?
― or something, Thursday, 1 April 2021 12:04 (three years ago) link
A new one for this afternoon:
https://i.postimg.cc/9fzhs9ck/City.png
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 1 April 2021 12:10 (three years ago) link
that looks like india, let's say chennai?
― Jibe, Thursday, 1 April 2021 12:24 (three years ago) link
It’s not Chennai.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 1 April 2021 12:25 (three years ago) link
Agree it looks like India with the English advertising and "A Timeless Experience"... could be Taj Mahal? So, Agra?
― or something, Thursday, 1 April 2021 13:02 (three years ago) link
actually it's prob not india as the cars are on the right side of the road... i've started looking at accra as ghana seems to be a right hand side driving, english speaking country... and there's a pullmann hotel soon to be built with the tagline "a timeless experience" (tho tbf i'm pretty sure one in two luxury building in construction has that tagline).
― Jibe, Thursday, 1 April 2021 13:05 (three years ago) link
Lol otm
― or something, Thursday, 1 April 2021 13:13 (three years ago) link
It's not Accra but the Pullman angle is interesting...
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 1 April 2021 13:29 (three years ago) link
I've found the fast food company and it narrows it down to... seven countries in east asia :(
Also google reverse image search sucks balls.
― Computers I can live with, I even dried them in the oven (ledge), Thursday, 1 April 2021 13:33 (three years ago) link
Good, it's cheating! Do we not have some sort of unwritten rule on using that? Kind of undermines the whole thing
― or something, Thursday, 1 April 2021 13:51 (three years ago) link
― or something
This is what I see on streetview. No line
https://i.postimg.cc/NFxLNBhF/Screenshot-2021-04-01-at-14-49-39.png
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 1 April 2021 13:51 (three years ago) link
so what’s the company, if I may be so bold to ask?
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 1 April 2021 13:53 (three years ago) link
Are you on a PC cherry blossom? I see the line on my phone and tablet, they're all I use
― or something, Thursday, 1 April 2021 13:55 (three years ago) link
Xp
Ah that explains it maybe, I'm on a macbook
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 1 April 2021 13:56 (three years ago) link
@ledge: how'd you find that fast food co, i gave up trying
based on rhd + east asia + there being quite a few billboards up in english based on a quick street view ... manila?
― Jibe, Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:00 (three years ago) link
Not Manila.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:01 (three years ago) link
Saying its probably south-east Asia isn't much of a revelation, beyond that my radar is pretty weak on this one. The city I'm thinking of first doesn't seem to be covered much by streetview so I'll wander around it some before putting it in as a guess
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:08 (three years ago) link
I'm not searching the whole image! (Which wouldn't work anyway). I don't see anything wrong with using creative google-fu.
I mocked up the logo (screen cap was too blurry) and after getting nowhere with google found some other engines, yandex got the gold star.
― Computers I can live with, I even dried them in the oven (ledge), Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:33 (three years ago) link
So that Argentina one screwed with my head because I read the "P" in Paseo as the Cyrillic letter "che" but I should have realized that the letter in the picture was reversed.
― In on the killfile (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:43 (three years ago) link
Yangon?
― Computers I can live with, I even dried them in the oven (ledge), Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:45 (three years ago) link
Correct!
I didn't realise when i put the picture up but if you just google "Pullman" "a timeless experience" you get some guy's 2015 review of the Yangon hotel as the first result.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:51 (three years ago) link
I thought Mandalay but not with any real reason, then I noticed not much streetview coverage but didn't find it (because it wasn't Mandalay)
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:54 (three years ago) link
Well played ledge. Anyone mind if I post another now we've got a nice pace going?
― or something, Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:55 (three years ago) link
fuuuuuck i searched a bit after you saying pullman was interesting but didn't look for myanmar cause the pullmann hotel site i ended up on did not mention any hotels in that country.well done ledge and also i'm in awe at you recreating the logo to search for it!
― Jibe, Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:57 (three years ago) link
go for it or something
― Jibe, Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:58 (three years ago) link
I missed the pullman hint! After getting the lotteria logo I worked out the no motorbikes sign was definitely Myanmar, searching "'a timeless experience' Myanmar" on Yandex my new favourite search engine got a page for a Yangon luxury condo with that tagline. No way I can find that specific streetview location though!
― Computers I can live with, I even dried them in the oven (ledge), Thursday, 1 April 2021 15:03 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/pVCzrYh9/Screenshot-20210401-134656-Maps.jpg
― or something, Thursday, 1 April 2021 15:15 (three years ago) link
man that is tough, not much to go on. the car at the far end of the road seems to be driving on the left. i don't know why but it makes me think of new zealand, even though i've never set foot anywhere near there
― Jibe, Thursday, 1 April 2021 16:45 (three years ago) link
Looks sooooo much like a place I know, in Chico, CA, but since it seems that place isn't on streetview, my theory collapses.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Thursday, 1 April 2021 17:02 (three years ago) link
is it a police car?
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 1 April 2021 17:07 (three years ago) link
the trees and the the curbs look like USA to me but the blue line on the street does not. Trying to make something of the grey box on the sidewalk in front of the streetlamp.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 1 April 2021 17:10 (three years ago) link
Ignore the blue line!
― or something, Thursday, 1 April 2021 17:11 (three years ago) link
the trees and the the curbs look like USA to me but the blue line on the street does not.
I was thinking US too but the blue line has a more Andean feel, possibly northern Argentina
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 1 April 2021 18:08 (three years ago) link
― Madchen, Thursday, 1 April 2021 18:19 (three years ago) link
Lol
― or something, Thursday, 1 April 2021 18:24 (three years ago) link
Also, looks like the word "Google" is faintly stenciled on the fence, maybe a Google facility?
― o. nate, Thursday, 1 April 2021 18:40 (three years ago) link
I've tried 2019 Google St, 2019 Google Ave, 2019 Google Rd, and 2019 Google Blvd but no dice
― rob, Thursday, 1 April 2021 18:50 (three years ago) link