looks somewhere equatorial and colonial but i don't see any mosques. maybe somewhere like macau but the towers aren't big enough.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Wednesday, 15 September 2021 20:05 (three years ago) link
Itβs so flat!
― Porking level G4 (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 15 September 2021 20:47 (three years ago) link
Yeah, not Macau because there isn't a weird space needle thing, and this isn't taken from the weird space needle thing
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Wednesday, 15 September 2021 21:41 (three years ago) link
I still think it's China. In most countries a river that size would allow you to narrow it down to coastal cities, but not China. Doesn't look muddy enough to be the Yellow River or the Yangtze at least
― ignore the blue line (or something), Thursday, 16 September 2021 14:11 (three years ago) link
is the ultra modern looking thing on the left a stadium or a train station?+ these very colorful buildings in the front, a circus tent - amusement park maybe?
― StanM, Thursday, 16 September 2021 15:00 (three years ago) link
Architecture in the foreground doesn't look Chinese to me. Unless maybe it is a college campus deliberately designed to look Western or something.
― o. nate, Thursday, 16 September 2021 18:36 (three years ago) link
The groupings of distant buildings remind me strikingly of South Korea
― what's fgti up to these days? nothing. she's fake (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 16 September 2021 18:54 (three years ago) link
Dnipro, Ukraine?
― Porking level G4 (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 16 September 2021 19:29 (three years ago) link
I was going to say, looks a bit like one of those previous photos that turned out to be in the Ukraine or Russia.
― o. nate, Thursday, 16 September 2021 19:31 (three years ago) link
Looks more like Kiev tbh, the island in the middle matches up with maps in a certain way.
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Thursday, 16 September 2021 19:37 (three years ago) link
something distinctive at the very far left (when I zoom in).. the white space odyssey bldg
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 16 September 2021 20:13 (three years ago) link
― Porking level G4 (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 17 September 2021 02:46 (three years ago) link
I could be totally wrong since I don't see any onion domes.
― Porking level G4 (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 17 September 2021 02:47 (three years ago) link
Can't find the aerial shot but I really want to go to northern China now. It's Harbin
ζΎζ±ζΉΏε°ζ ζΈΈη 倴https://maps.app.goo.gl/prZFrAVEnC6cdszJ9
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 17 September 2021 09:20 (three years ago) link
great find - I had been looking at big cities on rivers near the sea in the South but had given up
― StanM, Friday, 17 September 2021 09:24 (three years ago) link
I was switching between the south and the north and the Russia comments above made me refocus on the north
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 17 September 2021 09:29 (three years ago) link
Well done. Was hoping to get some idea of what all those russian style buildings are, they're not identified in google maps itself but I found a user review: Located in the Sun Island Scenic Area, Russian-style Town is a Russian-themed tourist spot and sightseeing area. The town retains a few dozen Russian-style villas and private residences. You can walk into these buildings for a visit.
The space age building on the far left, however, is completely unmarked.
― ledge, Friday, 17 September 2021 09:37 (three years ago) link
The space age building is Harbin Grand Theatre
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Rj6AXAu4UaGYAdFp7
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 17 September 2021 09:39 (three years ago) link
ah, the one pic i didn't look at!
― ledge, Friday, 17 September 2021 09:40 (three years ago) link
scroll left for a headless person with another tiny person in their rucksack.
― ledge, Friday, 17 September 2021 09:41 (three years ago) link
Wow I was sure that it wasn't China.I wouldn't be so keen on moving to Harbin, it gets real cold there in the winter.
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 17 September 2021 09:41 (three years ago) link
Smashed it!
The aerial photo is super close to the icy river one you found, a bit to the NW next to Harbin Polarland
― cherry blossom, Friday, 17 September 2021 09:41 (three years ago) link
And yeah it does share strange similarities with the Dnipro aerial shot from the other time!
― cherry blossom, Friday, 17 September 2021 13:17 (three years ago) link
Interesting.. so the architecture was done deliberately to evoke a Russian appearance. Nice find.
― o. nate, Friday, 17 September 2021 13:42 (three years ago) link
can't find the exact location of your pic (weird, do different countries get different pics maybe?) - can only find one very close:
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.7858925,126.5886307,3a,75y,88.96h,68.92t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipOG3ZPhwTTjMUWLunDaWE-G59pset0GdxCdpQXK!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOG3ZPhwTTjMUWLunDaWE-G59pset0GdxCdpQXK%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya20.78465-ro-0-fo100!7i15000!8i7500
― StanM, Friday, 17 September 2021 14:54 (three years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.7828255,126.5890808,3a,75y,227.25h,80.25t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipP2hKL7fAoXr8xSnBzDlJSGpTAkYMvOBSy1t8nj!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipP2hKL7fAoXr8xSnBzDlJSGpTAkYMvOBSy1t8nj%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-10-ya320-ro-0-fo100!7i15000!8i7500
― cherry blossom, Friday, 17 September 2021 15:10 (three years ago) link
Missed this one but, yep, Harbin was mostly built by Russian railway workers and, though it has obviously changed a lot, the historical buildings (and faux historical ones) often have a heavy Russian influence.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Friday, 17 September 2021 15:17 (three years ago) link
xp thanks! but no, I have nothing there on my map
― StanM, Friday, 17 September 2021 15:24 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/xTX7JdZN/126.jpg
Monday Morning Blues
― cherry blossom, Monday, 20 September 2021 11:03 (three years ago) link
I can do no more than state the obvious and say that it's the UK and probably England.
― brain (krakow), Monday, 20 September 2021 11:11 (three years ago) link
Nottingham
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Monday, 20 September 2021 12:13 (three years ago) link
looks like some shithole in bucks or berks
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Monday, 20 September 2021 16:53 (three years ago) link
Lol that has a different meaning where I am, though I don't doubt yr right.
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Monday, 20 September 2021 17:11 (three years ago) link
(Bucks and Berks are two counties that form part of the ring around Philadelphia county, and both are full of both very nice area and absolute shitholes)
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Monday, 20 September 2021 17:12 (three years ago) link
That feels like literally everywhere I've ever been in England.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 20 September 2021 18:04 (three years ago) link
church and steep high St are the clues here I think
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 20 September 2021 18:08 (three years ago) link
i'm pretty sure it's south of nottingham
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Monday, 20 September 2021 21:38 (three years ago) link
little bit twee and tudor for the midlands and north
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Monday, 20 September 2021 21:39 (three years ago) link
Wouldn't rule out Ireland here
― nashwan, Monday, 20 September 2021 22:05 (three years ago) link
Building on the left, behind the traffic light sign, does not look English at all
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 20 September 2021 22:08 (three years ago) link
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
― Porking level G4 (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 20 September 2021 22:33 (three years ago) link
I'm still trying to figure out what that grassy area in the center is. At first it looked like some kind of traffic circle, but then I started to think that the apparent curvature of the wall was actually fish-eye lens distortion and the wall is actually fairly straight. Still not sure though. And I can't figure out what is the in the low-lying area behind those bushes. Perhaps a river or train tracks?
― o. nate, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 01:20 (three years ago) link
Maybe non-English looking building on left in an otherwise English looking scene suggests more continental influence ?some place in Kent maybe
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 02:53 (three years ago) link
o.nate, yeah was thinking that too could even be another road down there
― Sorry, but that is how I feel (Ste), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 07:23 (three years ago) link
My guess is pedestrian underpass.
― ledge, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 07:50 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I'd say it's a pedestrian underpass that goes through the roundabout.
Like caek, I don't think it's northern.
― brain (krakow), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 09:03 (three years ago) link
Another vote for pedestrian underpass, I'm sure of it. And that's a roundabout, fish-eye or no fish-eye. The building on the left could easily be a hotel, don't think it looks that un-English if so
Is this defo a city? Getting distinct town vibes
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 09:29 (three years ago) link
I don't see a Salvation Army band playing nor children drinking lemonade, so yeah, northern town is out.
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 16:10 (three years ago) link
looks a bit like some places near me(warwickshire)
― nxd, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 20:37 (three years ago) link
Bingo! It's St Botolph's roundabout in Colchester
B1025https://maps.app.goo.gl/hjhdo4WZdkiPHyrv6
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 21:11 (three years ago) link