The West Yorkshire one obv.
― ewar woowar (or something), Thursday, 19 November 2015 00:24 (eight years ago) link
Reckon that's right, that football stadium in the south east is the shay
― Karl Rove Knausgård (jim in glasgow), Thursday, 19 November 2015 00:33 (eight years ago) link
That's definitely it.
― pplains, Thursday, 19 November 2015 02:20 (eight years ago) link
I'll post one when I figure out how to use bing maps to get an aerial pic on my phone.
― ewar woowar (or something), Thursday, 19 November 2015 09:23 (eight years ago) link
3 is Halifax, well done!
― saer, Thursday, 19 November 2015 10:08 (eight years ago) link
Hats off to anyone who gets these, this is insanely hard. Reckon I could get London or New York if anyone fancies doing those.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Thursday, 19 November 2015 11:25 (eight years ago) link
Here's one until or something gets something loaded up:
http://i.imgur.com/0zkoH9r.jpg
― pplains, Thursday, 19 November 2015 14:32 (eight years ago) link
Looks kind of Californian.
― ewar woowar (or something), Thursday, 19 November 2015 19:52 (eight years ago) link
i'm sticking on that big open landscape in the middle. can't read it. cemetery? farms? big axial baroque garden?
― Frump 'n' Dump (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 19 November 2015 19:55 (eight years ago) link
I guessed cemetery.
― nickn, Thursday, 19 November 2015 21:16 (eight years ago) link
Hint: It's located in the UTC +2.
― pplains, Thursday, 19 November 2015 21:28 (eight years ago) link
Johannesburg?
― saer, Thursday, 19 November 2015 21:41 (eight years ago) link
Damn it, just abt to say Johannesburg. Think that's right.
― ewar woowar (or something), Thursday, 19 November 2015 21:46 (eight years ago) link
has anyone guessed #1 yet?
― marcos, Thursday, 19 November 2015 21:48 (eight years ago) link
the op is Indianapolis
― Karl Rove Knausgård (jim in glasgow), Thursday, 19 November 2015 21:52 (eight years ago) link
This one is easy to GIS for source, but amazing:
http://img.scoop.it/O_2tEC6XOoSSy9Kv0f6Zc4XXXL4j3HpexhjNOf_P3YmryPKwJ94QGRtDb3Sbc6KY
― Humean froth (Sanpaku), Thursday, 19 November 2015 22:02 (eight years ago) link
Cairo?
― nickn, Thursday, 19 November 2015 22:35 (eight years ago) link
Saer nailed it.
― pplains, Friday, 20 November 2015 01:09 (eight years ago) link
Is that a cemetery in the Jo-burg?
― nickn, Friday, 20 November 2015 03:13 (eight years ago) link
Look more closely in another tab. Each of those is a city block.
― Humean froth (Sanpaku), Friday, 20 November 2015 04:07 (eight years ago) link
New Delhi?
― El Tomboto, Friday, 20 November 2015 04:24 (eight years ago) link
I did look full size, Cairo seemed like a really big city in a dry climate that may have relativly low-tech development.
x-post, OK maybe India too.
― nickn, Friday, 20 November 2015 04:27 (eight years ago) link
The "carpet" quality makes me think Tokyo, the extremely gridding not so much. It's not Curitiba. Hrm. New Delhi outside of the center is actually pretty close in 'look' but I'm stumped. Man, that scale is wild. Feeling really dumb that I don't know what this is.
― Frump 'n' Dump (Doctor Casino), Friday, 20 November 2015 04:35 (eight years ago) link
What's weird is how even it is - maybe because we're zoomed out so far but it's hard to read major/minor streets, or even a long/short kind of rhythm like Manhattan or Mexico City have in their grids. It's weird to see something that screams "20th century planning" but not "and also they were obsessed with traffic circulation" which would lead you to arterials or at least some primary collector roads or something.
― Frump 'n' Dump (Doctor Casino), Friday, 20 November 2015 04:38 (eight years ago) link
It's New Delhi. I first saw the image in a coffee-table book about overpopulation.
― Humean froth (Sanpaku), Friday, 20 November 2015 04:50 (eight years ago) link
I tried searching that area of New Delhi on google maps, but couldn't find the right airport.
― pplains, Friday, 20 November 2015 04:55 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/ObVh1HV.jpg
― ogmor, Friday, 20 November 2015 11:09 (eight years ago) link
worth viewing bigger
― ogmor, Friday, 20 November 2015 11:10 (eight years ago) link
I was in the Shay Stadium a couple of weeks ago and I still had no idea that one up thread was Halifax. These are difficult.
― AlanSmithee, Friday, 20 November 2015 11:49 (eight years ago) link
That one looks a lot like Naples but isn't. I think I've covered most of the world's coastlines that look like that. Driving me a little nuts.
― El Tomboto, Friday, 20 November 2015 15:18 (eight years ago) link
i know where is it
― conrad, Friday, 20 November 2015 15:25 (eight years ago) link
I just followed the little ferry lines all over the mediterranean and couldn't find a port that looked like that.the railroads and lack of baseball diamonds around the sports complex in the southeast make me think it's not North America, the outdoor pools make me think it has to be somewhere warm.
― El Tomboto, Friday, 20 November 2015 15:31 (eight years ago) link
palermo?
― nxd, Friday, 20 November 2015 15:32 (eight years ago) link
it is on the mediterranean, not palermo. if your resolution is high enough you might be able to make out a wall around the old part of the city. you can't really tell but it's on quite a slope down to the sea.
― ogmor, Friday, 20 November 2015 15:50 (eight years ago) link
kinda tucked away in a gulf rather than on coast proper
― conrad, Friday, 20 November 2015 15:59 (eight years ago) link
Thessalonika?
― ewar woowar (or something), Friday, 20 November 2015 16:04 (eight years ago) link
yes!
― ogmor, Friday, 20 November 2015 16:06 (eight years ago) link
excellent city btw, I commend it to you all
― ogmor, Friday, 20 November 2015 16:07 (eight years ago) link
Loving the game. Now if someone could just show me how to upload an image without downloading an app to my phone I could contribute one of my own.
― ewar woowar (or something), Friday, 20 November 2015 16:14 (eight years ago) link
I shouldve blurted it out but go ahead
― conrad, Friday, 20 November 2015 16:18 (eight years ago) link
You should have, but go ahead anyway, I'm a few down as it is.
― ewar woowar (or something), Friday, 20 November 2015 16:22 (eight years ago) link
this is big for you zoom in
http://i.imgur.com/mUuoACJ.jpg
― conrad, Friday, 20 November 2015 17:04 (eight years ago) link
All of Northern Italy looks like that...
― Humean froth (Sanpaku), Friday, 20 November 2015 17:12 (eight years ago) link
parma?
― ciderpress, Friday, 20 November 2015 17:19 (eight years ago) link
can't find it in parma but damn it looks so similar!
― ciderpress, Friday, 20 November 2015 17:41 (eight years ago) link
not italy
― conrad, Friday, 20 November 2015 17:48 (eight years ago) link
I just followed the little ferry lines all over the mediterranean and couldn't find a port that looked like that.
I did that exact same thing this afternoon.
― ailsa, Friday, 20 November 2015 18:58 (eight years ago) link
that frank gehry looking thing on the northeast campus should be a clue
― El Tomboto, Friday, 20 November 2015 19:05 (eight years ago) link
LEON
― El Tomboto, Friday, 20 November 2015 19:17 (eight years ago) link
Spain
much easier one
Interesting, I found that much harder than Portsmouth! I wasn't even really thinking of California (and I don't know Newport Beach at all)
― cherry blossom, Friday, 6 March 2020 07:43 (four years ago) link
Interesting looking one!
https://i.postimg.cc/gkS2yv40/Screenshot-2020-03-05-at-17-05-58.png
― cherry blossom, Friday, 6 March 2020 07:45 (four years ago) link
No takers?
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 7 March 2020 19:12 (four years ago) link
done a bit of coastline-scrolling but nothing's coming together yet.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 7 March 2020 19:59 (four years ago) link
klaipeda, lithuania. the euro buildings and barrier islands had me scanning through the coasts of the north and baltic seas for a while.
― circles, Sunday, 8 March 2020 02:35 (four years ago) link
Yes! I thought this would have been an easier one than it proved to be, with such a distinctive coastline!
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 8 March 2020 03:29 (four years ago) link
nice work!
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 8 March 2020 13:38 (four years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/FmfCVy4C/Screenshot-2020-03-13-at-09-05-35.png
quarantine edition
― cherry blossom, Friday, 13 March 2020 09:07 (four years ago) link
Nantes!
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 13 March 2020 14:09 (four years ago) link
(Didn't know it by sight - it just felt extremely French and I did a short cruise down the Loire. Second city I checked!)
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 13 March 2020 14:10 (four years ago) link
Result!
― cherry blossom, Friday, 13 March 2020 16:11 (four years ago) link
I recognised it straight away as somewhere I had visited but got misled by the caption so was looking at cities on the Arno!
― thomasintrouble, Friday, 13 March 2020 16:47 (four years ago) link