ah yes, that famous southwestern city Cleveland. I was wrong.
― StanM, Thursday, 29 July 2021 04:01 (two years ago) link
the fortunes of the Barber Shop / Beauty Salon / Deli is interesting.
― koogs, Thursday, 29 July 2021 10:38 (two years ago) link
Checks out.
― heyy nineteen, that's john belushi (the table is the table), Thursday, 29 July 2021 11:35 (two years ago) link
β koogs,
I initially thought it was some kind of Greyhound building till going back in time
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 29 July 2021 18:08 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/XJmvvZCh/pe.jpg
Last for the week
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 29 July 2021 18:11 (two years ago) link
Is it my imagination or are those Chinese characters on the back of those Coca Cola signs?
― o. nate, Thursday, 29 July 2021 18:42 (two years ago) link
According to Google, the flag with blue, white, and yellow stripes top to bottom is the flag of Hazaristan, a region of Afghanistan, and according to DeviantArt it is the flag of the mascfluidflux gender.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 29 July 2021 20:33 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/NFRCT3Lw/d.jpg
Another view
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 1 August 2021 20:26 (two years ago) link
That feels a lot more remote or isolated than the stadium would suggest - I'm trying to guess the sport from the chalk lines in the grass too - not something I can immediately place
― StanM, Sunday, 1 August 2021 21:39 (two years ago) link
Does mocking up the 'cash & carry' logo in the back there and doing a reverse image search count as cheating? If so I'll keep my counsel :)
― Believe me, grow a lemon tree. (ledge), Monday, 2 August 2021 08:16 (two years ago) link
Not in my book it doesn't. If I were prepared to go to that much trouble I'd post the answer & take the credit.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Monday, 2 August 2021 09:07 (two years ago) link
yeah that's exactly the sort of effort which should be rewarded
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 2 August 2021 09:22 (two years ago) link
is that a special version of the logo? (we don't have that over here)
― StanM, Monday, 2 August 2021 09:23 (two years ago) link
It's Ulan-Ude in Siberia. Good old yandex.com came up with the goods, and it wasn't the first result that helped, as I found after looking at every sports stadium in Mongolia.
What is going on in the stadium (see also the cash and carry sign on the left): https://goo.gl/maps/4VLu1p4jquZ6sKVi6
Thought it was a fool's errand to look for the second image, was going to give up after my third try but then got lucky: https://goo.gl/maps/uBarJHdLzPRAKXz58
― Believe me, grow a lemon tree. (ledge), Monday, 2 August 2021 09:53 (two years ago) link
nice one! VIPs get to stand in the penalty box, eh?
― StanM, Monday, 2 August 2021 10:50 (two years ago) link
Ulan-Ude it is, I thought it might go faster from the stadium seat flag colours. The two images were too good not to post though
― cherry blossom, Monday, 2 August 2021 18:07 (two years ago) link
Yep, good pics. The Google car does get to some interesting places. Seriously though I would like to know the provenance of some of the images; A 360 image of a sparsely attended Buddhist festival in the middle of Siberia I guess is not too incredible but a random girl in a hut?
― Believe me, grow a lemon tree. (ledge), Monday, 2 August 2021 18:36 (two years ago) link
Also noticed they have two stadiums next door to each other like Dundee
Girl in a hut is such a good shot!
― cherry blossom, Monday, 2 August 2021 18:44 (two years ago) link
Users can submit 360 degree "photo spheres" to Google street view. I think there's an Android phone feature.
― o. nate, Monday, 2 August 2021 18:54 (two years ago) link
Girl in a hut keeps on turningDon't know where she'll be tomoooooorrow
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 2 August 2021 18:55 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/C18K4BnW/abc.jpg
Back again
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 13:11 (two years ago) link
UK
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 13:15 (two years ago) link
Up North, I'm guessing
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 13:17 (two years ago) link
Just joined GeoGuessr thanks to this thread and those Tom Davies youtubes. Won a Distance-based Battle Royale straight away but just guessing the country before 9 other randos is proving much harder (finished second in my first game but have done less well ever since). The 'Country Streak' game with no time limit is a nice way to ease into it though.
― nashwan, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 14:38 (two years ago) link
I don't think I've ever seen row houses with angled roofs like that before. Though from Google image search, they seem to be prevalent in the UK.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 15:20 (two years ago) link
That looks extremely Belgian to me
― StanM, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 16:02 (two years ago) link
I mean... look, this isn't the location but this is just a random street in the suburbs of Mechelen, Belgium (about 1 km from where I live)
https://www.google.be/maps/@51.0365306,4.5122894,3a,75y,114.47h,94.58t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sDeGZQnmi-zRkICpz5xpCPg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DDeGZQnmi-zRkICpz5xpCPg%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D195.74017%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
― StanM, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 16:06 (two years ago) link
could be anywhere in Belgium though, not a clue
― StanM, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 16:12 (two years ago) link
It looks too clean to be in the UK!
― Tim, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 16:21 (two years ago) link
Car is on the right, so not UK? Street is too wide to be a one-way.
Sidewalks not much higher than the street, so maybe a place with little rain?
― nickn, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 16:45 (two years ago) link
there are no rules about what direction your car must face when you park it in the UK (unlike the US, and like most of the rest of the world). so that's not dispositive.
but the above ground power cables and flat roofs make me think this could be the US, not the UK.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 18:18 (two years ago) link
neither the buildings nor the sidewalk look US to this USian
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 18:19 (two years ago) link
Above ground cables could be phone lines, still common in the UK.
― Believe me, grow a lemon tree. (ledge), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 18:22 (two years ago) link
defer to calzino on that but those are heavy guage twisted cables, which would be unusual for phone lines IIUC.
i agree the buildings look extremely weird for the US. but they aren't right for the UK either imo. the argument for US is the flat roofs. argument against US is the lack of a stoop.
the lack of double yellow lines on a tight corner like this also seems wrong for the UK.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 18:26 (two years ago) link
the siding (clapboard?) on the end terraces also seems wrong for the UK.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 18:27 (two years ago) link
last thing: you do get cars like that in the US obviously, but they are much more common in europe.
i have no idea!
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 18:28 (two years ago) link
does the low satellite dish angle indicate high latitude (+ve or -ve)?
― Believe me, grow a lemon tree. (ledge), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 18:45 (two years ago) link
this looks like montreal or something to me. definitely north america
― γMyst1kOblivi0nγ (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 18:50 (two years ago) link
I've never been to Belgium, but the link StanM posted does look extremely similar to the original photo, both in terms of buildings and the style of the sidewalks.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 18:51 (two years ago) link
roofs are wrong for Montreal, though I did wonder about France when I first saw it
― rob, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 18:54 (two years ago) link
if it was just the two facades on the left, I would def think N Americaif it was just the rest of the photo I would def think Europe
― rob, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 18:57 (two years ago) link
I'll go with whatever StanM says tbh
― kinder, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 19:02 (two years ago) link
β rob, Wednesday, August 4, 2021 11:57 AM (six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
you have a point.
― γMyst1kOblivi0nγ (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 19:04 (two years ago) link
randomly street-viewing some Belgian cities and it does seem like a strong choice
― rob, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 19:05 (two years ago) link
Liège looked like an especially solid candidate but idk how some of you find the exact spot
― rob, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 19:16 (two years ago) link
Some places in Quebec look like this but the sidewalks donβt look right.
― Bo Burzum (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 19:20 (two years ago) link
stanm's link looks very, very similar.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Thursday, 5 August 2021 02:34 (two years ago) link
I take back my assertion that it's the UK: it does feel pretty Belgian, or that corner of Europe in any case. Terrace houses and those window curtains made me think north of England, but the door on that very small narrow terrace doesn't look very British. There's a particular kind of cladding on the walls on either side of the road - that might narrow things down a bit.
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 5 August 2021 03:56 (two years ago) link
the slate tiles? I thought that was pretty common too - still no clue where in Belgium to actually look, though.
― StanM, Thursday, 5 August 2021 05:08 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/zDhB5Hpv/aby.jpg
Another perspective
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 5 August 2021 09:03 (two years ago) link