high 5 @ the table is the table
― StanM, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 16:23 (one year ago) link
Hell yeah! I think that's the first one I've gotten right in our ILX version of this game, though I've been in the correct country before, if my memory serves. Give me a bit and I'll put one up later today or tomorrow.
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 16:51 (one year ago) link
Great work, had no idea if that one was going to be easy or difficult!
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Thursday, 16 June 2022 07:12 (one year ago) link
ngl— i simply did some googling, re-read an article about Lanzhou that I first read in 2012, then did a quick google maps search and it was clear. couldn’t find the exact location tho.
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Thursday, 16 June 2022 11:24 (one year ago) link
ooooh what is this article abt Lanzhou??
― music for A★TEENS’ musicians (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 16 June 2022 13:22 (one year ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/dec/06/china-flatten-mountain-lanzhou-new-area
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Thursday, 16 June 2022 16:32 (one year ago) link
I was reading it back when in context of a writing project I was working on about terraforming.
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Thursday, 16 June 2022 16:33 (one year ago) link
lol holy shit https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/mar/21/china-west-ghost-city-comes-to-life-lanzhou-new-area
― music for A★TEENS’ musicians (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 17 June 2022 20:13 (one year ago) link
I’ve been busy y’all, I have one for you but won’t get to posting and etc until tomorrow (saturday in the states).
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Friday, 17 June 2022 20:35 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/7RZjPjH/fa.png
Tuesday
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 17:36 (one year ago) link
Great one again! I'd guess this is on a medium sized lake - nothing to protect against tides. But where? I wanna say it feels like North America/Canada maybe?
― StanM, Tuesday, 21 June 2022 17:51 (one year ago) link
I want to say Panama City purely because it looks like the same view as that John Darwin photo.
(Which it isn't now I look at it but I've typed the first bit already.)
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 20:35 (one year ago) link
definitely a deciduous zone. is that a mall left front?
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 21:02 (one year ago) link
somehow this doesn't feel like north america to me, too many apartment blocks
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 21:06 (one year ago) link
oops sorry I forgot, I have one for next tho
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 21:26 (one year ago) link
(not getting anywhere yet - there are a lot of nice cities on lakes all over the world though)
― StanM, Thursday, 23 June 2022 17:26 (one year ago) link
Not as many churches as I would expect in a densely built area for a Western country. I see one steepled building but it's pretty small.
― nickn, Thursday, 23 June 2022 18:43 (one year ago) link
why has that building on the left for a massive tower on it? it's not a crane because they aren't building. aerial?
― koogs, Saturday, 25 June 2022 14:29 (one year ago) link
for = got
good question - other buildings nearby are higher and would be better locations for aerials
― StanM, Saturday, 25 June 2022 17:36 (one year ago) link
construction is going on in the bottom panel of the second window though, maybe these locations are linked
― StanM, Saturday, 25 June 2022 17:39 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/nPjkqX5/o.png
v2
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Thursday, 30 June 2022 04:57 (one year ago) link
what a peculiar (tower/gate/?) in the bottom right corner
― StanM, Thursday, 30 June 2022 06:18 (one year ago) link
is that a bridge? looks like there's water just next to it
― koogs, Thursday, 30 June 2022 06:24 (one year ago) link
That tower has a South or SE Asian vibe to me.
― nickn, Thursday, 30 June 2022 06:45 (one year ago) link
looks like cyrillic(??) script on the biggest building front center
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Thursday, 30 June 2022 12:52 (one year ago) link
lots of medium size blocky apartment buildings makes me think eastern europe
― ciderpress, Thursday, 30 June 2022 13:17 (one year ago) link
how many km across does that lake/river look?
― ciderpress, Thursday, 30 June 2022 14:11 (one year ago) link
not having any luck with eastern europe cities on a wide river or lake, where else looks like that?
― ciderpress, Thursday, 30 June 2022 14:34 (one year ago) link
New Rochelle???
― I_Got_Loaded, Thursday, 30 June 2022 14:39 (one year ago) link
oh lol so it is
― ciderpress, Thursday, 30 June 2022 14:49 (one year ago) link
new york is basically eastern europe, in my defense
― ciderpress, Thursday, 30 June 2022 14:50 (one year ago) link
There's very clearly a city of some size in the distance— those aren't mountains.
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Thursday, 30 June 2022 15:29 (one year ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Skyline+New+Rochelle/@40.9092634,-73.7834316,3a,75y,338.43h,89.18t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAF1QipNvOZ1LzvIXz8VR6Tj5IFTC0cnqZbhu3QTTR5rL!2e10!7i10000!8i5000!4m16!1m8!3m7!1s0x89c28d90158d0b07:0x79eb47841eef0845!2sTrump+Plaza+New+Rochelle!8m2!3d40.912705!4d-73.781655!14m1!1BCgIgARICCAI!3m6!1s0x0:0xcd8b21d0ddc2be66!8m2!3d40.9092209!4d-73.7833925!14m1!1BCgIgARICCAI
― tomorrow, Thursday, 30 June 2022 16:07 (one year ago) link
and
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Skyline+New+Rochelle/@40.9091901,-73.7833408,3a,90y,78.21h,90.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAF1QipO1S10T-KUw-sr3F3vEVccsz6OGXeRTRpnn6EoN!2e10!7i10000!8i5000!4m16!1m8!3m7!1s0x89c28d90158d0b07:0x79eb47841eef0845!2sTrump+Plaza+New+Rochelle!8m2!3d40.912705!4d-73.781655!14m1!1BCgIgARICCAI!3m6!1s0x0:0xcd8b21d0ddc2be66!8m2!3d40.9092209!4d-73.7833925!14m1!1BCgIgARICCAI
kudos, loaded
― tomorrow, Thursday, 30 June 2022 16:09 (one year ago) link
what the...? wow
― StanM, Thursday, 30 June 2022 17:24 (one year ago) link
yeah i completely missed the horizon line having city buildings in the 2nd photo
― ciderpress, Thursday, 30 June 2022 17:30 (one year ago) link
ok, the difference between high and low tides there is only 8 ft (2,4 m), not much needed re: dams/dykes etc
― StanM, Thursday, 30 June 2022 17:31 (one year ago) link
all of my assumptions were wrong based on that alone - I r dum.
― StanM, Thursday, 30 June 2022 17:42 (one year ago) link
New Rochelle it is, interesting what people do and don't notice in a view!
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Friday, 1 July 2022 16:21 (one year ago) link
Okay, my turn
Weekend vibe
https://ia902504.us.archive.org/12/items/img1_20220701_202207/img1.jpg
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Friday, 1 July 2022 16:48 (one year ago) link
if that isn't Africa I'm eating my hat (and I don't even have one)
― StanM, Friday, 1 July 2022 17:05 (one year ago) link
I wouldn't rule out the Caribbean but (sub-Saharan?) Africa seems like a good place to start
― rob, Friday, 1 July 2022 17:07 (one year ago) link
Could even be Guyana.
― nickn, Friday, 1 July 2022 18:05 (one year ago) link
I'm gonna have to buy a hat, aren't I
― StanM, Friday, 1 July 2022 18:14 (one year ago) link
I consider Guyana to be part of the Caribbean but yeah it needn't be an island
That said, I have no idea where to start with this...Kenya? Mauritius?
― rob, Friday, 1 July 2022 18:18 (one year ago) link
I see where you're going with some of those, but for now at least I'm sticking with East-Central Africa (though not with much conviction)
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Friday, 1 July 2022 18:19 (one year ago) link
I'm pretty confident it's Africa though - look at this in South Africa (it's not the location of the pic but)
https://www.google.be/maps/@-28.3142147,30.1012592,3a,75y,196.86h,95.59t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sth29-XOT6pZbs66bISMVKw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― StanM, Friday, 1 July 2022 18:21 (one year ago) link
xpyeah Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Tanzania, all seem possible to me too. I briefly looked at Madagascar for a minute
― rob, Friday, 1 July 2022 18:22 (one year ago) link
Kampala does not look un-promising
― rob, Friday, 1 July 2022 18:27 (one year ago) link