Google Earth: Identify the city

[Lord Winter]

This a game I found on another fourm. The rules are simple one person post a screen shot from google earth of the down town of a certain city and the others have to identify it. Please keep to cities that are fairly well known. For example no one wants to try to indenfy some city in the middle of nowhere.

I'll start:


https://img292.imageshack.us/img292/248/cityzn9.jpg (https://imageshack.us)

Edit: blanked out lat and long

[RoadKill]

I dont have google earth but i want to try to see if i can get it right, but that looks like Hong Kong.

[Lord Winter]

Nope Guess again

[KukriKhan]

I'll take a stab: New York City harbor?

[The_Doctor]

Its somewhere is USA because:
a. It is using a NASA image.
b. The 3D building thing is on, which only works in America.

[KukriKhan]

Tough to make out distinguishing features from 18,000 feet up.

It doesn't resemble the Los Angeles or SF areas, so I guessed NYC. Maybe Baltimore or Miami?

edit: Must be east-coast US, by the compass... about east-south-east. Maybe Charleston, South Carolina?

[Lord Winter]

None mentioned, Hint: it is in the Midwestern U.S.

[TevashSzat]

its probably a city bordering one of the great lakes or the mississippi river. (did i spell that right?)

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

It's Chicago.

EDIT: By the way, some of Mexico is also covered by NASA.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Here's my entry:

https://img238.imageshack.us/img238/7031/googleearthpicturelpl9.png

EDIT: Post 1600! :balloon:

[Lord Winter]

It's Chicago.

EDIT: By the way, some of Mexico is also covered by NASA.
correct

[RoadKill]

Thats Hawaii.

[UltraWar]

Miami

[KukriKhan]

Going by the in-pic compass, I guess west coast N.Am. But not Seattle, SF, LA, San Diego, Acapulco. Hmmm, maybe further north. Nope on Vancouver and Anchorage.

Inland more. Any clues?

[Moros]

Hamurg, Copenhague (howevr you call it in ENglish) or something?

[Warluster]

Just a note, someone siad you coulld only get the 3-D Buildings in America, wrong, cause over here in Aussie on google earth we also can see 3-D buildings.

Now back to game, I don't any cities in AMerica, so I am not going to even guess.

[Sigurd]

EMFM's entry = Lisbon (Lisboa), Portugal

[Sigurd]

My entry:

https://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/asleka/GoogleEarth_entry1.jpg

Could be this is a bit hard, but not unsolvable.

[Taedius]

Southern hemisphere; Sidney?

BTW, I dont have Google Earth, so I can't really partisipate...

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Sigurd is correct.

[UltraWar]

Canberra

[Sigurd]

Canberra
No


Southern hemisphere; Sidney?

No

[Lord Winter]

Riga?

[Caius]

Bergen, Norway

[Sigurd]

Not Bergen or Riga...

I could say that Warluster should get this one.

[Csargo]

Brisbane?

[Warluster]

its eihter what Ichigo said or The GOld COast (Excellent place, you should go there some day, it never rains!We're on Level 5 water restritions

[Sigurd]

Brisbane?
Correct!!!

What you see on the pic is part of Garden Point and QUT campus.
Just accross the river is the famous South Bank resort.

[Sigurd]

its eihter what Ichigo said or The GOld COast (Excellent place, you should go there some day, it never rains!We're on Level 5 water restritions

I used to live in Brisbane M8... I know it is sunny.. maybe too sunny for my taste. I have been to Surfers Paradise a few times.

[sapi]

South Bank?

Famous?

Resort?

Someone wake sigurd up :grin2:

[Sigurd]

South Bank?

Famous?

Resort?

Someone wake sigurd up :grin2:
Famous for all the students in town... who couldn't bother taking an hour drive to the nearest decent beach.
What is not to like? ... A beach in the middle of the city... what a great idea.

You're just sore because you didn't notice it was Brisbane :beam:

[Csargo]

I can't seem to get my image to load on imageshack so someone else can have my turn.

[Warluster]

Try PhotoBucket then!

[Csargo]

https://img171.imageshack.us/img171/3593/photoim7.jpg

Finally got it to work.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Easy one. London.

[Csargo]

Easy one. London.

Yep, how did you know?

[GeneralHankerchief]

Because it's London, dude. :grin:

Anyway, here's one a bit harder:

https://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n231/GeneralHankerchief/ge01-1.jpg

[Sigurd]

Too easy GH...
It's Aberdeen

[GeneralHankerchief]

Argh...

Go again Sigurd.

[Sigurd]

An easy one:

https://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/asleka/Entry2.jpg

[Csargo]

Paris

[Sigurd]

Paris
you got it :2thumbsup:

[Csargo]

https://img297.imageshack.us/img297/333/nanananaje7.jpg

There GH

[Sigurd]

Alright... I swept over Japan and recognised the zebra crossings; I looked in every major Japanese city.

Kyoto is the name of this city

[scotchedpommes]

Too easy GH...
It's Aberdeen

I had been following this thread, was away for a day and someone posts bloody
Aberdeen?! Aaaargh.

:shame:

[Csargo]

Alright... I swept over Japan and recognised the zebra crossings; I looked in every major Japanese city.

Kyoto is the name of this city

Indeed it is.

[Sigurd]

New task:

https://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/asleka/entry3.jpg

[Louis VI the Fat]

Dubai?

[Sigurd]

Damn you got good eyes M8...

Correct!!

Comment to the picture: Up in the right corner you can see the contruction of Burj Dubai, (http://www.burjdubai.com/) soon to be the tallest building in the world

[Louis VI the Fat]

Question spoiled for size problems:

https://img401.imageshack.us/img401/6187/villecs8.jpg

[scotchedpommes]

That's Vienna.
Don't expect me to be nice. Though I won't be posting any of your hometowns
while you're not looking either.

[Louis VI the Fat]

That's Vienna.Yup. :balloon2:

Sorry for that old black and white photograph, I didn't have google earth installed so I just searched for a satellite picture.

[Csargo]

I'm waiting.

[scotchedpommes]

Well good for you, Csar. Keep waiting.

[Csargo]

Well good for you, Csar. Keep waiting.

Damn you!!! Curses!!!:soapbox:

[scotchedpommes]

Problems with connection weren't helping uploads. Here you go:
https://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w64/rdecejabolko/10a2d0b9.jpg

By the way, Louis, I had no problem with that image. In fact, it's even better
than the only one I've seen on Google Earth, with its handily placed cloud over
the Ernst Happel.

[Lord Winter]

Phinox?

[scotchedpommes]

Phoenix? No, it isn't.

[UltraWar]

Mexico City

[scotchedpommes]

Not Mexico City.

[naut]

Yeah, didn't think so the stadium isn't from Mexico City.

EDIT: Then again knowing you it'll be something to do with football. :laugh4:

EDIT2: Okay I'll take a guess Barcelona.

[scotchedpommes]

Ah, well, then there'd be nothing wrong with Seville, would there? I'll be watching
the match at the lane tonight, as well as Espanyol - Benfica, so you could take
a reasonable guess on Barcelona as well.

Both would be wrong though. ~;)

[naut]

Phomn Pehn?

[scotchedpommes]

Thinking outside the box... hm. Not Phnom Penh, no.

[Warluster]

Gold Coast?

[naut]

Those damn Terracotta roofs!

EDIT: Looks like all and yet none of the Spanish cities I've looked at.

[scotchedpommes]

Gold Coast?
No.


Looks like all and yet none of the Spanish cities I've looked at.
Well there might just be a reason for that, mate. Take it a bit further. ~;)

[Caius]

Barcelona

[scotchedpommes]

Already said no to Barcelona. Also nowhere in Spain. Though it looks Spanish,
yes. How could that possibly be the case?

[Warluster]

D'know, somehwere the SPanish have been?

I'd say either somewhere in portugal,Mexico or somewhere in South America. But I can't pinpoint a city.

[KukriKhan]

I say "uncle". I've looked throughout Central and South American capitals, and southern Europe (thanks for the "Spanish clues"). Can't find that trident-shaped intersection, with a traffic circle at center. It screams Europe to me, though traffic circles are not unknown here.

Any more clues for us idiots?

[scotchedpommes]

I intentionally avoided capitals. The city was founded by the Spanish and is, to my
knowledge, the largest and most populous in its country.


Edit: I should have added that although the city in question is not one of this
particular nation's capital[i]s, [one constitutional, the other administrative] it is
understandably the capital of the largest of its nine administrative regions, or
departamentos.

[Warluster]

I know where it is, I don't know what city it is though.

[Sigurd]

What??? nobody found this yet?

Santa Cruz, Bolivia

[KukriKhan]

Ahhh, now I see. When scanning Bolivia, I looked at La Paz. Is that a statue in the center of that traffic circle? Maybe of Simon Bolivar?

[scotchedpommes]

The oh-so-surprised Sigurd is correct. The city is Santa Cruz, (de la Sierra) in
Bolivia. It is a picture of the ring structure meeting in the centre of the city,
with the football stadium, the name of which I forget, visible in the corner.

Originally considered posting a picture including the river [Mamoré] but thought
that too easy. Anyway, well done - take it away, Sigurd.

[Sigurd]

Ah, I am not fooling a Loun from Aberdeen. Yes, I too looked all over Spain when you first posted it.

The new quiz:

https://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/asleka/Entry4.jpg

[Louis VI the Fat]

The city is Santa Cruz de la Sierra in
Bolivia.

Originally considered posting a picture including the river Mamoré but thought
that too easy. Yeah you got that right. I would've instantly recognized the Mamoré riverbed and known it was Santa Cruz de la Sierra! :yes:


Sigurd: I know what that is in your picture! It's an airport, isn't it!? :beam:

[scotchedpommes]

Yeah you got that right. I would've instantly recognized the Mamoré riverbed and known it was Santa Cruz de la Sierra! :yes:

Well that's excellent Louis, because y'know, I'd expect every North / West
European to be so very familiar with our South American brothers. ~;)

[Sigurd]

Sigurd: I know what that is in your picture! It's an airport, isn't it!? :beam:
It is...
But it is another stucture in that picture that will give the location away.

[Sigurd]

No suggestions?

Alright, another clue: the building that will give away this city looks like a.. [precious item].

[Csargo]

That's a big flower :yes:

[Sigurd]

That's a big flower :yes: yes it looks like one... but I was thinking more on somthing found in the sea.

[Mithrandir]

Pearl harbor?

[Louis VI the Fat]

Now I get it! It's a pearl, so the picture must be from a warm, tropical island where they have lots of pearls, waving palmtrees and girls in bikini placing flowers around your neck.

So let's say...Reykjavík, Iceland.

[Sigurd]

Now I get it! It's a pearl, so the picture must be from a warm, tropical island where they have lots of pearls, waving palmtrees and girls in bikini placing flowers around your neck.

So let's say...Reykjavík, Iceland.
HAHAHA... yes you got it..

the building is called the Pearl or Perlan in Icelandic.

[Louis VI the Fat]

Edit: the funny thing is, my first thought was that the previous question was Copenhagen. At least I recognised it for a Nordic city.


I still don't have google earth yet. So another satellite picture serves as the next question:


https://img150.imageshack.us/img150/5186/denvernw1.jpg

[Csargo]

There's a city in that picture? :inquisitive:

[Louis VI the Fat]

Aye, and a fairly large one at that.

[Csargo]

Aye, and a fairly large one at that.

Is it hidden under the ice?

[UltraWar]

Somewhere in Sweden I'm guessing:

Stockholm

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

Denver?

[Louis VI the Fat]

The city is not under the snow. It's not Stockholm. Not Denver either - although I did rename the file 'Denver' before uploading it to fool you all. ~;)


Hints:
-Try to guess the scale of the picture, figure out which zoom level you need.
-The clues for this city are in it's surroundings, the physical features of it's location.
-Up is north in the picture.

[Sigurd]

Those clouds looking like a coastline threw me off a little while.
But looking along that snow covered mountain range you can barely glimpse a few volcanoes. That put me in the right direction toward the American continent and its West coast. Searching South America I finally found myself in Chile…

I believe we are looking at Santiago.

[Louis VI the Fat]

Yes, Santiago de Chile it is!

Thought I'd try zooming out for a change, to let you all figure out the city through it's location, it's physical features.

Those are the snowcapped Andes mountains. Santiago is located in the 'Central Valley', a long valley not far from the coast. Sigurd, those clouds follow the coastline very closely, where they are stopped by the Andes, they were another clue.




https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Stgo_Abril.jpg

[Sigurd]

Sigurd, those clouds follow the coastline very closely, where they are stopped by the Andes.

What I meant was:
Those clouds reach far into the valley making a "new coastline", totally unlike the real coastline.

Anyways:
https://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/asleka/entry5.jpg

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

The city is not under the snow. It's not Stockholm. Not Denver either - although I did rename the file 'Denver' before uploading it to fool you all.

Dammit, you're too crafty for me Louis.

Worth a shot.

[Louis VI the Fat]

My, those walls in the lower left can only be the Kremlin's. So Moscow it is. And I'm goin to change my name to 'Hawkeye VI the Fat'. :beam:


(We were talking about the same thing with those clouds. After checking a map, it's somewhere in between 'following the coastline closely' and 'making a "new coastline", totally unlike the real coastline'.
Half of the white stuff on the left is snow, the other half clouds. Anyway, teh boring.)

[Sasaki Kojiro]

How do you guys do this? They all look the same to me.

[scotchedpommes]

I checked Santiago, ugh. My eyes fail me again.

[Sigurd]

My, those walls in the lower left can only be the Kremlin's. So Moscow it is.
Correct again...
Will we see a google earth image this time?

And I must say... damn imressive considering you are not using Google Earth to locate these cities.

[Louis VI the Fat]

I think the following picture was taken with Google Earth. What's the city?

Question picture spoiled again:

https://img232.imageshack.us/img232/7788/bigkingsanctaphraxsg6.jpg

[scotchedpommes]

Coronado, in California.
Yes, I should have followed the joke. Shame.

[Louis VI the Fat]

It's Coronado naval base, in San Diego, California. Take it away, rdeče, I'm just dying to find out which football stadium you'll come up with next. :beam:

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Was that a swastika???

[scotchedpommes]

Apparently devoid of stadium - they can be so awkward to find at times. If I spot it I might
change the picture or add another. Though this is not as difficult as the last, I'd think.
https://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w64/rdecejabolko/e96d2560.jpg

[Sigurd]

Yes, I found it...
Grozny is the place... puh :sweatdrop:

[scotchedpommes]

Yes, I found it...
Grozny is the place... puh :sweatdrop:

https://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w64/rdecejabolko/43f8cae3.jpg
Indeed, it is Grozny, in Chechnya.

[Sigurd]

I guess it is my turn again...

https://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/asleka/entry6.jpg

[TevashSzat]

Hmm....I'm guessing a city in Europe

[Sigurd]

Hmm....I'm guessing a city in Europe
You are probably right... even though the inhabitants don't consider it European.

[Myrddraal]

BTW, you don't need Google earth, just go to http://maps.google.co.uk/maps and click satellite

[Sigurd]

BTW, you don't need Google earth, just go to http://maps.google.co.uk/maps and click satellite
fantastic... You even get better pictures.

Any suggestion on the current city?

[Sigurd]

Come on people... this is an easy one.

Are you even looking?

[Louis VI the Fat]

Yes I'm looking! And I have the distinct feeling that I know exactly what that city is, it's just that...that 'aha' moment isn't coming. Oh this is frustrating.

[Warmaster Horus]

Istanbul? I'm just guessing here...

[Sigurd]

Istanbul? I'm just guessing here...
It is not Istanbul nor any city in Turkey...

Good guessing considering the clue I gave.

[KukriKhan]

Hmmm... sort of European, but the residents think not + not Turkey. British, then. Not London or Liverpool.

Funny how the water (a river, I guess) just 'ends' in a harbor. Checking other Brit cities.

I assume "up" is always North, yes?

[Sigurd]

I assume "up" is always North, yes?
Not always in my pictures... but in this case, yes...

Do not let the red tiled roofs fool you, nor the "river" which is not a river but a ...

[Louis VI the Fat]

it's just that...that 'aha' moment isn't coming.
AHA!!!

Bergen, Norway. :jumping:

[Sigurd]

AHA!!!

Bergen, Norway. :jumping:

Damn man... I thought Kukri would get this one.
Yes you are correct.

take it away...

[KukriKhan]

I was on the right path; after giving up on the UK, I moved to Denmark, then Sweden, and had just drilled down to Norway, when Louis of the Eagle Eye found it. Good work, Sir. :bow:

[Louis VI the Fat]

The 'it's is not a river but a ...' comment gave it away. Rather a pretty town from the looks of it. Here's the 3D version of Sigurd's picture:

http://www.clioh.net/plenmeet/bergen/Bergen.jpg

[Louis VI the Fat]

Question, spoiled for possible size problems etc:

https://img61.imageshack.us/img61/3706/bigkingsanctaeo9.jpg

[Glaucus]

venice

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Rome?

[Sigurd]

If you look at the picture there is a muddy river, almost gray. This gets me thinking of Asian rivers. There is also lots of dark red tiled houses with the occational blue roof. This is also pointing to the east.

A lot of small housing clustered together with no streets also points to a culture different from Europe.
I could suggest Ha Noi in Vietnam as I know there are lots of buildings there with dark red tiled roofs... but the Red River don't have a turn like that...
I guess I should look further...

[Sigurd]

Yes.. I found it.
But I let someone else try this one. I was on the right track though... just a tad too much to the west.

[Louis VI the Fat]

If you look at the picture there is a muddy river, almost gray. This gets me thinking of Asian rivers. There is also lots of dark red tiled houses with the occational blue roof. This is also pointing to the east.

A lot of small housing clustered together with no streets also points to a culture different from Europe.
I could suggest Ha Noi in Vietnam as I know there are lots of buildings there with dark red tiled roofs... but the Red River don't have a turn like that...
I guess I should look further...:bow:

This sort of reasoning is what points one to the right place(s), let's you know where to look. I don't need to post any of the hints I had in mind anymore - you've posted enough clues already, and I'll just wait for others to find this city.

[Sigurd]

:bow:

This sort of reasoning is what points one to the right place(s), let's you know where to look. I don't need to post any of the hints I had in mind anymore - you've posted enough clues already, and I'll just wait for others to find this city.

This is taking too long...
Shanghai is the city

[Louis VI the Fat]

Shanghai it is. If you stand on the right hand side of my picture, halfway down, this is your view:


http://www.uni-duisburg.de/FS/OAWISS/picz/eberichte/viktor_ecnu/shanghai.jpg

Maybe try for an easy one, Sigurd, to get some interest going in this game. If I'll leave answering it to somebody else. Assuming I guess it of course.

[Sigurd]

Alright...

this one should stand out:

https://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/asleka/entry7.jpg

[Louis VI the Fat]

Blimey this one's tough and

I instantly recognised it and I know exactly where that picture is taken! Such a pity I promised to leave it to somebody else...

[Warmaster Horus]

A hint? I've no idea where that might be.

[Redleg]

Athens maybe

[Sigurd]

If Redleg didn't get it, I guess a clue is in order.

What you see on top of something that once was a volcano, is a war memorial.
Oh, and it is called [something that is usually found at parties].

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Edinburgh

Don't see the party accessory though.

[Sigurd]

Edinburgh

Don't see the party accessory though.
Not Edinburough...

True there is a mound (x2) in the middle of that city too, but there is a castle on one of them and nothing to speak of on the other.

The party accessory is something you drink.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

lol I guess it's another city with a war memorial on top a volcano. Looking at the picture it's obviously not a castle, what was I thinking.

edit: it's some kind of tower now that I look at the picture

[Sigurd]

lol I guess it's another city with a war memorial on top a volcano.

It is not coincidental that I mentioned volcano.

[Redleg]

Going to have to go with Mount Eden located near Aukland, New Zealand then.

[Sigurd]

Going to have to go with Mount Eden located near Aukland, New Zealand then.

Sorry no...
but you are in the right ocean.

[KukriKhan]

LoL. I really feel thick. I've actually been to:

Punchbowl National Cemetery in Hawaii. Honolulu is the city.

(Thanks, you guys, for waiting on me) :laugh4:

[Sigurd]

LoL. I really feel thick. I've actually been to:

Punchbowl National Cemetery in Hawaii. Honolulu is the city.

(Thanks, you guys, for waiting on me) :laugh4:

:balloon2: It is correct...
Take it away Kukri...

[KukriKhan]

:balloon2: Yay! I finally got one!:balloon2: LoL.

OK... continuing with the cities near water theme:

Archeologists report evidence of humans living here for more than 3,000 years. Now a teeming metropolis of over 10 million people, this city has played host to an Olympics:

https://jimcee.homestead.com/Oly.JPG

[TevashSzat]

Actually, nevermind Sydney but Seoul instead?

[KukriKhan]

Actually, nevermind Sydney but Seoul instead?

Seoul is correct. :bow: Your turn, Xdeathfire.

[TevashSzat]

My city would be relatively hard I guess, but the hint is that it is a major city of a region known for its high levels of coal output. Oh yeah, it is in Asia

https://img337.imageshack.us/img337/5677/taiyuanks8.th.jpg (https://img337.imageshack.us/my.php?image=taiyuanks8.jpg)

[scotchedpommes]

Choose another city and don't leave its name as the filename. [Taiyuanks8
simplifies the task a bit too much.] I would say it would have been considerably
harder without that. Mind you, you could just take my guess that it's Taiyuan
and we could do an oh-so-crafty edit before anyone notices. ~;)

[Crazed Rabbit]

Choose another city and don't leave its name as the filename. [Taiyuanks8
simplifies the task a bit too much.] I would say it would have been considerably
harder without that. Mind you, you could just take my guess that it's Taiyuan
and we could do an oh-so-crafty edit before anyone notices. ~;)

I noticed. :inquisitive:

~;p

CR

[TevashSzat]

Gah! Anyways here is my new one.

https://img240.imageshack.us/img240/1582/tworktwicecn6.th.jpg (https://img240.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tworktwicecn6.jpg)

The hint is that this city was once the capital of a country.

[Louis VI the Fat]

I'll spoil my answer in case it's correct, so people can still have a guess of their own before stumbling on my guess straight away
Is it Kyoto?

I don't recognise the picture, but the city looks Japanese, and it's a former capital, so...

[Sasaki Kojiro]

That's what I thought but I couldn't find the image even though there is this canal thing that has the same kind of curves as that river.

[Louis VI the Fat]

Yeah, I've been searching all over it too, but the place is too darn big, and I can't even find that canal.

Why didn't you take a lucky shot at it too? I think we have a fair chance of being correct.

[TevashSzat]

Louis, you are wrong, but you are on the right track on the part of the world that you are searching in.

This city is pretty hard to find, but I think you can find it with some research. If no one does so, I will give out more hints that will hopefully make it more obvious

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Nanjing

[TevashSzat]

Yes, Sasaki is correct. Nanjing was one of the ancient capitals of dynastic China

[Sasaki Kojiro]

https://img169.imageshack.us/img169/70/tajmahalrw3.jpg

There's a couple clues within the picture.

[Sigurd]

Looking at the picture I see multiple laned freeway, a baseball pitch and a special building...

there are not parkinglots enmasse around that building so a mall is out of the question. hmm, there are some parkinglots to the east and what I thought as a construction site to the north, could be a gigantic parkinglot...
I dont think I have seen that building before which means I have to search for it.

I think it is somewhere in the US

*starts looking*

[sapi]

If you're right abou the baseball pitch, and it doesn't look japanese, it's got to be in the us :grin2:

[KukriKhan]

Mall of America, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

Mostly a hunch on my part, based on all the heating/cooling ventwork on the roof of that big building. Odd that there was so little traffic on those highways, and almost-empty parking lots. Photo must have been taken shortly after sunrise on a Sunday, I speculate.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Correct :yes:

It has a roller coaster on the inside ~D

[Louis VI the Fat]

Louis, you are wrongCurses! I've lost my golden touch! ~:mecry:

On the upside, so has Sigurd... ~;p

[KukriKhan]

Curses! I've lost my golden touch! ~:mecry:

On the upside, so has Sigurd... ~;p

LoL. But he gives great clue.


...a baseball pitch and a special building...

Blowing up the baseball diamond area confirmed he was right about that, making it either US or Japan (or possibly the Carribbean). The building size smelt american... probably Texan. Before I went to Dallas, I remembered hearing about the huge Mall of America (I haven't been there). Typed it into Google earth, and saw Sasaki's image.

The next city is also a country capital, and boasts the largest sports stadium on its continent. More clues available if necessary.

https://jimcee.homestead.com/Stadium.JPG

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Are you sure it's the biggest? Wikipedia disagrees...

[KukriKhan]

Are you sure it's the biggest? Wikipedia disagrees...

Me sure? Ha! Funny, I got that info from Wikipedia. So I guess I'll modify my clue to: 'purportedly has the largest sports stadium on its continent'

[Sigurd]

They may boast as much as they like but reality is:

Borg El Arab Stadium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg_El_Arab_Stadium)
Stade des Martyrs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stade_des_Martyrs)
Soccer City (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soccer_City)
Cairo International Stadium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_International_Stadium)
Stade Mohamed V (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stade_Mohamed_V)
Stade 5 Juillet 1962 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stade_5_Juillet_1962)
June 11 Stadium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_11_Stadium)
Stade 7 November (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stade_7_November)
Abuja Stadium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuja_Stadium)
Stade Moulay Abdellah (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stade_Moulay_Abdellah)
Lake Tanganyika Stadium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Tanganyika_Stadium)
Stade Leopold Senghor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stade_Leopold_Senghor)
Moi International Sports Centre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moi_International_Sports_Centre)
National Sports Stadium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Sports_Stadium)
Odi Stadium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odi_Stadium)
Ellis Park Stadium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_Park_Stadium)
Stade Mohamed V (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stade_Mohamed_V)
Kings Park Stadium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_Park_Stadium)
Loftus Versfeld Stadium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loftus_Versfeld_Stadium)
Kumasi Sports Stadium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumasi_Sports_Stadium)
Newlands Stadium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newlands_Stadium)
Charles Mopeli Stadium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Mopeli_Stadium)
Stade 26 mars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stade_26_mars)
Estádio da Machava (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Est%C3%A1dio_da_Machava)
Fez Stadium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fez_Stadium)
Stade Chahid Hamlaoui (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stade_Chahid_Hamlaoui)
Stade El Menzah (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stade_El_Menzah)
Mandela National Stadium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Stadium_%28Uganda%29)

are larger African stadiums...

Yeah the red soil and the beach with surf gave it away... I just had to look at the costal capitals of Africa to find Monrovia, Liberia.

[KukriKhan]

And we have a winner. Monrovia, Liberia is correct.

Come to think of it, a 40,000-seat stadium ain't all that huge. :)

[Sigurd]

new quiz:


https://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/asleka/entry8.jpg



Tell me if you need clues...

[KukriKhan]

Wot, no ocean or river? LoL :laugh4:

Judging by the length of shadows cast, that place has many large buildings. I see a couple large blue squares that suggest outdoor pools, implying hotels. You left the "item of interest" icon hovering over what looks to be an arena, stadium, or convention center.

So: the downtown area of a major city, which has laid out its streets in grid pattern. My first inclination is a US city, like Las Vegas, Nevada - but I don't see LV's distinguishing landmark casinos, so that can't be right.

One clue, please.

[Sigurd]

Wot, no ocean or river? LoL :laugh4:

Judging by the length of shadows cast, that place has many large buildings. I see a couple large blue squares that suggest outdoor pools, implying hotels. You left the "item of interest" icon hovering over what looks to be an arena, stadium, or convention center.

One clue, please.

Alright... "item of interest" is the home of a basketball team... NBA if I am not mistaken.
But there is another "square" of buildings that are more famous.

[KukriKhan]

Indeed. The home of the Church of JC of Latter Day Saints, and the Jazz.

Salt Lake City, Utah, US.

Man, that Temple complex is large (and pretty at night), eh?
https://jimcee.homestead.com/5360_SaltLakeUT_hr_op_800x600.jpg

[Sigurd]

Salt Lake City, Utah, US.
Correct...


Man, that Temple complex is large (and pretty at night), eh?

Yeah... I saw it on TV when the city hosted the winter olympics.
Quite impressive.

[KukriKhan]

This city houses what Pele (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pel%C3%A9) described as "... the stadium with the most beautiful view in the world".

https://jimcee.homestead.com/stadia_op_800x654.jpg

[Sasaki Kojiro]

BJK Inonu stadium, Istanbul Turkey

[Sigurd]

BJK Inonu stadium, Istanbul Turkey
Yes...
Did you google "the stadium with the most beautiful view in the world" like I did?
Hehe Kukri you give easy clues... well, if you don't consider the "largest stadium on its continent" one.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Yes...
Did you google "the stadium with the most beautiful view in the world" like I did?
Hehe Kukri you give easy clues... well, if you don't consider the "largest stadium on its continent" one.

No, I used my amazing deductive abilities and knowledge of football https://img247.imageshack.us/img247/4034/emotcolbertmt8.gif

[KukriKhan]

LoL. I was just trying to get more players involved, rather than throw down a real challenge.

Take it away, Sasaki !

[Sasaki Kojiro]

http://i12.tinypic.com/6g2h5sh.jpg


<--- Clue is here

[Stig]

Cincinnati? ~D

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Lol it's not that obvious.

[Louis VI the Fat]

<--- Clue is hereNagasasaki? :sweatdrop:

[Sasaki Kojiro]

sorry, I meant the clue was in the change of location from worcester to cincinnati. I drove. Perhaps on one of those very roads pictured ~;)

[KukriKhan]

So, probably the I-90 out of Massechusetts, then (hmm..) the I-80 or I-70 across Pennsylvania. With all the 'green' surrounding your city pictured, I'm guessing it's of someplace in Penn (as Ohio is quite built-up, not much green seen from altitude). Is this correct?

edit: To answer myself, I was partially correct. I-70 (a.k.a. The Pennsylvania Turpike) carried our Sasaki through several States. Following it's path east-to-west, eventually you pass Wheeling, West Virginia, and Bridgeport, Ohio, which are pictured in our honorable Moderator's screenshot.

[KukriKhan]

So Wheeling, West Virginia, Wheeling Island, and Bridgeport, Ohio are my guesses. Oui/Non?

[Sigurd]

So Wheeling, West Virginia, Wheeling Island, and Bridgeport, Ohio are my guesses. Oui/Non?

Wheeling, West Virginia should be the correct answer...
I got lost in Japan.. those mountainous surroundings looks just like southeren island of Kyushu where the original Sasaki Kojiro served the warlord Hosokawa Tadaoki.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Yes, it's Wheeling :yes:

[KukriKhan]

Wheeling, West Virginia should be the correct answer...
I got lost in Japan.. those mountainous surroundings looks just like southeren island of Kyushu where the original Sasaki Kojiro served the warlord Hosokawa Tadaoki.

LoL. Our Sasaki is obscure that way, yes? Makes him a good player.

Here's an easy one to kick off the weekend - recognizable monument... but in what city?

https://jimcee.homestead.com/23.JPG

[Csargo]

Taj-Mahal, India says google Earth. Wiki says Agra, India

[KukriKhan]

Agra (Uttar Pradesh) India ftw. :bow:

Take it away, Ichigo

[Csargo]

https://img106.imageshack.us/img106/9164/nanananasf2.jpg

:beam:

[Louis VI the Fat]

Honolulu. :beam:

[Sasaki Kojiro]

LOL reading the thread carefully are we Ichigo?

[Csargo]

LOL reading the thread carefully are we Ichigo?

I guess not. Well Louis got it, but I guess it really wasn't that hard.:shame:

[Louis VI the Fat]

It's all yours, Ichigo. Give it another shot. :yes:

[Csargo]

Let's try this again shall we?

https://img141.imageshack.us/img141/1650/thatplacezi8.jpg

[Redleg]

San Antonio

[Louis VI the Fat]

American cities look so much like SimCity it's untrue. :laugh4:

The near-horizontal shadows tell me it's very much in the south of the US. It's a big city, but not a huge one like Atlanta or Dallas. Not on the coast. The river flows eastwards, so probably not in any western state.

Third time was lucky for me, after trying Austin and Baton Rouge it turned out to be: Houston, Texas.

[Csargo]

American cities look so much like SimCity it's untrue. :laugh4:

The near-horizontal shadows tell me it's very much in the south of the US. It's a big city, but not a huge one like Atlanta or Dallas. Not on the coast. The river flows eastwards, so probably not in any western state.

Third time was lucky for me, after trying Austin and Baton Rouge it turned out to be: Houston, Texas.

:yes:

[Louis VI the Fat]

https://img136.imageshack.us/img136/2792/bigkingsanctahl1.jpg

[Sigurd]

too easy Louis..

Euro Disney, Paris

[Louis VI the Fat]

Meh, there I was, thinking it would be awfully confusing to y'all. :shame:

Hey, are you a Disney fan like me?

[KukriKhan]

Meh, there I was, thinking it would be awfully confusing to y'all. :shame:

It was to me, but obviously not for Hawkeye-Fafnesbane. I suspected it was some kind of amusement park, theme-park of some kind. But which; there are so many. I never left the US, before Sigurd nailed it.

[Sigurd]

Yes I am a Disney fan...

Now, where on google earth is this? :
https://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y230/asleka/entry9.jpg

[KukriKhan]

Eastern coast (if North is up), breaking surf, building complex to the immediate east, strange, almost identical revetments, suggesting military, on the coast. Image from about 15k feet.

Cape Cavaneral, Florida (US), home of the Space Shuttle, showing older rocket launchpads?

[Sigurd]

Eastern coast (if North is up), breaking surf, building complex to the immediate east, strange, almost identical revetments, suggesting military, on the coast. Image from about 15k feet.

Cape Cavaneral, Florida (US), home of the Space Shuttle, showing older rocket launchpads?

Yep...
you are correct again... I guess you rule in US geography.

[Louis VI the Fat]

:wall:

Gah! Cape Canavaral was my first impression too, but I was too lazy too look it up. I went there once as a kid when we were in Orlando, and saw a midnight launch. It was spectacular, what a lightshow, what power!

[KukriKhan]

Yep...
you are correct again... I guess you rule in US geography.

Lucky guesses, so far, tbh.


...saw a midnight launch. It was spectacular, what a lightshow, what power!

Yeah those night launches are rare, too.

So, I give you another 'river city'; image taken from quite high up to provide some perspective.

https://jimcee.homestead.com/22.JPG

[Louis VI the Fat]

Ganz einfag! Berlin.

[KukriKhan]

Ja, Berlin ist richtig.:bow: Nehmen Sie Ihre Umdrehung.:)

Berlin is correct. Your turn!)

[Louis VI the Fat]

A tough one this time. :knight:

https://img205.imageshack.us/img205/3128/bks2tr7.jpg

[Sasaki Kojiro]

My thought was dubai but apparantly not.

miami beach, florida.

[Louis VI the Fat]

:furious3: Guessed already.

Miami is correct. Bitte, nehmen Sie Ihre 'Umdrehung'. :devilish: :sneaky:

[Sasaki Kojiro]

https://img59.imageshack.us/img59/9597/yoyoyolz8.jpg

[RoadKill]

Japan

[KukriKhan]

:furious3: Guessed already.

Miami is correct. Bitte, nehmen Sie Ihre 'Umdrehung'. :devilish: :sneaky:

Oopsie, that was the incorrect word? :sorry: Mein Deutsch ist so die 1980er Jahre, und Imperfekt.

I don't know Sasaki's image. Need 1 clue, please.

[seireikhaan]

Hmm, just a guess here. Kyoto?

[Sasaki Kojiro]

North is a decent size lake, not an ocean.

[seireikhaan]

Okay, how about Luzerne?

[Sasaki Kojiro]

nope.

It's in europe.

[KukriKhan]

Large inland lake, Europe. Hmmm...

Hard, Austria (now that's funny!), on the SE tip of Lake Constance.

[seireikhaan]

Luzerne is in Switzerland, btw.

[Louis VI the Fat]

The lake is the Bodensee, the cities are Listenau, Dombirn, near Sankt Gallen.

@Kukri. Umdrehung is a correct word, it means a turn-around, a reversal. But it doesn't work in that construction. The meaning made sense, it just sounded funny.~;) Did you use Babelfish?

I probably won't be anywhere near a computer until tomorrow, so if my answer is correct, the first to post can 'take my reversal'. ~;)

Edit:

Hard, Austria (now that's funny!), on the SE tip of Lake Constance.That is the same as my answer. You edited it in just before I posted. Gah, I'm beaten to it.

[KukriKhan]

LoL. I used this place (http://translation2.paralink.com/) to translate "turn", then re-translated back to English to check, and it worked. Silly translation services (but it's free, so I guess I got what I paid for). :laugh4:

Who knew there were so many inland lakes in Europe? Not me, until now.

I'm gonna have to do some digging to find another "funny" place-name, to match Sasaki's.

edit: I wanted to present "Saint Louis Du Ha! Ha!", Quebec, Canada - but the resolution was lousy, and no one would ever find it. Bummer. :)

[Sigurd]

GAH!!!

Can't get Google earth to work at my new workplace... damn proxies.
Wait wasn't there a website with the same maps?

[Louis VI the Fat]

BTW, you don't need Google earth, just go to http://maps.google.co.uk/maps and click satelliteI'm using this, I can't get Google Earth to work on my computer.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

The lake is the Bodensee, the cities are Listenau, Dombirn, near Sankt Gallen.


These are the names I remember seeing. But if you say kukri has the same place then he gets it.

[KukriKhan]

In the news frequently:

https://jimcee.homestead.com/c12.JPG

[Louis VI the Fat]

Guantanamo I presume?

[KukriKhan]

Guantanamo I presume?

Korrekt-a-mundo. See? I'm multi-lingual... I speak New Jersian. :)

Gitmo was too easy?

Or did you use a HUMINT analysis? (Hmmm, Kukri, US, ex-military, news-hound, showing an image of orderly-built buildings on a seacoast).

[Louis VI the Fat]

HUMINT analysis all the way - your mind reads like an open book to me...:fortune:


Right-o:

https://img154.imageshack.us/img154/5020/bksrl9.png

[KukriKhan]

Apparently some kind of planned community. I first thought: "Trailer Park", and sought out the 'world's largest' of those, but no luck yet.

It's striking how similar those structures are.

[Sigurd]

I remembered seeing one of those giant round things in Asia once... In New Dehli...
When searching through Google earth ... "nope this is not it".
We need a clue here.

[Sigurd]

Ok... I think the "park" around this suburban is actually a golf course.

Anyone up for googling a circular golf course/housing with some kind of mall in the middle?

[Sasaki Kojiro]

I did but didn't get anything.

[KukriKhan]

Cambodian Temples didn't check out, nor US trailer parks (all square or rectangular). Golf courses seems a stretch, but the image does look very well-landscaped, so maybe.

A tiny clue, please.

[Louis VI the Fat]

Three tiny clues: they are houses, that is a golf course, it is not in Asia.

[KukriKhan]

I'm embarrassed to admit this was so challenging. I took all the clues and our guesses, and finally a light dawned...

retirement community, where old folks drive around in golf carts, instead of cars. Biggest US retirement magnets are Florida, Texas, Arizona, and California.

Using GoogleMap's "Find Business" feature, I asked for "Golf Course Community" while hovering about 60,000 feet above the US southwest, and finally discovered

Sun City, Arizona, US,

where that circular-housing pattern is repeated 5-6 times in the area. Population: about 40,000, median age: 75(!).

[Louis VI the Fat]

Well done. I was getting worried about my choice.



Anyone up for googling a circular golf course/housing with some kind of mall in the middle?This sooo made me sweat. :sweatdrop:
Because, if you google (http://images.google.fr/images?hl=fr&q=circular+housing&gbv=2) circular housing for Images this is your very first return:

http://www.kmzlinks.com/files/CircularHousing.jpg



Sun City Arizona is part of a chain of Del Webb communities across the Sun Belt of America. They usually have an age restriction, only age 55 and over are allowed to live there. There are a few dozen, in Texas, California, Florida an elsewhere. This is the original one. The architecture and design is very interesting, very much geared towards it's specific target. Many architecture or planology books feature it.
You can maybe try Wikipedia if you're as interested as me in this sort of thing and have never heard about it:
Del Webb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_Webb)
Sun city (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_city)

[KukriKhan]

My own current hometown (Escondido) tried to duplicate Sun City's success in the 70's and early 80's, after the local vineyards and orchards failed. But they tried to do it on the cheap, buying those fields for pennies on the dollar, and building mobile home parks to attract retirement age folks.

They came, but they weren't the retired bankers, lawyers, doctors, etc that the city had hoped for. Instead they were rust-belt blue-collar workers with limited income.

So Escondido has given up that tactic, and is trying to re-acquire that land, to build high-end condos for the yuppies they hope will come to work in our (so far unbuilt) high-tech industrial area (ala Silicon Valley).

Anyway...

Our next city:

https://jimcee.homestead.com/70.JPG

[Louis VI the Fat]

Tough. It looks like a very large city. Modern, affluent. The baseball stadiums mean it's not Europe. The street pattern looks Asian, not American.

Korea or Japan I'd say. I tried Seoul and Tokyo, but can't find it. My God, Tokyo is huge, what a city. I compared it at the same zoom level with Paris. We're Asterix' village, a Celtic village, by comparison...~:eek:

The future is Asian.

[KukriKhan]

Do I treat those as guesses, or mere conversation?

[KukriKhan]

Hmmm, 16 hours later, I guess that was a dumb question. A guess is a guess:

Tokyo is correct. In that image, moving clock-wise, at 1 o'clock is the Tokyo Metro Gym (used in the 1964 Olympics); at 2: the Nat'l Olympic Stadium; at 3: Meiji Jingu Stadium (Baseball); and at 9: Meiji Shrine. The whole complex is about 3 km west of the Imperial Palace. (edit: nice insight on asian street patterns, btw)

Louis is certainly correct: Tokyo is Hu-u-uge. :bow:

[Louis VI the Fat]

So it is Tokyo after all...
I was maybe too busy being impressed to find those stadiums. I thought it might be Tokyo, but hadn't found it yet. It was somewhere in between a guess and conversation, I was not very clear. :embarassed:

Let's see what you all make of this:

https://img404.imageshack.us/img404/4250/jardinsi9.jpg

[Stig]

Versailles mon ami

[KukriKhan]

So I guess the fountains form the "smile"?

http://static3.bareka.com/photos/medium/99534/teau-versailles.jpg


Were those grounds built with an aerial view in mind, or was that accidental?

[Louis VI the Fat]

Versailles is correct, Stig.


Were those grounds built with an aerial view in mind, or was that accidental?It's all deliberate, it's smiling back at the Gods after we outdid them on earth. :balloon2:

[Stig]

This'll be a tough one (I hope)

https://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d121/the_Stig_/Other/guesscity1.jpg

[KukriKhan]

My first impression, with that sun-baked look, is a Mediterranean locale.

[Sigurd]

My bet is Groningen, Holland...

Not too difficult when you leave Aerodata International Surveys in plain sight.
They are responsible for the maps in the Netherlands.