I bet it's Vladivostok.
― Millsner, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 22:18 (thirteen years ago)
the copper roofed buldings suggest official architecture of former soviet union, the geography (low elevations to horizon, probable articial lake in proximity to river) suggests the eastern european plain, only the tower in the top left corner suggests post-FSU development, other buildings look relatively old, no development on far side of the river suggests relatively small city, narrowish river discounts lower volga
fairly sure it is either ukraine or russia, probably the latter
― there is no special cathexis with mini fried donuts (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Tuesday, 14 May 2013 22:40 (thirteen years ago)
Nakhichevan was a field of wheat away.
― the display names will fall like rain (Matt P), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 00:32 (thirteen years ago)
so... where was it?
― dylannn, Friday, 17 May 2013 18:08 (thirteen years ago)
not sure what a field of wheat is in this context
― there is no special cathexis with mini fried donuts (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Friday, 17 May 2013 18:19 (thirteen years ago)
are you "nakhichevan"?
― dylannn, Friday, 17 May 2013 18:34 (thirteen years ago)
i think so
― there is no special cathexis with mini fried donuts (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Friday, 17 May 2013 18:37 (thirteen years ago)
unless he means the place, but it doesnt look like anything in anatolia or the caucusus
― there is no special cathexis with mini fried donuts (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Friday, 17 May 2013 18:38 (thirteen years ago)
Volgograd, maybe?
― хуто-хуторянка (ShariVari), Friday, 17 May 2013 19:16 (thirteen years ago)
Not ashamed to admit I spent the better part of an hour combing Google Earth views of Volgograd, Rostov, Baku and a few other Caucasus-ish cities. I couldn't find any matches for the view in that pic. Stumped.
― Millsner, Friday, 17 May 2013 19:31 (thirteen years ago)
mattybuddy
i need another hint, something....
― dylannn, Saturday, 18 May 2013 17:22 (thirteen years ago)
please.
― dylannn, Sunday, 19 May 2013 13:53 (thirteen years ago)
Kiev.
― Grampsy, Sunday, 19 May 2013 14:00 (thirteen years ago)
*farts*
― the display names will fall like rain (Matt P), Monday, 20 May 2013 21:34 (thirteen years ago)
rostov-on-don
― the display names will fall like rain (Matt P), Monday, 20 May 2013 21:36 (thirteen years ago)
Nakhichevan-on-DonIn 1779, Rostov-on-Don became associated with a settlement of Armenian refugees from the Crimea. The two settlements were separated by a field of wheat. In 1928, the two towns were merged. The former town border lies beneath the Teatralnaya Square of central Rostov-on-Don.
― the display names will fall like rain (Matt P), Monday, 20 May 2013 21:38 (thirteen years ago)
jeez.good one.
― dylannn, Monday, 20 May 2013 21:42 (thirteen years ago)
i got the pic from roman flugel's fb. probably from a hotel?
― the display names will fall like rain (Matt P), Monday, 20 May 2013 21:43 (thirteen years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/haEJ0Co.jpg
― 乒乓, Saturday, 8 June 2013 12:26 (thirteen years ago)
Moscow!
― хуто-хуторянка (ShariVari), Saturday, 8 June 2013 13:17 (thirteen years ago)
eeeezy I'd know that subway map anywhere
― flamboyant goon tie included, Saturday, 8 June 2013 18:01 (thirteen years ago)
the moscow subway stations are really cool/ornate.
― Treeship, Saturday, 8 June 2013 18:03 (thirteen years ago)
unfortunately, i wasn't there long enough to get to visit this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dostoyevskaya_%28Moscow_Metro%29
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Dostoyevskaya_station_%28Moscow_Metro%29.jpg/800px-Dostoyevskaya_station_%28Moscow_Metro%29.jpg
― Treeship, Saturday, 8 June 2013 18:07 (thirteen years ago)
A fairly easy one:
http://i.imgur.com/gve0SzG.jpg
― хуто-хуторянка (ShariVari), Monday, 10 June 2013 13:26 (thirteen years ago)
Dubrovnik?
― Neil S, Monday, 10 June 2013 13:50 (thirteen years ago)
Not Dubrovnik.
― хуто-хуторянка (ShariVari), Monday, 10 June 2013 13:58 (thirteen years ago)
I realise that saying it's relatively easy is a) probably not true and b) potentially misleading, now. I'm pretty sure some ILXors will have been there though.
― хуто-хуторянка (ShariVari), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 07:41 (thirteen years ago)
http://geoguessr.com/
(google earth game of guess where the hell you are)
― Ste, Monday, 24 June 2013 21:33 (thirteen years ago)
scored 8959
― Ste, Monday, 24 June 2013 21:50 (thirteen years ago)
okay somehow I wound up on the field in a stadium and I can only go in a circle around the field
― shohreh aja/danteloo (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 24 June 2013 22:23 (thirteen years ago)
Ha, I did that too (I think it's in Japan somewhere)
― ailsa, Monday, 24 June 2013 22:24 (thirteen years ago)
is the underground transit mass grave scene in the background of dayo's pic one of those dancing gorilla things you only see if you are concentrating specifically on it or is there another reason nobody is mentioning it
― daft on the causes of punk (schlump), Monday, 24 June 2013 22:28 (thirteen years ago)
https://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF-8&q=soccer+cafe+wolfsburg&fb=1&gl=us&hq=soccer+cafe&hnear=0x47af92424757e6b1:0x425ac6d94ac3ad0,Wolfsburg,+Germany&cid=0,0,13740006234275570925&ei=vsfIUeHeNqvi4APbiYFQ&ved=0CLIBEPwSMAQ
― shohreh aja/danteloo (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 24 June 2013 22:29 (thirteen years ago)
http://bit.ly/12lNbO1 i just got 10,890 on this. Challenge my score!
― shohreh aja/danteloo (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 24 June 2013 22:47 (thirteen years ago)
http://bit.ly/16vwSTo 18726. Weird how we ended up almost exactly the same distance from the random bit of landmark-free countryside in Canada.
― ailsa, Monday, 24 June 2013 23:07 (thirteen years ago)
10387 ooh
― Ste, Monday, 24 June 2013 23:17 (thirteen years ago)
maybe should be a separate thread, don't want to derail this one
― Ste, Monday, 24 June 2013 23:18 (thirteen years ago)
I wondered that, but I didn't mention it because no-one was mentioning it.
― ailsa, Monday, 24 June 2013 23:19 (thirteen years ago)
is it cheating to use another browser window to google stuff like names of businesses and towns or is that part of the game?
― shohreh aja/danteloo (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 24 June 2013 23:43 (thirteen years ago)
Oh, I totally do that. Makes up for the times when you land on a random stretch of highway with nothing but trees in sight.
― ailsa, Monday, 24 June 2013 23:47 (thirteen years ago)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/Cloud_city_zpscd43e03f.jpg
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 29 June 2013 16:14 (twelve years ago)
I googled a business and got 0.147 km away and 6500 points
― flamboyant goon tie included, Saturday, 29 June 2013 19:36 (twelve years ago)
Enh it just started to feel like cheating. I preferred the game when you couldn't explore around
― flamboyant goon tie included, Saturday, 29 June 2013 19:40 (twelve years ago)
http://stochasticplanet.tumblr.com/
― caek, Thursday, 25 July 2013 04:21 (twelve years ago)
interesting. i've never known anyone who uploads to panoramio but it seems quite popular as a post-holiday thing in continental europe.
― zvookster, Thursday, 25 July 2013 05:12 (twelve years ago)
that site makes me love the planet
― ogmor, Friday, 26 July 2013 17:30 (twelve years ago)
there are beautiful places on earth. ok, i'm off to drive my car to a cafe in a shopping complex.
― fervently nice (Treeship), Friday, 26 July 2013 17:36 (twelve years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/DySVLbc.jpg
― 乒乓, Sunday, 15 September 2013 13:46 (twelve years ago)
the terrain, fortresses, some of the other buildings suggest adriatic coast within the venetian sphere of influence
is it even a city, it looks fairly small
― Lama Bloody SwagYurt (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Sunday, 15 September 2013 14:29 (twelve years ago)
surely we do not need a 'guess the hamlet' thread
― 乒乓, Sunday, 15 September 2013 14:35 (twelve years ago)