Re: Interesting places on Google Maps etc

by Butterfield Fri Jul 07, 2023 1:03 am

Fangirl Three wrote:Oh, it's that Wetherby. When I get to there on the A1(M) I know that I am about to enter the north beyond the north.

That's funny because Wetherby (racecourse for an agricultural show in the early 90s) was the furthest north east in that direction I'd ever been until 8 or 9 years ago when I finally went past Wetherby and onward to Northumberland. So I too sort of think anywhere past Wetherby is the north north.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Aug 19, 2023 11:35 am

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sat Aug 19, 2023 11:44 am

Interesting places on Google Maps etc - Page 14 James_Pond_03_%28Amiga%29

And there's Roger Watson's Animacs's album as well! (Roger Waters, Animals album)

by Butterfield Mon Aug 21, 2023 2:49 am

The Heights of Abraham cable cars in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire. happy

by Butterfield Thu Sep 07, 2023 2:27 am

Oh, so most of Germany is now on Google Street View. For years it has been one of the only countries in Europe to not be covered, other than a handful of German places in more recent times. It seems most of this first footage is from 2022.

by Butterfield Sat Sep 09, 2023 12:54 am

Apparently this street in Bristol is the steepest street in England.

by cosmictanya Sat Sep 09, 2023 1:29 am

All of Bristol is like that. I spent most of my time there in taxis because I don’t like hills. After first year we were doing a favour for the man who owned the restaurant downstairs, so he let us expense account cabs to him as payment.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Sep 09, 2023 9:40 am

Butterfield wrote:Apparently this street in Bristol is the steepest street in England.

A few months ago, I posted a video of someone trying to ride a bike up it. The attempt went spectacularly wrong.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Sep 09, 2023 9:43 am

by Butterfield Wed Oct 11, 2023 3:30 pm

The tallest statue in the world, in India.

by Fangirl Three Thu Oct 26, 2023 6:37 am

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Oct 26, 2023 9:03 am

by Butterfield Mon Nov 20, 2023 11:46 pm

by Butterfield Mon Nov 20, 2023 11:48 pm

Oh, it's a prison.

I knew that maison = house, but it seems Maison D'Arret is a category of prisons in the French-speaking world.

by cosmictanya Sat Dec 23, 2023 7:45 pm

If you were given a Google Street View image of anywhere on Earth, could you identify the location?

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/dec/23/geoguessr-world-championships-2023-inside-story

by Nightjar Sat Dec 23, 2023 7:50 pm

I do quizzes online like this more-or-less every day.

Back on ***, when they still had the 'Guess the Skyline' quiz, I was in the top all-time 10 out of countless '000s. box

Doing it blind is pretty durn difficult though.

Still, I reckon I can or could get in the right country most times (or at least an adjacent country).

by Butterfield Mon Jan 08, 2024 3:42 pm

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Jan 08, 2024 4:25 pm

by Butterfield Mon Jan 08, 2024 4:30 pm

Incidentally, the A5 on the map is the Watling Street Roman road. yes

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Jan 08, 2024 5:49 pm

I wonder why the Romans gave it a roundabout?

It must've been really weird for them to suddenly have to march round in a circle when they got to that bit.

sad yes

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