The Random Streetview game (city hall, versus, businesses)

[jtur88]

Zoom out to the USA is about an inch or two square. Pull the streetview icon onto it, close your eyes, nudge it around a little bit, and let it go. See what you see, and post them here. You won't know where they are, exactly, unless you hover near the top, to identify the location.

Here are my first five hits:

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&l...=12,139.1,,0,0

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&l...&cbp=12,0,,0,0

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&l...&cbp=12,0,,0,0

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&l...&cbp=12,0,,0,0

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&l...&cbp=12,0,,0,0

[Magnatomicflux]

I like this. I might borrow your game for the Canada forum later, if I may.

Here's mine:

http://goo.gl/maps/py8lN

http://goo.gl/maps/GfIwa

http://goo.gl/maps/ZK83f

http://goo.gl/maps/CAI8R

http://goo.gl/maps/WyeqC

[iNviNciBL3]

https://www.google.ca/maps/@41.15432...TXsA!2e0?hl=en

https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.50715...A4hg!2e0?hl=en

I really like this place!
https://www.google.ca/maps/@37.19408...uk9Q!2e0?hl=en

https://www.google.ca/maps/@39.72737...ncaA!2e0?hl=en

https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Uni...43deb742?hl=en

[Champ le monstre du lac]

Mine are all in one state....

https://www.google.com/maps/@20.7524...kP3x4wXb5w!2e0

https://www.google.com/maps/@22.2099...jK1gQpOImQ!2e0

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sa...5a7ac9178cdcb0

https://www.google.com/maps/@21.3057...FYP_xztz1g!2e0

https://www.google.com/maps/@21.0000...3B-8Wx2h3w!2e0

[Count David]

Or you can do this 5 times:

MapCrunch - Random Google Street View

[Todd562]

I thought it could be interesting to test our skills in identifying a city from the street level, versus from a skyline or aerial photo.


I'll start. I took three screenshots from Streetview, cropped out any obvious street names, and attached them here. Take a look at the pictures, and based off the buildings/businesses/terrain/etc. try to use the clues in the photos to determine where in the US the picture is from.

Of the three I posted, one is incredibly easy, one is medium, and one is pretty difficult. Guess away, and feel free to post your own!

[ABQalex]

I'm sure the first one is Philadelphia. I think the second one is Kansas City. I don't know the third one.

[saybanana]

1. San Fran because of the pyramid tower
2. New York city because of the skyline behind
3. Dallas because it looks flat and a western movie.

[CCrest182]

First one is either Philly or Indianapolis I thinkg

Second one is definitely KC.... I can tell by the buildings

Third one looks like a city/town in either Florida, coastal GA and SC, or anywhere along the gulf coast. This one clearly is the difficult one for me lol

[TheProf]

1. Absolutely Philadelphia (looking north along South Broad Street) -- no other place has a City hall that looks like or is positioned dead center, as Philly's...

2. I'll guess at Cincinnati because of the hills.

3. No friggin' idea...