hi guys! :)

jan and i had the idea to create a dubai portal for skyscrapercity.

this is what i have worked on for the past three or four weeks and i can tell you it was a lot of work! :)

the database now comprises all towers with details, pictures, links, news articles, construction updates and much more.

there also is a portal for sharjah and abu dhabi, but these are still incomplete. help for these would be much appreciated.

the dubai portal will be online from today on. (don't know the exact time, depends on when jan has time ;) , maybe at 9am gmt :dunno: )

i will give you more details later.

just post your opinions and updates here.


the link is http://dubai.skyscrapercity.info resp. http://www.skyscrapercity.info/300.php?id=13

Well tell me what Portal means , and i`ll decide if its a good Idea or not !! :?

not sure

well, it has not yet been opened by jan, but i can give you the link

http://dubai.skyscrapercity.info resp. http://www.skyscrapercity.info/300.php?id=13


so far we have portals for amsterdam, rotterdam, the hague, charlotte and uk
check the menu below the forum header: NEWS & INFO PORTALS
the dubai portal is still not linked there, but jan will do it today, so i gave you the direct link to it

giles - i hope you don't understand this as a copy of your work!
it's just an addition to this forum

no worries

thank you giles :)

The link has been added in the menu. Portals are there as a non commercial place to gather and show all relevant, interesting or fun info there is about a city or a country. Basically it's just filing of relevant stuff that is being posted here at the forums, but it also allows for customized listings, news and construction updates, image overviews and data search. Anyone is welcome to contribute.

thanks once again jan, especially for your amazing pics
can't wait to add mine in december/january

now who will pay me for adding all these towers? :D
it's a full time job
about 10 new towers within 1 1/2 weeks, not bad!

i guess it will continue like this for the next few months, as jumeirah lake towers is scheduled for completion in 2007, so they need to shoot these towers out of their cannons!!! :D

all the stuff giles has found yesterday has been added to the portal

tonight i'll edit todays' news

When using your signature for an U/C list of Dubai , youre posts gonna be entire pages :D

Great to see a portal on Dubai , it's already hard enough to keep the pace in this city...

wow, what a great site with a nice&clean database! :) :)

:applause:

Yes, well done Dubai-Lover ... excellent site which I've added to my bookmarks! Will try and take some pictures for you when I'm next over in January :)

Pictures would be indeed be very welcome, thanks.

Pictures would be indeed be very welcome, thanks.

...and a 3D map ,cause people want to know where all these towers are built to !

We could give this section it's own banner to start with:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/3201/3index_01.jpg

a 3d map is a tremendous idea
if you do the work :D

i just know it will be a hell lot of work

we should divide it into projects then

one for dubai marina and one for jumeirah lake towers and so on
otherwise it would be impossible

Well maybe you can list all projects you want pictures of and then non-lazy members in Dubai can choose which ones they will do, so that the work is divided.

I'll be in Dubai this December too, so if you can't catch up with everything, I might be able to get some pics of stuff. Will also be there in March, hopefully.

3d maps need very good artists, its gonna have to be the work one or a few individuals, the data is already available, just someone to draw them up as little 3d buildings on a map.

3d maps need very good artists, its gonna have to be the work one or a few individuals, the data is already available, just someone to draw them up as little 3d buildings on a map.

Pay a professional to do it ;)

yes, it will be very hard to create something like this and a professional could do it relatively fast

i don't even know how to do things like this
me and graphics, forget about it! :lol:

i guess the most difficult thing will be to get a 3d plot map!! you need an aerial picture of jumeirah lake towers for example, at least you can clearly see the plots there

but in dubai marina it will be difficult to locate the exact plots!!!

but if anyone has an idea, i would love to help out as much as i can!

Why is the Atlantis Hotel on Palm Jumeira listed in Abu Dhabi on the portal?

ooops, that was a mistake by me
will change it
thanks! :)

:eek:

checked the forum in the internet café the last two days on my seminare
so many ids to be updated :)

once again thanks giles :)

i updated all the new heights in the portal
looks impressive even today :)

photopost still not working so photos don't show
i guess jan will be able to fix this very soon

you might have recognized i set the "confirmed" towers back to 0m

we still have problems with photopost, but jan is working on it

photopost is working again :happy:

i will add all renders of the new towers we found during the offline period as well as adding all construction pics!

oh my, this takes some time

photopost still doesn't work perfectly, but under certain circumstances i have added construction pics for:
- grosvenor house
- metropolitan beach resort & towers
- al fattan marine towers

renders for:
- world trade centre residence
- goldcrest views 2

added

- burj dubai construction pics
- burj views
- dubai municipality marina tower

added the high quality construction pics taken today

- shatha tower
- park place
- buhaleebah tower
- capital towers
- dalma tower
- unnamed residential tower

also pics for older towers along sheikh zayed road
- al ghadier tower
- sky tower

all the construction pics i've taken today will be added to the portal tomorrow
i got a headache, footache, fingerache (click, click, click,...),... now :D

HaHa :) poor you , well atleast the weather is cool enough , or you would suffer a heat stroke too

So how is the feel in Dubai , is it still u/c buzzing

you have to see it for yourself!!!!

especially inside the dubai marina
if you go there you go crazy! everything's so dense, so much construction traffic and the best is: still soooooooooo many free plots :lol:

i swear in one year this will be super-mega-hyper-stunning!!!!

i have added all construction pics to the portal

i have also taken some shots of completed towers along szr, which i will add

all new pics from yesterday added to the portal
it's getting better every day!

is anyone else having problems entering the portal ?

yes
sometimes it works, sometimes not

the server has to be rebooted, some ssc sites don't work, especially the .info sites

All I can see is this :

Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Host 'totem-i.hosting.vuurwerk.net' is blocked because of many connection errors. Unblock with 'mysqladmin flush-hosts' in /home/users/s/k/skycra/www/header.php on line 4

Warning: mysql_select_db() [function.mysql-select-db]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) in /home/users/s/k/skycra/www/header.php on line 5

Warning: mysql_select_db() [function.mysql-select-db]: A link to the server could not be established in /home/users/s/k/skycra/www/header.php on line 5

Warning: mysql_query() [function.mysql-query]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) in /home/users/s/k/skycra/www/header.php on line 9

Warning: mysql_query() [function.mysql-query]: A link to the server could not be established in /home/users/s/k/skycra/www/header.php on line 9

Warning: mysql_fetch_row(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /home/users/s/k/skycra/www/header.php on line 10

:dunno:

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thats what i get

I`ll tel u what, how about we burn the 2 meter tall beast and elect someone better for the job :cheers: :jk: :jk: LoL , i`m in a funny mood DL . excuse me :runaway:

just wanted to inform you that i now have added all pics to the portal

we alreday have a nice collection of construction photos for many towers and also the number of photos for completed towers has grown

a shame i couldn't take photos of all towers last week

still don't know what to do with ocean heights :dunno:

anyway, it's nice to look at now! :)

added the 2 new towers and made some updates this week
completely up to date now