Google Earth seems to have had a massive database increase and it now covers most of Pakistan's major cities in high resolution, alongwith almost the entire coastline of Pakistan.

I have made this thread for people to put down any interesting observations they make while flying over Pakistan and its cities. If you come across something of good note, or even something fun, please put it down in this thread.

Some of my observations:

- you can follow almost all of the Makran Coastal Highway from Karachi to Gwadar

- Same with the motorway. But not all of it is available in high resolution. You can follow M-2 from Lahore till a long way in high res, then it becomes blurry. But then you can pick it up again near Isb, and then follow some of the underconstruction portion of the M-1 from Isb to Peshawar.

- Also, Faisalabad comes as a shock in concerns of town planning. The city appears with the old name of Lyalpur in Google Earth, and as can be seen, is remarkably well planned! Its laid out in entirety with streets following the same orthogonal nw-se, and ne-sw directions. I never thought Faisalabad would be so well laid out! Its not completely available in high res, but a large portion of it is and you can also see its famous clocktower square.

Check out Attock where there is said to be a SSG base underground. Also note the city right of Attock. It is extremely well planned...

Check out Attock where there is said to be a SSG base underground. Also note the city right of Attock. It is extremely well planned...

The city on the right is KAMRA where PAC (Pakistan Aeronautical Complex) and PAF Base Minhas are situated.

Also have a look at Ghazi Barotha Project

^^ whats SSG?

Special Services Group, our version of SAS or US SEALs.

^^

Yes, they have got their own base there and it is supposedly underground. My pathan friend has been in there and he says they even bottle their own cola. He is reliable so yeah it aint bs...

The ATTOCK Fort:

This mughal era heritage fort is currently being used as a prison and is falling a victim to decay. It should be preserved as a tourism and heritage site.

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/576/attockfort6wc.jpg

FINALLY..........!

Cool a fort prison...

Confluence of the rivers: Neelum and Indus at Attock.

Notice for how long the murky dark brown waters of the Neelum travel as a separate un-mixing stream even after they have joined up with the clear blue waters of the Indus.

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/7669/indusneelam2rm.jpg

The Sukker Barrage and headworks.

I also wanted to take an image of the historic Landsdowne Bridge near Sukker, but unfortunately its in a low resolution area. It is located directly towards the top side of this picture.

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/4817/sukkerbarrage3xc.jpg

The Kotri Barrage and headworks near Hyderabad:

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/2036/kotribarrage4ab.jpg

Jacobabad - a city as big as its airstrip :hahaha:

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/8127/jacobabad2jx.jpg

The Sufi Shrine at Multan

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/8950/multanshrine9lg.jpg

The Pakistan Steel Mills

http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/6956/paksteel2pt.jpg

Port Qasim near Karachi

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/7048/portqasim4nk.jpg

Paradise Point promontory near Karachi

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/8620/paradisepoint1yl.jpg

The KANUPP nuclear power plant near Karachi

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/6774/kanupp3sw.jpg

^^

Dont be afraid!

I have got even more sensitive photo's than that my friend!

Yes! As an urban planning major and a keen follower of Pakistani development this is a moment I've been waiting a long time for. Anyway, the first thing I did was go to Gwadar since I don't think anyone has a clue what's going on there. I'm not sure when these pictures were taken but as expected, there's no visible development in what is to be the residential zone.. not a surprise at this time. One very interesting thing I see is they seem to have started construction on the main road that is supposed to shoot down the middle of the future city. It starts from the airstrip and stops just before the "town" placed on the isthmus. I don't know about calling it a town anymore because it's a LOT denser than I expected it to be. It will definitely be interesting how the planning authorities build around this built land form.

Here's a picture of the port area.. looks like the traditional port is on the left and the port under construction on the right, with what seem to be five cranes.

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/7012/gwadar5vb.jpg

Here's the road I was talking about.. you can barely see the airport at the very top, just to the right of the road.. and the road is the faint straight line coming down the middle.. there's a second road coming out of the airport that comes down the right hand side of the picture and into the town, and this road is connected with the Makran highway which disappears into the top-right of the picture.

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/3311/gwadar29gk.jpg

Just as a joke they should bring all the Chinese and Pakistani authorities to this site when it opens and announce it as the port they've spent hundreds of millions of dollars on, ready to serve the needs of Central Asia and China. :D

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/6264/gwadar30up.jpg

Sikandar, in case you didnt notice, I already posted a few pictures on the development of Gwadar in another thread earlier. Check out the images there:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=360436

The updates on Google Earth are awesome, but yeah do be careful in posting pictures of Nuclear plants and Military air strips!

awsome updates,

they didnt update karachi though cos i cant see creek city u/c there.

gwadar pictures also look quite old, you cant see jinnah avenue being flaten out, but in the update picture i posted 5 months ago, the avenue was being carpented.

INDEPENDANCE DRIVE, BAHRIA TOWN
note the big plots for the high risers.
http://www.pakcafe.com/suhaib/INDEPENDACE%20DRIVE.JPG


Safri villas, Bahria town
check out the super planning of this society. you could also see trafalgur square.
http://www.pakcafe.com/suhaib/BTP.JPG

Liberty market
http://www.pakcafe.com/suhaib/LIBERTY.JPG

and guess what, i found my house. LOL
http://www.pakcafe.com/suhaib/MY%20HOUSE.JPG

Try to find the following places

Air House (E-9 Islamabad)

QAU, Isloo.

New hotel/resturant U/C by CDA at Pir Sohawa,Isloo

Asia's biggest shopping mall Deans Arcade Saddar, Peshawar (You can easily locate the huge structure still under construction in the city center)

SSG HQ, Cherat (Near Peshawar)

PAF Camp Badabar, on the out skirts of Peshawar

Zaver Pearl Continental, Gwadar

Pearl Continental, Muzaffarabad

Kala Chita Pahar, you can easily locate the facility on the way from Wah to Fathejang, it’s the biggest facility by NDC/NESCOM.

I won't be posting the images because of the sensitivity of some of the places.

Confluence of the rivers: Neelum and Indus at Attock.

Notice for how long the murky dark brown waters of the Neelum travel as a separate un-mixing stream even after they have joined up with the clear blue waters of the Indus.

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/7669/indusneelam2rm.jpg


That's the river Kabul and Indus which meet at Attock. The murky waters are of the Kabul river while the clear waters are from the Indus. I've been to that place couple of times.

The updates on Google Earth are awesome, but yeah do be careful in posting pictures of Nuclear plants and Military air strips!
Dont worry about it!

We can see any Military strip or airport accross the world...

Actually, thats sediment on the river's floor. Or at least thats my interpretation.

hah.. I don't really know why people are hesitant to post pictures of "sensitive" sites.. who exactly are they being hidden from?

Actually, thats sediment on the river's floor. Or at least thats my interpretation.

Nope. Rivers usually carry a big sediment load in their waters. Kabul carries a lot of they dry brown dirt from the deserts of Afghanistan so its waters are murky and dense. Indus at the moment is coming out of green mountains with lesser erosion so has clearer waters. The waters dont mix for a long time because of their immense volumes, low speeds, big density differences, and other such factors.

The Mosque of Shah Jehan in Thatta:

http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/9521/shahjehanmsqthatta5xs.jpg

Flying over the ancient Makli hills necropolis. Notice how the graveyard stretches for such a long distance. You can spot old graves and deteriorated remains of grand mausoleums all over the place.

Overview:

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/9871/makli15ey.jpg

Zoom1:

http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/3553/makli24bv.jpg

Zoom2:

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/2857/makli32rt.jpg

MOD, maybe it would be a better idea to move this thread to the landscapes and citiscapes subforum.

Yaar swerveut bro keep on posting these interesting places. I'm enjoying this thread.

- Also, Faisalabad comes as a shock in concerns of town planning. The city appears with the old name of Lyalpur in Google Earth, and as can be seen, is remarkably well planned! Its laid out in entirety with streets following the same orthogonal nw-se, and ne-sw directions. I never thought Faisalabad would be so well laid out! Its not completely available in high res, but a large portion of it is and you can also see its famous clocktower square.

Can we see some images of Faisalabad too? FSD is on the move too, of course its not as advance as Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi but it is doing everything it can to develop as a future hub. My recent visit concluded this after just six months ago I saw a piece of spare land that was used for nothing. Today there are five malls in construction on that spot. The area i am taking about is near the Kohinoor One Complex.

The City of Lyallpur / Faisalabad:

notice the remarkable grid based layout

http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/7863/faisalabad17mz.jpg

Close up of the clocktower square:

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/7899/faisalabad25ow.jpg

Close up of the clocktower:

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/4458/faisalabadclocktower4hw.jpg

A random neighbourhood (notice how its also laid out in a grid pattern and not in a haphazard way like the rest of the Pakistani cities) - sign of a truly industrial city.

http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/7658/faisalabadrandom5qk.jpg

Close up of the clocktower:

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/4458/faisalabadclocktower4hw.jpg



The pattern is based upon the Union Jack (Great Britain's flag). They designed the city on this pattern when its foundation was laid as Lyalpur.

All these old british towns in Pakistan have a very intersting history. I wouldnt say the British lacked anything in the creativity department! If it were me, I wouldnt change the name of Faisalabad from Lyallpur.

Some other old british towns I came across in Pakistan during my journey with google earth are:
- Jacobabad
- Christian Mandi (most probably british, located SW of Bahawalnagar)
- Campbellpore (near Attock)

Not to mention Karachi was a British town as well.

ps. was Abbottabad a british town too? the name seems like it.

Yes, Abbotabad as well...

It was named after a guy called Abbot who was a officier I believe...

I sort of wish the streets in Pakistani cities retained their British names like Andrews Road, Elphinstone St, Victoria st. etc.

I think cities that were built by the brits should retain their original names for the streets they made. Newer streets should be named by us. In renaming streets, we lose a LOT of our history and fall into identity crises. Its better to accept our history than to look away from it and remain in a perpetual state of identity crises.

Lahore through Satellite



Minar-e-Pakistan
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/Min-e-araPakistan.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/MRPAK4.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/MRPAk5-1.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/MRPak3.jpg


Shahi Qila
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/shahiQila2.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/ShahiQila.jpg


Badshahi Masjid
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/3inone.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/BadshihMasjid.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/BadshihMasjid56.jpg



Lahore Railway St
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/railwayslahore.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/RwaysL6.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/rwaysl3.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/lahorerailways.jpg



Ring Road Lahore Work Underway
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/LRR3.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/LRR2.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/LahoreRingRoad.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/LRR4.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/LRR5.jpg


Lahore to Islamabad Motorway M2
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/M2motoway4-1.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/M2motorway.jpg

over River Ravi
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/m2motorway6.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/RiverRavi.jpg

Motorway Check Point
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/m2motorwaycheckpoint.jpg


So many more pics coming up soon .....

Lahore definately looks impressive.

Lahore like Karachi, needs a slum management strategy where slums encroaching on key city areas (like near badshahi mosque, minar e Pakistan or the railway station) can be relocated to some other place and the space around those areas cleared out.

All my founds I'm bookmarking it all it feels great to see all of the Lahore while I'm not there :) feedback please if you guys wanna see something tell me coz I know most of the roads in Lahore and places just name it ? coz when ever I go to Pakistan I do drive there so I know quite well now where is what ect :)

I have never seen such a big Golf Club not even in the UK :eek2: this is new found I dident know there was Golf Club near the Campus Cannal..
any coments ?

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/LAhore17.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/Lahore18.jpg

HERE ARE SOME MORE SHOTS

SHALIMAR GARDENS
http://www.pakcafe.com/suhaib/sg.JPG

http://www.pakcafe.com/suhaib/sg1.JPG

http://www.pakcafe.com/suhaib/sg2.JPG

ANOTHER BIG GARDEN ACROSS THE RIVER RAVI IN SHAHDARA
http://www.pakcafe.com/suhaib/ug.JPG

GADAFFI SPORTS COMPLEX
http://www.pakcafe.com/suhaib/gsc.JPG

MODEL TOWN
http://www.pakcafe.com/suhaib/mt.JPG

LIBERTY MARKET
http://www.pakcafe.com/suhaib/LIBERTY.JPG

BRB CANAL
The 50,000 acre new city 'Lake view city' will be located just on the right side of this.
http://www.pakcafe.com/suhaib/c1.JPG

http://www.pakcafe.com/suhaib/c.JPG

THERE HAVE BEEN 100S OF NEW POSH RESIDENTIAL ESTATES MADE IN LAHORE
http://www.pakcafe.com/suhaib/pe1.JPG

http://www.pakcafe.com/suhaib/pe.JPG

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7037/ecv2rf.jpg

http://www.pakcafe.com/suhaib/BTP.JPG

INTERESTINGLY HERE IS A VILLAGE IN WHICH THE PAK-INDIA BORDER CROSSED THROUGH
http://www.pakcafe.com/suhaib/vill.JPG

Salam,

Nice work on sattelite pictures. Lahore is certainly the jewel of Pakistan.

On the border, however, I won't take Google Earth too precisely. Its borders, i felt, weren't exactly very accurate. But the images are high-resolution, and the effort is worth appreciating.

Peace.

I think the garden you pictured in Shahdara is the tomb of Jehangir.

Also, if you can post pictures of the Jinnah Lib (is that the right name?) Lahore Museum, Tollington, and Race Course, that would be cool.

For the size of the golf course, Google Earth has a feature where you can measure distances. I measured the area of the course to be 0.17 sq. mi. The other golf course in Lahore measures .16 sq. mi.

If you want to turn on this feature, go to tools>measure. Also, there are two golf courses in khi that you could compare it with. GL

I think the garden you pictured in Shahdara is the tomb of Jehangir.

Also, if you can post pictures of the Jinnah Lib (is that the right name?) Lahore Museum, Tollington, and Race Course, that would be cool.

For the size of the golf course, Google Earth has a feature where you can measure distances. I measured the area of the course to be 0.17 sq. mi. The other golf course in Lahore measures .16 sq. mi.

If you want to turn on this feature, go to tools>measure. Also, there are two golf courses in khi that you could compare it with. GL
I know know exactly what u mean :colgate: this not the largets golf club :) by the way its "Royal Palm Golf Club"

Good work..... please post some more pictures with MARKED historical sites, landmarks or new developments.
i guess we should have threads like this of Isamabad and karachi showing landmarks, infrastructure.
Hey u forget to mark a historical site at river Ravi... i dont know the name... but its a mughal era structure.....any body knows what exactly is it and its name and background?

Yeh I have Landmarked many Places working on more just matter getting more time on it here more pics ..

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/LAhore14.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/Lahore12.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/Lahore11.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/Lahore13.jpg

Salam,

Nice work on sattelite pictures. Lahore is certainly the jewel of Pakistan.

On the border, however, I won't take Google Earth too precisely. Its borders, i felt, weren't exactly very accurate. But the images are high-resolution, and the effort is worth appreciating.

Peace.


I agree with you I was thinking the same :) you see this pic if of Wagah Border of Pakistan and India but on Google Earth the Border Line is too far away from this point so it really sux ... anyhow here is the pics of Wagah Border
Pakistan ---------- India
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/Lahore10.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/Lahore9.jpg


http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/Lahore6.jpg

[http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/Lahore7.jpg

i am suprised by the number of good planned citys in pakistan

sarodgha (spelling?), faislabad, mangla, kharian (suprised me, i havnt even heard of this city), sialkot, bahawalnagar, dera ghazi khan,

and my tour will continue tommorow

i am suprised by the number of good planned citys in pakistan

sarodgha (spelling?), faislabad, mangla, kharian (suprised me, i havnt even heard of this city), sialkot, bahawalnagar, dera ghazi khan,

and my tour will continue tommorow
Because more than half of these cities r cantonments. Bound to be well planned. Mangla and Kharian r good places, seen them. and its Sargodha.

i am suprised by the number of good planned citys in pakistan

sarodgha (spelling?), faislabad, mangla, kharian (suprised me, i havnt even heard of this city), sialkot, bahawalnagar, dera ghazi khan,

and my tour will continue tommorow

Are you taking pictures in your tour?

Can someone post location/image of Lollywood?

?????/

lollywood is an industry, its not a place.

Can someone post location/image of Lollywood?

bro here is Lollywood it's the biggest Studio's in Asia :) I have been there many times when I vist Lahore to see Movie Shoots anyhow here is Lollywood for you ...

The long road you see it's called Multan Road
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/Lollywood.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/Lollywood2.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/Lollywood3.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/Lollywood4.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/Waqar2005/Lollywood5.jpg

Thanks for that sat image!

I now know where to send a ballistic nuclear tipped missile!

Haha! Good one ..

Waqar, thanks for the pics of Lollywood, but as far as your claim of "the biggest movie studio of Asia" goes, I think thats not correct. How can an industry that is almost on the brink of bankruptcy claim to have the biggest movie studios in the continent??
I would think that any Bollywood studio would easily be far bigger than this. Or even some movie studios in China if they have a movie industry there.

Waqar, thanks for the pics of Lollywood, but as far as your claim of "the biggest movie studio of Asia" goes, I think thats not correct. How can an industry that is almost on the brink of bankruptcy claim to have the biggest movie studios in the continent??
I would think that any Bollywood studio would easily be far bigger than this. Or even some movie studios in China if they have a movie industry there.


pakistans film industry was going great guns in the 60s, 70s, we where way way ahead of both india and china, maybe these film studios are from those days, thats IF they are the biggest studios in asia.

I like following pic very much. Ont the top is Punjab Assembly Hall
we have Wapda house on right and Left is Alfalah builiding
Centre is summit minar built after Islamic summit confrerence in 1974.

Lower left is Bank Alfalah, Right left is probably punajb police building (not sure about this) http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i182/vazim/wapda.jpg

High Court of lahore on mall Road
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i182/vazim/higcourtlahore.jpg
General post office lahore
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i182/vazim/gpolahore.jpg

Islamabad http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/Islamabad.jpg

Diplomatic Enclave
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/DiplomaticEnclave1.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/DiplomaticEnclave2.jpg

Faizabad Flyover
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/FaizabadFlyover.jpg

Farm Houses on Murree road right next to Faizabad Flyover
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/FarmHousesOnMureeR.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/FarmHousesonMurreeRoadRightnexttoFa.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/FarmHouses.jpg

Aiwan-e-Sadar
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/Aiwan-e-Sadar.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/Aiwan-e-Sadar1.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/Aiwan-e-Sadar2.jpg

PM House
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/PMHouse.jpg

PM Office
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/PMSectirate.jpg

Punjab House
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/PunjabHouse.jpg

Kashmir House
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/KashmirHouse.jpg

MNA Hostels
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/MNAHostels.jpg

Supreme Court of PAKISTAN
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/SupremeCourt.jpg

Shah Faisal Mosque
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/FaisalMosque.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/FaisalMosque1.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/FaisalMosque2.jpg

Islamabad Club
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/IslamabadClub.jpg

Convention Centre
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/ConventionCentre.jpg

Serena Islamabad
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/SerenaIsloo.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/SerenaIsloo2.jpg

Marriott Islamabad
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/MarriottIsloo-1.jpg

Rawal Lake
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/RawalLake.jpg

Rawal Dam
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/RawalDAM.jpg

Fatima Jinnah Park E-9
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/FJParkF-9.jpg

Pirsohawa
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/PirSohawa.jpg

Damn-e-Koh
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/Damn-e-Koh.jpg

Marghazar Zoo
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/MarghazarZoo.jpg

Shakarparian
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/Shakarparian.jpg

Rose & Jasmine Garden
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/RoseandJasminGarden.jpg

PAF Complex E-9
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/PAFComplexE-9.jpg

Air House
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/AirHouseE-9.jpg

Naval House
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/NavalHouseE-8.jpg

Naval Complex E-8
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/NavalComplexE-8.jpg

National Defence College
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/NationalDefenceCollege.jpg

Islamabad Golf Club
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/IslamabadGolfClub.jpg

PAF Golf Course E-9
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/E-9GolfCourse.jpg

Sports Complex
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/SportsComplex.jpg

Marghazar Cricket Ground
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/MarghazarCricketGround.jpg

Quaid-e-Azam University
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/QAUIsloo.jpg

Allama Iqbal Open University
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/AIOU.jpg

Beaconhouse Capital Campus
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/BeaconhouseCapitalCampus.jpg

OPF Boys College
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/OPFBoysCollege.jpg

OPF Girls College
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/OPFGirlsCollege.jpg

NUST Isloo new campus Site UC
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/NUSTIslooCampusSiteUC.jpg

Islamabad Graveyard
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/IslamabadGraveyard.jpg

PIMS
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/PIMS.jpg

WAPDA Staff College
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/WapdaStaffCollege.jpg

Alcatel Islamabad
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/AlcatleIslamabad.jpg

Islamabad Airport
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/IslamabadAirport-1.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/IslooAirport.jpg

...

Khuree, if you look back in the threads, I already made a thread for satellite photos of Islamabad a while ago when they were updated first on Google earth. It contains many of the same photos.

MODS: please compare both threads and delete the one that has lesser information to avoid duplicity.

Actually I beleive my previous one has lesser photos so you can delete it.

swerveut sorry for the duplication if this thread already existed but i never saw the Isloo satellite images thread in Landscapes and Cityscapes forum

Can you provide me with the link?

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=289770

Great pics Khuree!! Good effort. Islamabad rocks man..I love it.

Shahnoor Studios

Shahnoor Studios (also spelt as Shahnur Studios) is the studio founded by Syed Shaukat Hussain Rizvi and his first wife the famous singer/actress Noor Jehan. The studio is one of the oldest studios in Lahore and is currently run by Rizvi's three sons Shahenshah Rizvi, Ali Mujtaba Rizvi, and Asghar Hussain Rizvi.

During the 1940s in Bombay, Syed Hussain Rizvi was a famous director/producer of Hindi films and his wife Noor Jehan, the most famous singer/actress in Bombay. The company he initially owned was Shaukat Art Productions. In 1948, after the holocaust of the partition, Noor Jehan and Syed Hussain Rizvi moved to Lahore, Pakistan. On the vandalised remains of the formerly Shorey Studios, they rebuilt a new studio called Shahnoor Studios from scratch and it was finally completed and opened in 1950. The first film to be made there was Noor Jehan's first film in Pakistan, the Punjabi venture Chanwey (1951). Noor Jehan and Syed Hussain Rizvi directed the film together, since Rizvi did not speak Punjabi. The film went on to become a big hit and brought Noor Jehan fame and fortune once again in Pakistan. The studio's early years brought great success as all of Rizvi's films were shot in this studio. However, with the divorce of Syed Hussain Rizvi and Noor Jehan in the mid-1950s, Noor Jehan had to write of her share of Shahnoor Studios to S.H. Rizvi to get the custody of her daughter, Zile Huma and she would not shoot films in this studio again. Syed Shaukat's career after the divorce wasn't as great, because in marrying Noor Jehan, he was a big success because of her. He was only able to make three films after his divorce. He married again to the actress Yasmin, she soon became Yasmin Shaukat and their marriage produced two more sons. To this day, Shahnoor Studios remains after over 55 years.

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahnoor_Studios"

can someone post the new Islamabad new Airport site ?

Please continue posting in this thread....keep marking some more historical sites,
can any one mark important roads of lahore like ferozpur road, and boundries of different muhallas.

im surprised no1 has posted a picture of Datta Darbaar! can someone plz post that

Data Darbar

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i182/vazim/DD.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i182/vazim/DD1-1.jpg

golf course, near airport
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/2247/airgolf0en.jpg

imran khans cancer hospital
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/2850/cancerhos8hu.jpg

Lahore airport
http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/7679/airport1oz.jpg

Chowk Chouburji
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/5200/chowkchoubuji1tk.jpg

Location of expo complex
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/3265/expo3qe.jpg

Flatis hotel
http://img419.imageshack.us/img419/9286/flatishotel9vt.jpg

can u mark punjab university. and ferozpur road.

Fortress
http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/6620/fortress2mr.jpg

Gulshan E Iqbal park
http://img315.imageshack.us/img315/7206/gulshan6fc.jpg

Gymkhanna and another golf course
http://img315.imageshack.us/img315/749/gymkhana2ya.jpg

LUMS
the most prestigous institute of pakistan and one of the best in asia
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/2084/lums8ik.jpg

UET
another top institute of pakistan, one of the best engeering institutes of asia.
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/1570/uet2yl.jpg

Lahore zoo and bagh-e-jinnah
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/1201/zoo7tz.jpg

Y-block DHA
http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/8638/yblockdha6nh.jpg

Punjab University
the oldest university of pakistan
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/3439/pu6gk.jpg

Walton
http://img342.imageshack.us/img342/7178/walton2vv.jpg

Sunder industrial estate
i was suprised to see this on google earth i thought it was still under construction the pictures seem to be from 2004 so it should be complete now and i was really suprised to see a few large factories there too. this is said to be the biggest industrial estate of south asia.
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/2792/sunder4dk.jpg

http://img420.imageshack.us/img420/9421/sunder15jt.jpg

UNKNOW PLANE?
i found this plane near the chowk chouburji, might be the emirates model?
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/3332/unknown0dx.jpg

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/3751/unknown18jt.jpg

PIA planterium

Thanks for the pics pak boy..... keep posting

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/RWPPP.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/CM.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/MurreeRoad.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/cOMMERICIALmARKET.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/CC.jpg

Bahria Town
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/BahriaTownRWP.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/Safari.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/Askari.jpg

Ammar Shaheed Chowk
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/AmmarShaheedChowk.jpg

Shaheen Housing
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/ShaheenHousing.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/RGC.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/aYAB.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/rcg.jpg

Jinnah Park
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/JinnahPark.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/RWP1.jpg

KRL Cricket Stadium
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/KRLCricketg.jpg

Sports Complex + Rawalpindi Club Cricket Stadium
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/SportsComplex-1.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/HC.jpg

Hajj Complex
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/HajjComplex.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/UN.jpg

Varan Bus depot
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/VARAN.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/rAILWAY.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/Hospi.jpg

Barani University
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/BaraniUniversity.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/fj.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/Rmc.jpg

PAF Inter College Chaklala
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/pafINTERcHAK.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/PCR.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/ASET.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/CHM.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/HM.jpg

Rawalpindi General Hospital
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/RGH.jpg

Pirwadhai Bus Stand
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/pIRWADHAI.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/mURREE.jpg

Koih i Noor Textiles
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/kohinoortEXITILES.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/CF.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j151/KHUREE/ARL.jpg

Here is the web browser based version of Google Earth:

WikiMapia (http://wikimapia.org/)

I found the following post on Metroblogging Karachi. It's about a feature in Wikimapia that allows you to mark places and information on the Google map. This would help people not familiar with the city to navigate around.

Lets make a collaborative effort to describe Karachi
posted by Mansoor at 10:27 PM on July 07, 2006

Xia pointed out this very good site, Wikimapia "a project to describe the whole planet Earth". It was suggested that we look up karachi, and try to identify as many places as possible there, so as to make it a useful reference. I really liked Xia's idea, and checked out the webiste myself. It uses the Google Maps api to pull up its maps and has various places in karachi marked with rectangles, contributed by users.

Xia suggested we make a collaborative effort, and mark as many places as possible on it. He's included a shortcut link zooming into karachi to get you started as well. I would go further, and request you all to please post each of the places you've marked here on KMB as well. One point to note though, please include only interesting places, and not areas of personal liking such as "my house".

Directions:
Once you've found the area you want to mark, move your mouse over 'Wikimapia' on the top right of your screen and click on "Add a place". That will generate a resizable rectangle on the screen. Move it around till its excatly over where you want, and click on "Save" which appears just over the rectangle. That will bring up a screen allowing you to enter the name and a description of the place bounded by the rectangle. Click "Ok" and your place will be saved into the system.

Come on people! its time to describe our beloved Karachi!
http://wikimapia.org/#y=24885191&x=67088699&z=12&l=0&m=a

I'll start off, i identified
1. Bahria University, Karachi Campus
2. KPT Underpass
3. Karachi Gymkhana
4. FTC Building
5. Boat Basin Food Street

http://karachi.metblogs.com/archives/2006/07/lets_make_a_col.phtml

Nice site..lite alternative to Google Earth!

The alfalah mini golf
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/suhaibonline/logo/alfalahminigolf.jpg

FC college
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/suhaibonline/logo/FCcollege.jpg

Ghalib market, gulberg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/suhaibonline/logo/GhalibMarket.jpg

rich society in gulberg :) chief ministers house is in bottom right corner
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/suhaibonline/logo/gulbergrich.jpg

Liberty chowk
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/suhaibonline/logo/libchowk.jpg

Kalma Chowk
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/suhaibonline/logo/kalmachowk.jpg

Main market
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/suhaibonline/logo/mainmarket.jpg

Shapes fitness center
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/suhaibonline/logo/shapesfitnesscenter.jpg

PAF college
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/suhaibonline/logo/PAFcollege.jpg

Old Lahore airport
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/suhaibonline/logo/oldairport.jpg

Shiek Zayed hospital
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/suhaibonline/logo/shiekzayedhospitalandmedicalcomplex.jpg

Wall city,
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/suhaibonline/logo/wallcity.jpg

Lahore fort
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/suhaibonline/logo/fort.jpg

Heera mandi
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/suhaibonline/logo/heera.jpg

wazir khan mosque
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/suhaibonline/logo/wazirkhanmosque.jpg

Anarkhali market
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/suhaibonline/logo/anarkhalimarket.jpg

Anarkhali's tomb
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/suhaibonline/logo/anarkhalitomb.jpg

Food street, anarkhali
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/suhaibonline/logo/foodstreetanarkali.jpg

Lahore muesum, nasir bagh and jinnah hall
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/suhaibonline/logo/muesumnasirbaghjinnahhall.jpg

King edward medical college
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/suhaibonline/logo/kingedwardmedicalcollege.jpg

Gov. college
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/suhaibonline/logo/gov.jpg

I don't think anyone's mentioned it but the satellite image for Lahore has been recently updated in Google Earth. It's pretty interesting to compare some of the new pictures with the old. I just compared a couple, and it's nice to see that the condition of the Lahore Fort has improved significantly, and Lahore looks a bit more greener now. :D The new images are taken at a slight angle as well (or maybe its just a longer shadow of the sun), giving the buildings some depth and life.

If anyone wants to volunteer some time and compare some pictures of old/new then please do so. I'd do it but have exams coming up.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/suhaibonline/logo/anarkhalimarket.jpg

My god look at the number of white cars!