View Full Version : Guess the cities (sat. view)


cernoch
October 6th, 2007, 08:53 PM
Try to quess three cities (pop. between 1 and 2 millions) according to the following satellital views:

1.
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/3047/001kk3.jpg

2.
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/8815/0002mg2.jpg

3.
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/4580/003zu0.jpg

SilesianSkyscraper
October 6th, 2007, 09:02 PM
Denver?

LMCA1990
October 6th, 2007, 11:01 PM
La Paz, Lima or Las Vegas?

cernoch
October 6th, 2007, 11:08 PM
You should match your guesses with the numbers... one of them is La Paz.

LMCA1990
October 7th, 2007, 12:11 AM
I'm guessing La Paz is #1 or #3.

coa190
October 7th, 2007, 12:17 AM
La Paz is #1

LMCA1990
October 7th, 2007, 12:25 AM
Is #3 Reno?

coa190
October 7th, 2007, 02:03 AM
No. 2 is Munich

LMCA1990
October 7th, 2007, 02:19 AM
why'd you give it away so fast?

coa190
October 7th, 2007, 02:28 AM
And the no. 3 is Ulan Bator.

LMCA1990
October 7th, 2007, 03:17 AM
???

You should've been more patient and waited for more ppl to guess.

cernoch
October 7th, 2007, 11:14 AM
La Paz is #1
No. 2 is Munich
And the no. 3 is Ulan Bator.

Well done!!:applause:

cernoch
October 7th, 2007, 11:47 AM
Let´s continue with something more difficult:

1.
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/2946/gs47xj3.jpg

2.
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/408/gs477ms2.jpg

3.
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/6082/gues11ol1.jpg

RawLee
October 7th, 2007, 02:24 PM
#3 is Bratislava

coa190
October 7th, 2007, 02:39 PM
#2 is Vilnius

cernoch
October 7th, 2007, 03:02 PM
#3 is Bratislava

It´s easy for you!

#2 is Vilnius

Again correct! Try n. 1!

coa190
October 7th, 2007, 03:17 PM
#1: Antalya, Turkey

cernoch
October 7th, 2007, 03:17 PM
4.
http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/7819/147cf5.jpg

RawLee
October 7th, 2007, 03:36 PM
It´s easy for you!

:)

coa190
October 7th, 2007, 04:24 PM
#4: Niamey, capital of Niger

cernoch
October 8th, 2007, 10:24 PM
Who will recognize this beautiful city?

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/8805/44478or6.jpg

coa190
October 8th, 2007, 10:51 PM
I found it. I'll only say the first letter is P :)

LMCA1990
October 8th, 2007, 11:29 PM
paris or pretoria?

cernoch
October 9th, 2007, 06:04 PM
I found it. I'll only say the first letter is P :)

Thanks much! However, I cannot still believe that you have found it.

edit: Paris and Pretoria are incorrect.

coa190
October 9th, 2007, 06:18 PM
Do you want another hint? It's about 90 km from the nearest coast.

cernoch
October 9th, 2007, 06:48 PM
One more advice:

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/933/qwefeo8.jpg

uA_TAGA
October 9th, 2007, 08:27 PM
Lyon ?

cernoch
October 10th, 2007, 01:27 PM
Lyon ?

No, this city is in Asia.

Marco_
October 10th, 2007, 07:50 PM
Pyongyang

cernoch
October 10th, 2007, 08:44 PM
It´s Pune/India (4,5 million inhabitants)

something another only coa190 can find or recognize (maybe):

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/3901/vfrtup3.jpg

LMCA1990
October 11th, 2007, 05:06 AM
Then it must be really dense 'cause it looks small.

cernoch
October 11th, 2007, 06:26 PM
Then it must be really dense 'cause it looks small.

sorry, I´ve made a mistake. Pune has 4,5 M inhabitants with population density of 6,500 (it´s really very dense).

coa190
October 11th, 2007, 11:12 PM
This was hardest by now. I had to seek for two hours, but I've found it. It is in Europe, and has less than 500000 inhabitants.
And it's name also has four letters :)

cernoch
October 12th, 2007, 04:24 PM
^^ all right as always! Where r u from, coa?

Calvin W
October 12th, 2007, 07:29 PM
It´s Pune/India (4,5 million inhabitants)

something another only coa190 can find or recognize (maybe):

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/3901/vfrtup3.jpg

Not hard at all. Took less than 30 minutes to figure it out. But thanks given to coa190 for a hint.

First letter is a B.

traveljos
October 13th, 2007, 12:57 PM
and it ends with o...

♣628.finst
October 13th, 2007, 01:09 PM
Graz.

cernoch
October 13th, 2007, 01:28 PM
It´s Brno/Czech Republic (370 000 inhabitants) as all of you have posted.

Let me show some photos:

http://www.brno.cz/galerie/obrazky/l1118051385.jpg

http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/00/1d/ed/42/trolleybus-at-komenskeho.jpg

http://www.brno.cz/galerie/obrazky/1170247134-d.jpg

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/5910/brnouc5.jpg

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7338/qwertzutt0.jpg

coa190
October 13th, 2007, 02:15 PM
It's very beautiful.

LMCA1990
October 13th, 2007, 04:54 PM
^^ :yes:

cernoch
October 13th, 2007, 06:46 PM
Just try it! (advice : I´ve been there :lol:)

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/8692/yxcvuz0.jpg

cernoch
October 13th, 2007, 06:47 PM
...and thanks for your last comments!

LMCA1990
October 13th, 2007, 07:50 PM
Germany, Denmark or the Netherlands?

cernoch
October 13th, 2007, 07:54 PM
Germany, Denmark or the Netherlands?

Correct! :okay:

LMCA1990
October 13th, 2007, 08:29 PM
Skagen, Alborg or Helsinger?

coa190
October 13th, 2007, 10:29 PM
Hirtshals, on the northen coast, 6565 inhabitants.

cernoch
October 13th, 2007, 10:30 PM
^^ Well, but I´m not so much surprised.
my hint helped you!!

edit: Where´re you from, coa?

coa190
October 13th, 2007, 10:48 PM
^^ Well, but I´m not so much surprised.
my hint helped you!!

edit: Where´re you from, coa?

I had started a thread on GTC with two pictures from my hometown.
I am posting them again:

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/2500/88792312wfjloaphtu4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/1494/76731081bm9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)[/QUOTE]

Now you guess :)

cernoch
October 13th, 2007, 11:25 PM
^^ I can see "pivo" on one of those green umbrellas so I guess Croatia, Serbia or Montenegro.

LMCA1990
October 13th, 2007, 11:39 PM
Bosnia, Moldova or Slovenia?

coa190
October 14th, 2007, 12:15 AM
Well done for noticing "pivo" (beer) :)
My country is Serbia. Try to guess the city where I live.

Nikkodemo
October 14th, 2007, 04:54 AM
Belgrade?

LMCA1990
October 14th, 2007, 06:23 AM
Bor, Nis or Prizren?

♣628.finst
October 14th, 2007, 11:48 AM
Bobotica.

cernoch
October 14th, 2007, 12:18 PM
Bobotica.

I agree!

coa190
October 14th, 2007, 09:12 PM
I suppose you thought SUBOTICA, because Bobotica doesn't exist :)
If so, yu're right, my hometown is Subotica!

cernoch
October 16th, 2007, 09:41 PM
New place to guess: (hint: Europe)
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/1183/ohrpk4.jpg

RawLee
October 16th, 2007, 09:46 PM
Poland or Romania,I believe.

cernoch
October 16th, 2007, 09:50 PM
No, but you're not so far from the truth.

Marco_
October 17th, 2007, 12:17 AM
Ukraine?

LMCA1990
October 17th, 2007, 06:06 AM
Germany, Finland or Austria?

RawLee
October 17th, 2007, 12:31 PM
Kiev,Ukraine?

cernoch
October 17th, 2007, 05:10 PM
No, everything is incorrect.

mtyksl
October 17th, 2007, 05:14 PM
Bulgaria? Czech Republic? Slovakia?

cernoch
October 17th, 2007, 05:20 PM
Bulgaria? Czech Republic? Slovakia?

well done! now it's very easy!

LMCA1990
October 17th, 2007, 06:25 PM
Prague?

cernoch
October 17th, 2007, 07:16 PM
^^yes. Who will find out exact name of this place?

LMCA1990
October 17th, 2007, 08:02 PM
:banana: not me though :lol:

cernoch
October 20th, 2007, 09:24 PM
^^It's "Velká Ohrada" housing estate in southwestern part.

cernoch
October 20th, 2007, 09:25 PM
Where's this airport?

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/3954/airportti8.jpg

LMCA1990
October 21st, 2007, 01:26 AM
It can be anywhere... US, Canada or France?

cernoch
October 21st, 2007, 07:43 PM
^^No, but it lies on the same continent as one country you have guessed.

Obscene
October 21st, 2007, 07:46 PM
Germany, Scotland, Ireland?

cernoch
October 21st, 2007, 07:53 PM
go eastward!

LMCA1990
October 21st, 2007, 09:14 PM
Poland, Russia or Finland?

Saigoneseguy
October 23rd, 2007, 02:55 PM
Cold Lake, Canada?

cernoch
October 23rd, 2007, 09:52 PM
Cold Lake, Canada?

No, it's a capital

Calvin W
October 25th, 2007, 01:24 AM
Bratislava Ivanka airport, Bratislava, Slovakia.

cernoch
October 25th, 2007, 11:29 AM
^Just correct your spelling and we have a winner!
...How do you know that?

Calvin W
October 25th, 2007, 02:06 PM
^Just correct your spelling and we have a winner!
...How do you know that?

Google Earth is a wonderful thing. Also I did a series of guess the cities/airports when I first joined SSC. If memory serves me I used this airport.

cernoch
October 26th, 2007, 11:25 PM
New city to guess! (hint: unbelievable location - this city is separated from the rest of the world as well as possible)

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/5250/llloiv4.jpg

LMCA1990
October 27th, 2007, 06:30 AM
Manaus, Brazil?

Calvin W
October 27th, 2007, 06:58 AM
^^:lol:

Too Easy!

LMCA1990
October 27th, 2007, 07:38 AM
It's not very isolated.

cernoch
October 27th, 2007, 03:21 PM
^^I' d say there is nothing in its surrounding, except for some little unimportant villages.

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/5362/manausxt1.jpg

LMCA1990
October 27th, 2007, 08:11 PM
There are cities where Brazil (Tabatinga), Colombia (Leticia) and Peru (Santa Rosa) meet. They make up a city with about 300,000. Belem's not too far either.

cernoch
October 27th, 2007, 11:59 PM
Let's start something easier. Guess a country at first!

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/4438/aaanl1.jpg

coa190
October 28th, 2007, 01:11 AM
Hi, it's Thessaloniki.

LMCA1990
October 28th, 2007, 05:00 AM
might be barcelona.

cernoch
October 28th, 2007, 02:05 PM
Hi, it's Thessaloniki.

Correct! Congratulations!

cernoch
October 30th, 2007, 10:32 PM
Try it! I'll calculate your points! (1p.-country, 3p.-city)

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/9931/qwertlm1.jpg

Calvin W
October 31st, 2007, 12:04 AM
I sent you a private message with the correct guess. Don't want to spoil it for others.

LMCA1990
October 31st, 2007, 12:30 AM
I know you're not talking 2 me. Anyways, It looks like Bangkok. Is it?

cernoch
October 31st, 2007, 01:21 AM
I sent you a private message with the correct guess. Don't want to spoil it for others.

Thanks, you've 3p.!

cernoch
October 31st, 2007, 01:25 AM
I know you're not talking 2 me. Anyways, It looks like Bangkok. Is it?

Bangkok is situated nearly in the same part of the world.

LMCA1990
October 31st, 2007, 05:32 AM
Ho Chi Minh or Jakarta?

wajz
October 31st, 2007, 04:55 PM
Hmm not easy and since I am at work: no Google Earth to help me. Still, because of the block like architecture and the lack of infrastructure (only one bridge in sight) I am guessing Pyongyang, Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea)

cernoch
October 31st, 2007, 07:24 PM
Hmm not easy and since I am at work: no Google Earth to help me. Still, because of the block like architecture and the lack of infrastructure (only one bridge in sight) I am guessing Pyongyang, Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea)

I can see two more bridges there. However, if you really didn't use GE, you're a very good guesser (correct answer)!

wajz
November 1st, 2007, 12:22 AM
I recall having looked at Pyongyang once on GE and noticing a large stadium on an island... so the guess wasn't entirely uneducated LOL

cernoch
November 1st, 2007, 11:59 PM
Guess the location (not that town)!

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/9536/cderoe0.jpg


ranking:
Calvin W: 3p.
wajz: 3p.

wajz
November 2nd, 2007, 01:08 AM
What do you mean by location (not that town)? Latitude/longitude? Country?

LMCA1990
November 2nd, 2007, 01:33 AM
US, Canada or Mexico?

cernoch
November 2nd, 2007, 10:34 AM
What do you mean by location (not that town)? Latitude/longitude? Country?

This town has only 25,000 inhab. so I doubt someone's able to find it or name it correctly. You'll get 3p. for every correct guess (water, country...).

Calvin W
November 3rd, 2007, 08:33 AM
Continent wise I would say Africa or Oceania.

cernoch
November 4th, 2007, 04:01 PM
hint: an European lake

Saigoneseguy
November 4th, 2007, 04:57 PM
Constance lake?

RawLee
November 5th, 2007, 11:15 PM
Hungary,Lake Balaton,northern tip,eastern shore,junction of road 65 and 7,nearby M7 motorway.
BTW,it is Siófok,and its the Újhegy part of it. Though it could be Balatonszéplak too,because the 2 settlements merged.

cernoch
November 5th, 2007, 11:42 PM
Hungary,Lake Balaton,northern tip,eastern shore,junction of road 65 and 7,nearby M7 motorway.
BTW,it is Siófok,and its the Újhegy part of it. Though it could be Balatonszéplak too,because the 2 settlements merged.

Yes, it's Siófok on the northern shore of Balaton lake! 3 points are yours

RawLee
November 5th, 2007, 11:44 PM
^^Thank you! Can I use them a gas stations for lower prices or gifts?:)

cernoch
November 5th, 2007, 11:54 PM
^^definitely!! but do not forget to say who gave you them:lol:

cernoch
November 7th, 2007, 12:53 AM
Something a little bit special:

http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/1739/yxcvwa0.jpg

ranking:
Calvin W: 3p.
wajz: 3p.
RawLee: 3p.

LMCA1990
November 7th, 2007, 04:06 AM
Faroe Islands, Falkland Islands or Norway?

cernoch
November 7th, 2007, 07:41 PM
Faroe Islands, Falkland Islands or Norway?

It's very close.

LMCA1990
November 7th, 2007, 07:49 PM
Iceland, Argentina or Sweden?

traveljos
November 8th, 2007, 09:16 PM
nuuk.

cernoch
November 8th, 2007, 09:23 PM
^well...Nuuk/Denmark! you've 3 points!

LMCA1990
November 9th, 2007, 02:33 AM
It's actually in Greenland :sleepy: