Aerial Pictures of Cities from Around the World

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The discussion revolves around sharing aerial photographs of cities worldwide, with participants expressing their amazement at the diversity and beauty of urban landscapes. New York City is highlighted as a favorite, with contributors posting images of various cities, including San Luis Obispo, Toronto, Seoul, and Montreal. Participants engage in light-hearted banter about their hometowns, with some discussing the population rankings of cities like Seoul and Mexico City. There are mentions of personal connections to the cities shared, with users reminiscing about their experiences. The conversation also touches on the aesthetics of city planning, with comments on the layout of cities like Amsterdam and Detroit. Links to various aerial photography websites are shared, enhancing the visual aspect of the discussion. Overall, the thread emphasizes the appreciation of urban beauty and the shared experiences tied to these locations.
  • #31
i forgot to post the link, durrrrr
http://www.ggy.bris.ac.uk/research/glaciology/personalpp/ggfglc/norwich.jpg
 
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  • #32
Nobody's posted pics of good 'ol Ottawa yet...

this is about a 2 minute drive from my school (its to the right in Rockliffe Park, yes amongst what looks like a forest is a very nice subdivision...i don't live there just go to school)
(note the little airfield to the left:approve: )
http://www.globalairphotos.com/large/ON/Ottawa/Northeast/2002/307/2

this is downtown ottawa...i live 45 mins south of here (still ottawa though)
http://www.globalairphotos.com/large/ON/Ottawa/Downtown/2002/313/2

this gives you a view of more of the city, downtown in the north, and then it stretches south into the less densly populated areas
http://www.globalairphotos.com/large/ON/Ottawa/Southeast/2002/218/2


btw...i agree NYC is a VERY beatiful city, went there with my school for 4 days in November. (Manhattan)
 
  • #34
Monique said:
Detroit, which I miss so much

I'm never going to understand that about you. :wink: :biggrin:
 
  • #35
anybody got any aerial pictures of Los Angeles ?

marlon
 
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  • #38
franznietzsche said:
you don't live in LA...do you?
No, but I get to San Diego several times a year. Once in a while I get to LA.

This is the first place where I lived.

http://www.greatoceanrd.org.au/otways/images/mnapollobay.jpg
 
  • #39
Astronuc said:
No, but I get to San Diego several times a year. Once in a while I get to LA.

This is the first place where I lived.

http://www.greatoceanrd.org.au/otways/images/mnapollobay.jpg


Purdy, but where?
 
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  • #41
Moonbear said:
I'm never going to understand that about you. :wink: :biggrin:
Totally ! How can anyone miss Detroit ? :eek: How Monique ? How ?
 
  • #42
meteor said:
Seoul is the most populated city of the world, with more than 10 millions of persons living there.

Sao Paolo, Brazil is the most heavily populated city in the world. It's close to 14 million, I believe. Tokyo is the largest metro area.
 
  • #43
Astronuc said:
Los Angeles

http://members.cox.net/mkpl/101hollywood-la-86l.jpg
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It's amazing how quickly these photos get old. No Bonaventure, no Library Tower, no Staples Center. Anyway, I don't seem to be able to find any photos of Santa Rosa, so here's San Francisco:

usca9356.jpe


usca9353.jpe
 
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  • #44
Gokul43201 said:
Totally ! How can anyone miss Detroit ? :eek: How Monique ? How ?
I do! I look at that picture and I wish I was there again, good times. Btw, That picture was taken from a campus building I lived at :biggrin: There's something to living in a ghostly city that Detroit can feel like, it makes going out adventurous :wink:
 
  • #45
The extent of my world for the next 4 years...
http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=4&S=10&Z=11&X=1982&Y=18889&W=2&qs=|Pasadena|CA|

I think that's me in that little upper left square.
http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=4&S=8&Z=11&X=7930&Y=75557&W=2&qs=|Pasadena|CA|

Dunno where this mysterious softball field came from, though! All that's there now is a giant mountain of dirt and a giant pit of not-dirt...
http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=4&S=8&Z=11&X=7922&Y=75553&W=2&qs=|Pasadena|CA|

Cake, anybody?
http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=4&S=8&Z=11&X=7924&Y=75563&W=2&qs=|Pasadena|CA|

The University of Colorado Boulevard. (i.e. our other, other, other neighbors to the north [east]).
http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=4&S=10&Z=11&X=1984&Y=18893&W=2&qs=|Pasadena|CA|

--J
 
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  • #46
A view of Downtown Montreal at night during the winter months from Mont Royal
http://www.worldcityphotos.org/Canada/CAN-QB-Montreal-NatlGeographic1.jpg

A 360 view of Montreal from Mont Royal
http://www.worldcityphotos.org/Canada/CAN-QB-Montreal-LouisGeorgakakis1.jpg

View of Montreal from the olympic stadium tower (Mont-Royal is that hill in the middle of the city)
http://www.worldcityphotos.org/Canada/CAN-QB-Montreal-PMurris2.jpg

My old campus in the west part of montreal (15 minutes drive from downtown)
http://musicm.mcgill.ca/netads/http/img/macd1a.jpg (East)
http://musicm.mcgill.ca/netads/http/img/macd2.jpg (East)
http://www.geocities.com/nivenlab/SAB.jpg (West)

That my town for the next 3 year - Halifax
http://www.lynnschronicles.com/postcards/hfx_aerial2.jpg
http://www.tradecentrelimited.com/photos/8/Halifax%20City%20aerial%20-%20low.jpg
 
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  • #47
http://www.kinkajoumusic.co.uk/Graphics/Sheffield.jpg

Admit it, it's beautiful!
 
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  • #48
brewnog said:
Admit it, it's beautiful!


Its very colorful, that's for sure. :bugeye:
 
  • #49
iansmith said:
A view of Downtown Montreal at night during the winter months from Mont Royal
http://www.worldcityphotos.org/Canada/CAN-QB-Montreal-NatlGeographic1.jpg

A 360 view of Montreal from Mont Royal
http://www.worldcityphotos.org/Canada/CAN-QB-Montreal-LouisGeorgakakis1.jpg

View of Montreal from the olympic stadium tower (Mont-Royal is that hill in the middle of the city)
http://www.worldcityphotos.org/Canada/CAN-QB-Montreal-PMurris2.jpg

My old campus in the west part of montreal (15 minutes drive from downtown)
http://musicm.mcgill.ca/netads/http/img/macd1a.jpg (East)
http://musicm.mcgill.ca/netads/http/img/macd2.jpg (East)
http://www.geocities.com/nivenlab/SAB.jpg (West)

That my town for the next 3 year - Halifax
http://www.lynnschronicles.com/postcards/hfx_aerial2.jpg
http://www.tradecentrelimited.com/photos/8/Halifax%20City%20aerial%20-%20low.jpg

http://www.worldcityphotos.org/leech.htm

Due to abuse and leeching of bandwidth by directly loading images on blogs, forums, message boards, etc., such links are now banned. Please visit the site directly to view your images. If there is just a text link to a photo, right click it, select "copy link location" or "copy shortcut" (whatever your browser's equivalent is), and paste the URL into your browser's address bar.

I'm sorry for this incovenience but if the total monthly bandwidth allowance is exceeded the site will be unavailable to everyone (myself included) until the start of the following month.

Cheers from your humble city gatherer at http://www.worldcityphotos.org![/quote]
 
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  • #50
I was quite surprised to see what Tokyo actually looked like, I was expecting something like New York City:

http://www4.tsl.uu.se/~pomp/pictures/ND2001%20-%20Tsukuba/in%20tokyo/24%20-%20view%20from%20tokyo%20twin%20tower%203%20-%20tokyo%20.JPG
 
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  • #51
Tokyo again, a much better picture:

http://www.mikal.org/photo_journal/tokyo_2002/1213_tokyo_skyline.JPG
 
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  • #52
And finally, the last picture I will post of Tokyo:

http://www.munn-reese.com/Japan/j30a.jpg
 
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  • #53
Paris, Oh La La
http://www.pics.kaybee.org:81/Vacations/Europe1997/France/Paris/EiffelTower/.thumbs/med-aerial.jpg

I hven't had the luck of being in Paris, though my mother was in a trip and told me that the Senne smells badly like hell. I can't imagine what people throw in it
 
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  • #54
Here's Kansas City.

This is the Plaza Area.

ufiles61.jpg


Kansas City is known as the "City of Fountains".

http://www.kc.net/~trish/pleasefount3.jpg

Our weird convention center often referred to as the "hair curlers"

http://www.kc.net/~trish/bartle.jpg

Aerial view.

http://www.kcskyscrapers.com/albums/skyline/plazacrowndowntown.sized.jpg

Downtown

http://www.macalester.edu/~psych/whathap/diaries/diariess96/Erik/kc004.jpg
 
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  • #55
Scientific Method said:
I was quite surprised to see what Tokyo actually looked like, I was expecting something like New York City:

That actually looks rather similar to the Long Island City portion of Queens, although a little cleaner and newer.
 
  • #56
Scientific Method said:
http://www.worldcityphotos.org/leech.htm

I am NOTt leeching because i post a link rather than an [/PLAIN][/PLAIN] tag. In the other hand your are leeching. You post an img tag.
 
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  • #57
iansmith said:
I am NOTt leeching because i post a link rather than an [/PLAIN][/PLAIN] tag. In the other hand your are leeching. You post an img tag.

My dear friend,

I was not accusing you of leeching: rather, I clicked on the link you provided and instead of the picture showing up, I only got the leeching warning message, so I posted the message to let everyone know that these links will not work any more.

And you are quite right, I am guilty of leeching, but I don't have any moral objections to that, at least not at this point in time.

Cheers!
 
  • #58
I feel so sorry for anyone reading this thread who has dial up.
 
  • #59
meteor said:
Paris, Oh La La
I hven't had the luck of being in Paris, though my mother was in a trip and told me that the Senne smells badly like hell.


I have been to Paris many times and i never had any bad smell-problems with la Seine...Paris is one of the most beautiful cities i have ever been to.

marlon

Sous les ponts de Paris

lorsque descend la nuit...etc etc :!) :!) :!)
 
  • #60
loseyourname said:
That actually looks rather similar to the Long Island City portion of Queens, although a little cleaner and newer.

When I say New York City, I always ignore the ghettos and simply view Manhatten as the only part of the city. But of course, Manhatten has Harlem . . .
 

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