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Rhone
10-21-2005, 11:05 PM
This is the most interesting place I've come across playing around with Google Earth. I know where it is, but I don't know what it is, so I'm genuinely curious whether anyone is familiar with it. Only hint I'll give is that it's not in the U.S.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/Wino98/google_park.jpg
CardSharpCook
10-21-2005, 11:08 PM
A museum/botanical garden.
Spaded
10-21-2005, 11:09 PM
Saddam's water palace / secret submarine base?
dizong
10-21-2005, 11:13 PM
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This is the most interesting place I've come across playing around with Google Earth. I know where it is, but I don't know what it is, so I'm genuinely curious whether anyone is familiar with it. Only hint I'll give is that it's not in the U.S.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/Wino98/google_park.jpg

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it's my summer home. see me waving?

dizong
Rhone
10-21-2005, 11:20 PM
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A museum/botanical garden.

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Well, like I said, I don't know what it is...
Rhone
10-21-2005, 11:20 PM
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Saddam's water palace / secret submarine base?

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not bad
send_the_msg
10-21-2005, 11:22 PM
for some reason that reminds me of a club med i saw in a picture. nothing that boring is it? (no offense to club med folks)
10-21-2005, 11:24 PM
The Island from "The Prisoner"?
Rhone
10-21-2005, 11:25 PM
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for some reason that reminds me of a club med i saw in a picture. nothing that boring is it? (no offense to club med folks)

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I can't say for sure, but given the country, I kind of doubt it.
DarkForceRising
10-21-2005, 11:26 PM
My first thought was Dubai.
tomdemaine
10-21-2005, 11:27 PM
I'm guessing some oilmoney manmade structure in Dubai.

edit: damnit, beat me by one minute /images/graemlins/smile.gif
Eurotrash
10-21-2005, 11:28 PM
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My first thought was Dubai.

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damn you people, I seriously fired up Google Maps and was checking out Dubai. I wish I had actually said it before doing that, I never figured anybody would guess that


edit: and by Google Maps I mean Google Earth
Klepton
10-21-2005, 11:28 PM
just give us the damn answer.
Spaded
10-21-2005, 11:30 PM
Burj Dubai was my first thought, but I thought it was taller, so that might not be the place. The burj dubai is that sailboat-shaped hotel, right?
Sponger15SB
10-21-2005, 11:30 PM
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My first thought was Dubai.

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Rhone
10-21-2005, 11:36 PM
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You guys all got close really quickly. It's actually in Kuwait. If someone can tell me an easy way to post the coordinates I'll do that.
gunt
10-22-2005, 12:04 AM
is that dubai?
Brain
10-22-2005, 12:34 AM
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My first thought was Dubai.

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kbfc
10-22-2005, 03:30 AM
Did you try checking any of the overlays in Google Earth? Some of them have links to info about different sites. It's possible that someone has posted info about that place.

I started this little map-challenge thing just using Google Maps, but I've been playing around with Google Earth since then, and it's quite an amazing little program.
ethan
10-22-2005, 04:03 AM
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My first thought was Dubai.

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I scanned a lot of coastline near Dubai (before you posted), didn't see it, and gave up. But I'm not surprised to hear it's close to there.
Rhone
10-22-2005, 09:15 AM
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Did you try checking any of the overlays in Google Earth? Some of them have links to info about different sites. It's possible that someone has posted info about that place.


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How do I do that? When I go to Add-Image Overlay, it seems to want information from me, instead of giving me information others have provided...
Yeti
10-22-2005, 09:21 AM
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I scanned Dubai coastline for ages a few months ago, couldn't even spot the Burj Al Arab, let alone the new 'world' islands they are building.

If anyone finds them, hook me up.
DukeSucks
10-22-2005, 10:37 AM
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Did you try checking any of the overlays in Google Earth? Some of them have links to info about different sites. It's possible that someone has posted info about that place.


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How do I do that? When I go to Add-Image Overlay, it seems to want information from me, instead of giving me information others have provided...

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In the lower left corner, under Layers, check the boxes that say National Geographic Magazine, Keyhole Community BBS, and User-Supplied collections. This will bring up markers for a lot of stuff. Sometimes it is way too much, so you can uncheck them to remove all the clutter once you've found what you want.

I found the thing you posted, and there is a placemark on it, but however it is not written in English, so I still can't help you there.

Hopefully this makes sense /images/graemlins/smile.gif
DukeSucks
10-22-2005, 10:43 AM
Here's the image:

http://img433.imageshack.us/img433/2550/kuwaitcopy2ek.jpg
Rhone
10-22-2005, 11:08 AM
Thanks, that's a great feature. If you click on the link that guy provides, you'll see he calls it the "green island". A quick Google search reveals this (http://www.pop2kuwait.com/index.php/fuseaction/destination.home/location/1795).

Rhone.