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 No.20049[Last 50 Posts]

Lets go on a Wizardly tour of the world, using Google Street View. It is truly amazing. Sure there were always National Geographic pictures and stuff. But its not the same as being able to walk around streets at your own direction. This is like something out of science fiction, we take for granted. This is as good as actually being there. And perfect for Wizards who don't actually want the inconvenience of leaving their homes.

You can also post pics and youtube vids from foreign countries too.

You can visit all of the countries here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coverage_of_Google_Street_View

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You can also used the Chinese Maps, with translate.

This is Ordos City, the famous Ghost Town

http://map.qq.com/#pano=13061002130719111825200&heading=0&pitch=0&zoom=1

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I heard the Nazi troops advancing into the USSR went insane from advancing hundreds of miles into endless plains of nothingness. I rode on the highway from the Ukraine to Stalingrad to get a feel of it myself.

https://www.google.com/maps/@48.2335301,41.3900267,3a,90y,72.7h,78.47t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1szUWP59LOn5t-zQAX7UuRCg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DzUWP59LOn5t-zQAX7UuRCg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D333.56622%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656

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>>20069
Speaking of, beautiful historical monument and norms can`t resist scribbling their garbage on it.
Fucking locusts.

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>>20070
If you leave a canvas lying around, expect people to use it.

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>>20120
Writing hoodrat shit on historic landmarks/nice buildings/anything standing != giving you a "canvas"

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>>20120
Fuck off with that pretentious Banksy shit.

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10/10 I get stared at everyone I go just as if I were actually there

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Norway is so cozy.

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>>20180
It's amazing that there are people living in those remote places. I wonder what it is like. I imagine slow sattelite internet if at all and only being able to go shopping one a week, having to drive for at least an hour to the next shop. Wonder how they make money.

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>>20180
>>20181
Is this the Far North Arctic?

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>>20050
thank you so much for the link! i didn't know something like this existed in China.

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>>20181
>It's amazing that there are people living in those remote places. I wonder what it is like.
I lived in a village surrounded by forests and hills, with less than 100 people, and even they were spread out pretty far. But that was over 20 years ago, before public internet was even a thing, and I didn't have a reference or anything to compare my life to, so it was just a "normal" way to live for me.
Now it almost seems surreal, like most of that life was a dream.

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>>20259
Anyone else here live their entire life within a 5 mile radius of their village?

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I just spend almost an hour wondering around south america.

In the end I just get sad because I can't even afford a car, not to mention trips around the world.

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>>20808
Send some links and we can have a virtual Wizard Tour group

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I always vaguely wanted to live in the country in some sparsely populated area (something like Siberia or Canada rather than outback Australia or SE US though – I don't like the heat).
But I figure the lack of decent internet would make me go insane. Also I don't like complete quietness because it lets me hear my tinnitus in full force.

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I went to Leiden, South Holland. I liked it a lot and plan to return.
>seems comfy
>like the canals
>like the narrow streets
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiden

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>>20812
Interesting.

>>20815
I've been daydreaming about this a lot, but I don't think I would last long irl.
If I ever make enough money I'll build a self-reliant/"off the grid" cabin somewhere extremely remote.
Staying will probably going to be fun for a week or two at a time, but not much longer.
There's a reason northerners are depressed all the time.

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I use google maps to spy on different cities' streetcar networks mostly.

Single track turn in Norrköping.
https://www.google.com/maps/@58.5797027,16.190974,3a,75y,44.89h,80.06t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sDn5zJVA5udBe9yO84-fw3g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

Trolley tracks in Philadelphia that still would be regarded good condition east of Oder-Neisse, 20 years after abandonment.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9965532,-75.1469839,3a,75y,176.76h,87.51t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1swJdNmQmIZVXv8Nb6_r8WtQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

At this thread, I found great pleasure to just look the power lines around the settlements.

>>20051
Found a pair of transformers in open delta configuration.
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.6054487,141.201926,3a,45y,359.68h,136.74t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sJ7yNc8mMSwrWa5AT23PiZQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Single phase brach line.
https://www.google.com/maps/@22.6720146,89.0111953,3a,37.5y,147.21h,110.05t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s4rMakl54FSUlrg6x44iFzw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

>>20064

Well that's interesting, I wonder why that run on the lower support arm was necessary.
http://map.qq.com/?lc=2#pano=26011018131221094245700&heading=199&pitch=-46&zoom=1

>>20067

Soviet style concrete pylons!
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8448293,27.4372027,3a,75y,15.97h,89.52t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sizmugYejpCgiSpnPYnT-Gg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

>>20812

TN-S uninsulated low voltage lines!
https://www.google.com/maps/@2.5690731,-72.637951,3a,75y,127.59h,94.91t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sDpLOB821REkqWhvNB0oZwg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Urban jungle growth.
https://www.google.gr/maps/@-22.8597794,-43.2791855,3a,75y,154.03h,125.33t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1seYt6lk0-QlL5IrkpHnOyvQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

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>>20069

Maybe they contacted the painting and the left half didn't want to be shown.

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Has anyone tried exploring the tiny irrelevant islands of southern Okinawa near Taiwan?

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>>23418
This is a town in the island nearest Taiwan

https://goo.gl/maps/9yzjDnF4XVL2

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Middle school in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

https://goo.gl/maps/ytDKvc6KeJA2

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Romanian and his loyal horse

https://goo.gl/maps/sRhbfU9ekx42

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Sankakuyama Elementary School (Chuo-ku, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido)

https://goo.gl/maps/skVWHiT9yMJ2

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>>23419
Strange. I can't decide if that place looks poor or not. The worn-out buildings have a "poor" vibe but they're punctuated by tidy roads and gardens that seem almost western. Interesting.

>>24726
Driving your horse and cart on a road sounds comfy. I wonder what he does during rush hour.

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A No Grenade Fishing sign in Cambodia

https://goo.gl/maps/c52ThgJs8sw

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It is like a time machine, being able to walk the streets of 8 years ago.

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none of the links here work for me, it just shows black. i can use google streetmap and everything myself just fine though. anyone know what is wrong?

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Teinenishi junior high and elementary schools with a path dividing them (Teine-ku, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido; November 2015)

https://goo.gl/maps/Rs5A9AgfHDM2

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Takadai Elementary School (Asahikawa-shi, Hokkaido). Snow in April 2012.

https://goo.gl/maps/DCbVxhz8AFM2

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Swimming pool visible from the street at Chuo Elementary School (Kitami-shi, Hokkaido)

https://goo.gl/maps/Lzm9z4HC9Uu

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Eminem's childhood house as of September 2013 (can be seen at the covers of The Marshall Mathers LP and The Marshall Mathers LP 2; now demolished). 19946 Dresden Street, Detroit

https://goo.gl/maps/7yjUAekWNqF2

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River at the back of the stadium at Takinoe Junior High School (Takinoe-cho, Hokkaido; Oct 2015):
https://goo.gl/maps/dWjCEHLZPbk

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>>20180
damn that cute little comfy home

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Google Earth is god tier

>not living just a few kilometers from North Korea/Russia border

>not walking the abandoned fields near Khasan city
>not having your cosy little bydlo village home in some remote little Russian town

Seriously guys, try it. Find the border of Russian Federation / North Korea and just venture in that area via Google Maps, check the remote forgotten and peaceful towns, the abandoned army buildings, the green nature all around.

I once was going through some small remote town via Google Street view and saw a phone number on car repair shop sign. I actually called it via Skype (I know Russian) and told the owner I found him in Google Earth and that I'm calling from across the world. Was pretty cool.

Check also pics of YURIY CHERNYAVSKIY in Panoramio.
http://www.panoramio.com/user/4328994?with_photo_id=36916646

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>>27328
Do you know where they keep their tanks?

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>>20181
Nowadays they have regular internet there I think. Some people do agriculture and such but I think that very many of them are retired.

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>>27367
some of the airfields have depots around them, but I assume those are derelict.

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Do you want to go on a Wizzie tour of a town together? All walk around the same place together point out the sights

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https://goo.gl/maps/Hgn2HE77TzN2
Overlapping glitch or something.

https://goo.gl/maps/348LbSQDFeS2
Enterable cafe not far from Kiyota Elementary School (Kiyota-ku, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido).

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>>29897
That site really makes me feel /dep/.
The human race needs to be wiped out.

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>>29897
Amazing pick-outs. Makes me think about how big the world really is, and how much is going on everywhere all at once.

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>>29923
somebody from /mu/thread wrote that

I think the concept has something to do with the degradation of human culture when people begin to
live by proxy through computers, smart phones, internet, etc. At least, that's probably the only
reason I can assume they decided to show disgusting battle stations, people in fursuits, weird
hentai, and gay furry porn.

But it might just be some fucked up stuff the director thought would be funny to show.

http://jonrafman.com/4chan.pdf

I'm sure ther is something in what he wrote.

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>>29925
help the baar

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>>20066
Why are there are so many niggers in there? I've seen 20 so far

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>>30549
there are very very few cars parked in front of the station, but still 4 cars chose to park by this loop thing on the road side in front of the station. i wonder why?

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>>30711
It's probably the habit of parking your shit wherever convenient instead of where you should. Though I'm pleasantly surprised by the nice architecture and tidy streets and undamaged asphalt. Fancier than I expected of a Siberian town.

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>>30566
It's south africa, dude.

 No.31602

Its a little scary how Google Maps now knows my exact location just based on my IP now

I mean it used to be just the general area, sometimes not even the right town. but now they know my house

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>>31602

A person you live with who is sharing your network could have entered your address in to the Googlosphere and had it saved internally to your IP on Google's end. I have a dynamic IP and sometimes when browsing classifieds sites I can see where a previous user of the IP lives as they have their address assigned to it.

If you live alone and have a static IP, then maybe Google requested your information from your ISP to "improve your browsing experience ;^)".

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>>31604
That person is me, on my other accounts, but I didn't know it gets linked to your IP like that.

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Any new places to tour?

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>>33207

If I could have one superpower it would be to be able to be invisible/unnoticeable. Then I would traverse the world taking photos and normans would never bother me.

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>>33209
I was having these nightmare musings of what if after I suicide, consciousness lingers on and I'm left wandering the world unable to interact with matter.

But then I realized it would actually be pretty cool to be able to passively observe the goings of the world, without having the responsibilities of existenz oneself

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https://goo.gl/maps/AcqBQ9zFSPL2

Inside Verkhovna Rada.

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https://goo.gl/maps/a67Sfy5cb1v

Daikoku wharf (Yokohama, Japan). Featured in The Urotsuki (2002) hentai.

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You guys have probably heard of this before, but GeoGuessr is a game where you get dropped down somewhere random on Google Maps and guess where you are on the map. https://www.geoguessr.com/

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>>24705
ha, some random old guys playing shogi or something in a nearby park

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https://goo.gl/maps/5bF6Bfd8EW22

Japanese man carries a white dog over his shoulder (Toyotomi, Hokkaido prefecture).

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Their approximate route. Yellow is the best place to see the dog >>37452. Left ending is the best I could distinguish from afar.

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>>33209
You can do it. As long as you look like a hobo and seem dirty people will stay away from you.

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>>37452
It never ceases to amaze me how cool Japanese architecture is. I'd love to live there, but as a foreigner it would never feel right.

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>>37452
I think he misunderstood the "walking your dog" meme.

>>37899
You'd get used to it. One of the most pleasant things with coming to live in a foreign country is that you gradually acclimate yourself to all the weird and exotic things and they start feeling like part of home, despite still feeling exotic at the same time. One of the perks of being an expatriate.

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>>37901
My dog was very defiant for the last 4 years, and the only way to walk him was to drag him on a leash until I broke his neck. So I ended up having to carry him up the block and make him walk back.

Someone commented "uh thats not really walking a dog"

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>>37909
Ah, it makes some sense then.

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https://goo.gl/maps/rGWD2FyKH5w

Not far from Toyora Junior High School (Toyora-cho, Hokkaido). Upon further investigation from another angle succubus in orange shirt has white bag in her left hand. Perhaps poor doggie had just taken a shit in August 2014.

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https://goo.gl/maps/YzmEgASxJqp

Photosphere in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

 No.39846

https://goo.gl/maps/dre8HsnFNzv

4th floor of Blue City shopping mall (Warsaw, Poland)

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I find it weird how the street view thing still sucks people in like it's a drug. It's sorta neat to see years-old pics of your own town, but that's all. Spending all your time virtual touring every backwater in the world…what's the point.

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>>39848
>what's the point
what… doth… the point..?

 No.39945

https://goo.gl/maps/YE3R4jNx1vv

Oshawott, Pikachu and Tepig on the banner at the Wakoto Elementary School (Teshikaga-cho, Hokkaido)

 No.39986

One day you'll be able to enter homes with google maps. I can see it now.

 No.41491

https://goo.gl/maps/pGDtzxyWQb22

Fukui Junior High School (Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan). As of Oct 2015. Many crows and autumn vibe.

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>>39848
People are interested in places that are unique and different from your own. How else are you going to see these things without spending thousands of dollars?

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>>39848
are you really asking why people like pictures?

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Bing maps birds eye view was great before they changed it recently. I preferred it over street views. The Bing maps street view does a near clean sweep of the boonies in the places it goes (not nearly as many as google) but it sucks at loading.

>>30711
I think that green car is the Sunday Cup prize car on GT1. "Demio". I used to save up credits by winning the sunday cup over and over. Probably the slowest car in the game.

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>>39848
My parents force me to travel every now and then, and I can't see how all the trouble effort and $$$ makes it any better than google streetview

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Path near Aoyagi Junior High School (Hakodate-shi, Hokkaido): https://goo.gl/maps/tXTgupcsQF12

Mt. Hakodate observation deck: https://goo.gl/maps/P92qcD62Pns

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>>45171
That path by the school really made me feel. I wish I was a kid again, starting over, walking that way.

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>>20820
there are some jobs to do as well as a good uni

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>>20049
>You can also post pics and youtube vids from foreign countries too.
I enjoy watching cab view train videos quite a bit. There are a lot of great videos to be found on YouTube, with some of the best being from Norway and the Netherlands. Being a train driver sounds highly wizardly to me (at least in theory!).

I'm also quite enjoying those city walk videos (Rambalac, NIPPON WANDERING TV) that can be found over on /jp/.

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A dog, possibly a cat and obasan at the garage near Koryo Junior High School (Iwamizawa-shi, Hokkaido).
https://goo.gl/maps/hQ31b3wPzhKUv4DS7

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https://goo.gl/maps/bpXQCjU4xoKD7h1x7

Fureai Adult Daycare, Hokkaido, Nanae-cho.

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>>50300
>>48159
I like how aggressively square all the buildings are in japan. Like you could cut yourself on the corners of the buildings or something.

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Australia is big….


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