File talk:49 -123.Vancouver.JPG

Isn't this Seattle's downtown, not Vancouver's? DaleF 16:49, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Nope, I'll confirm that as our lovely neighbor-to-the-North. --Thomcat 19:16, 15 October 2008 (UTC), Seattle resident

I realize that you are a Seattle resident (Seattlite?), but I found this photo Seattle Downtown, which is obviously the same place from a different angle, and appears to have the Space Needle in the background. Am I mistaken? --Pardey 19:24, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

It's definitely not Vancouver's, ours is on a peninsula. Furthermore, those radio/TV towers in the foreground look to be in the Capitol Hill area of Seattle. Additionally, Columbia Center (the big black building on the left of the image) certainly isn't in Vancouver but Seattle. Same with WaMu Tower.

Definitely Seattle's downtown (unless I'm falling victim to some aggressive caching and am seeing a different picture). DaleF 19:33, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Note that the linked picture has the thick I-5 on the ground near city center but this Vancouver picture doesn't. I can understand the confusion, though! Vancouver 'plays' Seattle in a lot of movies. (For example, Sleepless in Seattle was filled in Vancouver.) -- Wmcduff 19:34, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Relevant XKCD. Note that the angle of the disputed picture could concievably hide the freeway, and that at least 6 major buildings appear in both images. We're not going with scenes from movies, here - I was born in Vancouver, and have driven that stretch of I-5 in Seattle many times. --Pardey 19:40, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Well, the truth is: Canada does not exist. It's an invention by some US geohashers to achieve more virgin graticules. Most scenes from Canadian expeditions were shot in film studios in Seattle. -- Relet 19:52, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

I'll go with that last answer. Now that I stare at it in a different light, that is Seattle. If only a Geohash had landed somewhere nearby, I might know that by now (chagrin). --Thomcat 21:51, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Wow - Google Earth with the 3D buildings is most excellent, even if most of Seattle's buildings are still gray. I'd never had a reason to go in and try to match the view up to photos before, but it worked quite well. --Pardey 20:00, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

I'm laughing right now pretty hard, because I TOOK this picture. I pulled it out of a folder called Downtown Scenic, and obviously didn't look too closely at it. I saw this discussion and was about to identify all the buildings for you, and then realized they weren't Vancouver buildings. If I look at the next pictures in my folder, I find one taken through the front window of an airplane landing at Boeing Field in Seattle. Now that is pretty funny how long it took anyone to notice. I'll look for a replacement photo! -Robyn 22:05, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Thought I had one, but the best I can do is the Capilano Suspension Bridge - maybe you could use that for Surrey. --Thomcat 22:13, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Dang again - it's Vancouver. Thought it was further east than that. Then again, my geography is clearly suspect today. --Thomcat 22:15, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

There is a very similar view of Vancouver that I am looking for. The downtown buildings are a little bit further to the left, the peninsula behind is almost entirely green with no buildings, there's a bridge to the other side of the water, and the things on the other side of the water hidden by clouds are mountains. If I find the shot, you'll see how we were all fooled. There are even cranes down by the water like that. -Robyn 22:19, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Here's one of mine http://gallery.dalefloer.com/main.php?g2_itemId=2132 which I'm fine putting up under CC-by-sa. What do people think (other than the wonky stitch)? DaleF 00:56, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

That looks great, Dale. Please put it up so I can start recovering from my death by embarrassment. -Robyn 00:59, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

I don't actually know how to upload photos to the wiki. That's the reason I haven't uploaded our expedition pics from a month or so ago. DaleF 03:56, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

You should have asked sooner! I've been waiting for those pics. I've enhanced the instructions on the Expedition page for you. Let me or Thomcat, who wrote the page, know if that's still not clear. -Robyn 04:08, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

POSTED: Picture does not have category :-) --Zb 09:05, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Okay, how's this?

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