where in London is this?

[pbsmooth]

this is the view from a top floor balcony of a terraced house in London. you can see Battersea Power Station, Shard and London Eye in the distance.

anyone work it out? just from a YouTube video I was watching and curious.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Walndsworth

 

[spitfire]

If this leads to someone's murder I had no idea.

Somewhere along this line. I ran out of screen space.

 

[Crispy]

Oh I love this kind of problem. I'll be right back with a street address.

 

[spitfire]

Move the line down a bit as I added the power station after i did the line.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

. doh

 

[spitfire]

is tho

 

[spitfire]

City is just over the shoulder of BPS. Better diagram here:

 

[Crispy]

It is no. 57 Haldon Road. Possibly no.59.

57 Haldon Rd · 57 Haldon Rd, London SW18 1QF

57 Haldon Rd, London SW18 1QF

www.google.com

 

[Crispy]

If I am inadvertently accessory to murder here, I'll never forgive you.

EDIT: I See that I am not the first to make this joke.

 

[spitfire]

If this leads to someone's murder I had no idea.

Somewhere along this line. I ran out of screen space.


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Wasn't far off, bit too far south. But I did it in about 20 seconds in between work so am happy with that.

You now have the co-ordinates for your air strike. Mine was more of a carpet bombing approach.

 

[editor]

this is the view from a top floor balcony of a terraced house in London. you can see Battersea Power Station, Shard and London Eye in the distance.

anyone work it out? just from a YouTube video I was watching and curious.

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I'm feeling a bit uncomfortable about this. I'm sure it's all innocent, but could you post up the video please (or send it to me privately).

 

[Fuzzy]

It is no. 57 Haldon Road. Possibly no.59.

57 Haldon Rd · 57 Haldon Rd, London SW18 1QF

57 Haldon Rd, London SW18 1QF

www.google.com

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Great skills there crispy

 

[pbsmooth]

wow amazing. let me cross-reference!

editor it's a dreary home renovation video!

 

[pbsmooth]

you're right - 57.

 

[spitfire]

wow amazing. let me cross-reference!

editor it's a dreary home renovation video!

You're going round for their lead aren't you?

 

[Pickman's model]

You're going round for their lead aren't you?

and their milk

 

[pbsmooth]

wouldn't know where to begin...

 

[pbsmooth]

also, Crispy - how did you do that? google maps 3d view or something?

 

[Crispy]

also, Crispy - how did you do that? google maps 3d view or something?

Google Earth Pro, the standalone app. You can draw arbitrary straight lines (or rather, geodesics). So what I did was look at the photo and find some buildings that are vertically aligned, but are well-separated on a map. I started with the Walkie-Talkie tower and Battersea Power Station. The NW corner of the tower is exactly framed by the Northern chimneys.



THen I went to Google Earth and started a line at the NW corner of the tower



and put the other end in Richmond somewhere so that it passed exactly between the two Northern chimneys of BPS.





Then I just scrolled along the line with the camera facing the right way until I found the middle-ground buildings (the blocks of flats on the right and the mansard roof in the centre). And then I could look around the line for the specific roofs/windows in the foreground. I could have done another line using other landmarks and searched where they intersect, but one was enough in this case.

 

[hash tag]

and their milk

You are avin a larf, milk!
There are almost daily reports on next door about a range rover or similar being stolen or a catalytic converter for that sort of area don't you know.

 

[story]

Enhance….

….enhance…
……enhance……

 

[bellaozzydog]

Amazing

 

[pbsmooth]

Love it, nice.

 

[pbsmooth]

 

[Ryan2468]

Love it, nice.

A reference to this guy? Seems like some people on this forum might like his stuff.

TikTok

www.tiktok.com

 

[pbsmooth]

Never heard of that guy to be honest

 

[Mattym]

Google Earth Pro, the standalone app. You can draw arbitrary straight lines (or rather, geodesics). So what I did was look at the photo and find some buildings that are vertically aligned, but are well-separated on a map. I started with the Walkie-Talkie tower and Battersea Power Station. The NW corner of the tower is exactly framed by the Northern chimneys.

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THen I went to Google Earth and started a line at the NW corner of the tower

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and put the other end in Richmond somewhere so that it passed exactly between the two Northern chimneys of BPS.

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Then I just scrolled along the line with the camera facing the right way until I found the middle-ground buildings (the blocks of flats on the right and the mansard roof in the centre). And then I could look around the line for the specific roofs/windows in the foreground. I could have done another line using other landmarks and searched where they intersect, but one was enough in this case.

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Please promise me you'll put yourself forward for the role of head detective in the next series of 'Hunted'. The contestants won't know what's hit 'em.