OK..lets see if this gets closed, or if it becomes popular!
The idea is simple, take a pic (or a screenie from googly maps ) of somewhere FAMOUS (ie: NOT your back garden!) and see who can guess where it is and what it's claim to fame is. Try to include some visual clues that will help... without making it too obvious!
To start the ball rolling, and to give you a general idea:




There are MORE than enough clues there...so, where is it, and why is it famous?

Wimbledon?

EDIT Nope, it's Oxford, allthough I doubt it's detailed enough to be the solution. But then, there's nothing worth seein on the picture... :P

Top google result for Iffey Road suggest that the pic is the Oxford Uni Spotrs Complex.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iffley_Road

Quote :

The road is famous for the Oxford University athletics venue, the Iffley Road Track, where Sir Roger Bannister ran a mile in under four minutes for the first time ever on 6 May 1954. A blue plaque now records the event for passers by on the road.

Is wikipedia allowed?

Vain

mmm...Wiki is cheating a bit...but you are right...the clue was "Bannister Close" in the bottom left of the map.



Next one please!

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The Lincoln memorial?

Fort Knox ?

I think I recognice it from Bond.

That is one huge ass roundabout

Quote from thisnameistaken :

The Lincoln memorial?

You got it.

Quoting the picture again is unnecessary though.

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You got it.

Quoting the picture again is unnecessary though.

Someone else can do one - I'm too bizzy.

OK, I'll do one

No, the Millenium Dome looks more like a tent

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OK, I'll do one

The Gherkin (or egg) building in London?

No, not the Swiss Re Building.

London City Hall?

London Mayor's office.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi ... 1/London_mayor_office.JPG

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London City Hall?

Foster's London City Hall I'd say you were correct

Quote from amp88 :

London City Hall?

Correct. Your go.

I can't see this one lasting long

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I can't see this one lasting long

Bathurst? (Mt Panorama). Actually it might be somewhere else... Dunno which one to choose!

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Bathurst? (Mt Panorama). Actually it might be somewhere else... Dunno which one to choose!

Be more specific

Caltex Chase?

EDIT : Noes... not that one

EDIT: Yay!

Quote from Mp3 Astra :

Caltex Chase?

Correct. The Chase on the Mt Panorama circuit in Bathurst, Australia. Your turn.

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