Google Sightseeing takes you on tour of the world as seen from satellite, using the free Google Earth program, or Google Maps in your web browser. Each weekday your guides James and Alex present new weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.
Still in Beijing, this is the Central TV Tower, which (including its antennae) is 405 metres tall, and easily the tallest structure in the city. A race to the top of the tower is held annually, with two laps of the base followed by a climb of the 1484 steps leading up to the 238 metre-high observation deck. The Central TV Tower is also part of the World Federation of Great Towers, of which several have already featured on GgSs.
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Speaking of tall towers, why are Petronas & Taipei 101 so hard to find? I’ve tried many times to get the right coordinates, and I must not be searching right. I’ve found some Google Earth links, but as I’ve got a mac (Powerbook G3), they don’t help me much …
I’m also surprised that when I look, the imagery of the areas is lo-res. I’d think that, being the tallest skyscapers out there, they’d be imaged much higher …
I think [these are the Petronas towers][1]. I’m talking about the two little circly thingies on the white area. They have tall shadows, if you look closely.
[1]: Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
Based on the map at http://home.trtc.com.tw/INFO92/ebigmap.asp?number=bl13
I am pretty sure that Taipei 101 must be here:
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
I have searched for the 101 tower, however I suspect it is in low res, somewhere around here:
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
I couldn’t find its lattitude and longatude online, however I figured out the rough location from several maps I found via google, showing where it is.
Here is the grand hotel in taipei however:
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
And from the ground:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Liyu_2004c_The_Grand_Hotel_Taipei.jpg
One day I plan on having lunch there … but I need to get from Australia to Taiwan first
For some reason google sighseeing didn’t like the last link. Perhaps [this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Liyu_2004c_The_Grand_Hotel_Taipei.jpg) will work.
Its definintely in the less-dense area south of the sharp curve in the river. You can see the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall clearly in the low-res, just east of Jilong Road which runs diagonally SSW from the bridge over the bend. The Blue Line metro runs along Zhongxiao Rd just north of the memorial. That means Taipei City Hall is the blue building just west of Jilong Road and a block south of Zhongxiao Rd. Taipei 101 is two blocks south of City Hall, just north of major Xinyi Rd. Taipei WTC is next to Taipei 101 to the west, just inside the intersection of Jilong and Xinyi.
The coordinates for the Taipei 101 are 25 02′00.43 N, 121 33′54.53 E .
The shadow is a dead giveaway. :o)
Anyone knows the coordinates for Takashimaya, tienmu stadium, and TAS