Virtual Shanghai
bazza
September 15, 2007, 04:59 PM posted in General DiscussionThis is a very cool site: http://sh.city8.com/
You just drag the eye around map and it gives a 360 degree photographic view. :)
I'm off to find ChinesePod. ;)
excuter
September 16, 2007, 02:18 PMand within that turning you can move the view up and down...:-)
bazza
September 15, 2007, 06:29 PMI think ChinesePod is down this little alley: http://sh.city8.com/panosearch-pid173242_JL1N-ptz3.590_0.464_1.309-ctps-sn_u_9EC4_u_9642_u_5357_u_8DEF.html Unfortunately you can't seem to explore down the little alleys.
jamestheron
September 15, 2007, 07:19 PMDirections to Chinese Pod: http://woshuole.yunhan.org/
jamestheron
September 15, 2007, 07:23 PMThat's right, your trip is coming up soon. You still have some time to sign up for a month or so of the practice plan.
Joachim
September 15, 2007, 08:46 PMCool! I was paying a visit to where we used to live in Shanghai. :-) Obviously, these are drive-by photos: No pedestrian or residential areas. I haven't been able to figure out how old those pictures are.
bazza
September 15, 2007, 09:58 PMYou're right, it won't let you go all the way down Nanjing Lu: http://sh.city8.com/panosearch-pid10060_3Z5I-ptz4.677_0.0347_0.927-ctps-sn_u_6EA7_u_9633_u_8DEF.html
henning
September 15, 2007, 11:10 PMThis comes handy as I will be leaving today for Shanghai...
bazza
September 15, 2007, 11:57 PMIt also does a few other cities: Beijing: http://bj.city8.com/ Guangzhou: http://gz.city8.com/ Shenzhen: http://sz.city8.com/ Hangzhou: http://hz.city8.com/
amber
September 16, 2007, 12:56 AMhi bazza, that is so wild! that really is the alley entrance, i think. it looks a little squished in the pic, but i think it is it. which is great 'cause it's really easy to miss!
bazza
September 15, 2007, 05:18 PMI think ChinesePod is somewhere around here: http://sh.city8.com/panosearch-pid173247_JBS5-ptz4.336_0.464_1.836-ctps-sn_u_9EC4_u_9642_u_5357_u_8DEF.html
azerdocmom
September 16, 2007, 02:51 AM我好羨慕大家最近去中國！ wo3hao3 xian4mu4 da4jia1 zui4jin4 qu4 zhong1guo2!
jamestheron
September 16, 2007, 03:07 AMAZERDocMom, 不用谢。 As I was walking from the subway station, I kept thinking "am I sure I'm going the right way? have I missed it?" Then, I almost walked right past it. A more complete picture of the entrance from the main road is here (CP is in a similar building to the left of the big green one): http://yunhan.org/cp_remix/751Huangpinanlu.jpg If Bazza found the secret back alley entrance from that web site, more power to him!
jamestheron
September 16, 2007, 03:48 AMYup, this link matches my picture. Just a few clicks down from Bazza's alley. http://sh.city8.com/panosearch-pid173250_OLVP-ptz3.326_0.222_1.309-ctps-sn_u_9EC4_u_9642_u_5357_u_8DEF.html
bazza
September 16, 2007, 09:45 AMThat was actually my first guess but comparing to the aerial photo on the blog it look like it was directly opposite the tallest tower across the road.
henning
September 16, 2007, 09:54 AM哎哟! Hope I find it...
Joachim
September 16, 2007, 10:04 AMI have embedded a view of 外滩 provided by sh.city8.com at the German Chinesepod blog (blogs.chinesepod.com/de for those of you that haven't visited it yet). Maybe it works here, too. If not, go to blogs.chinesepod.com/de - there's even a very funny youtube-Video of a sneezing panda to discover. [Btw: What happened to the shamelessly self-promoting award? Did it go down with the Saturday show as well?]
excuter
September 16, 2007, 02:16 PMI guess it did ;( I just clicked on this viewing picture, moved to the right and held the button down. That was funny, it was spinning around and around...;-)
azerdocmom
September 16, 2007, 02:34 AMjamestheron 谢谢你！那些照片很有用。可是我还没有机会去上海 : ( xie4xie ni3! na4xie1 zhao4pian4 hen2you3yong4. ke3shi4 wo3hai2mei2you3 ji1hui4qu4shang4hai3 : (
bazza
September 15, 2007, 05:09 PMI've found my hotel. :) http://sh.city8.com/panosearch-pid67099_0Z3D-ptz2.827_0.439_1.788-ctps-sn_u_6EA7_u_9633_u_8DEF.html