Wikimapia has some of those, with links or sometimes descriptions with photos. http://wikimapia.org. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago
Wikipedia article for Chikino states that the pedestal for the monument commemorating the visit of Alexander II was later used for the monument of Karl Marx, then for the monument of Stalin (neither of those two fellows ever visited the place, as far as I know). Quite a convenient object, now in the need of some stucco.... - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago
It's still up http://wikimapia.org/ (not https for some reason?). Source: 11 months ago
Somewhat oftopic but why we guys aint using this ABSOLUTE BRILLIANT web service : wikimapia.org anymore? Long live the regions! Source: over 1 year ago
It is advisable to choose rail tracks leading to military units or other government facilities in order to avoid possible civilian casualties. To search, we recommend using wikimapia.org, military installations are indicated there, which are not visible on ordinary maps. Also, according to satellite maps, you can assess how the object is "operating". For example, at the base, to which the branch you have chosen... Source: almost 2 years ago
I took Amtrack around the US: Sacramento -> Santa Barbara -> LA -> New Orleans -> New York -> Boston -> Syracuse -> Chicago -> Sacramento. I didn't buy the Rail Pass because I wasn't sure before I started that I'd enjoy it so much. What was great was WikiMapia – as the train was rolling through the countryside I was able to know what was around me. http://wikimapia.org/... - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago
Wikimapia often has information about individual plots - https://wikimapia.org/. Source: over 2 years ago
An interesting fact is that originally, there was a matching monument to Stalin across the water: it's the approach to Sluice #1 of the Moskva-Volga Canal, and the two statues were put there to welcome travellers entering the canal from the Volga side. The other monument was dismantled in 1961, but the platform which supported it still remains. Source: almost 3 years ago
Location of the thermal plant in zara that al nusra took over for a short time. Source: about 3 years ago
Bellingcat and colleagues from Newsy and BBC Africa Eye have located the execution videos from the EthiopiaMap Telegram channel to a cliff approximately 15 kilometres South of Aksum, a city in the wartorn Tigray Region. The closest town is Mahbere Dego, which may be the last place these men were seen alive. Source: about 3 years ago
The problem here is that those interviewees were telling an extremely manicured version of the massacre that's favourable for Amhara nationalist narratives. For example, one of them, Debas Kebede straight up lied about being taken to Bereket by the TPLF who allegedly tortured him and killed many of friends there because the Bereket is located in the Fashaga triangle which has been controlled by Amhara militias for... Source: about 3 years ago
Think I recognise that building from the 93rd Armoured Brigade base in Ain Issa - Located here. Source: about 3 years ago
Just on the topic of satellite maps wiki mapia is an informative site. https://wikimapia.org. Source: about 3 years ago
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