Google Earth Community: World Tour, 100 Major Cities

The above Placemark is for a tour of the Top 100 from this list, divided into subtours of 10, Hope you enjoy.

I have added tidbits of info about most cities, to make it a learning experience.
So take a few minutes to stop the tour at each city and explore.

(Tour tips: To slow or speed it up goto "Tools" then down to "Options" then click the "control' tab. Here you can control tour pause and by checking advanced you can control speed also.)

More to follow, so keep checking back as I work on a 1,000 city tour

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Have you visited them all yet?
Major cities of the world

Bombay ( Mumbai ) India
Karachi Pakistan
Delhi India
Shanghai China
Moscow ( Moskva ) Russia
Seoul ( Soul ) South Korea
Sao Paulo ( São Paulo ) Brazil
Istanbul Turkey
Lima Peru
( Ciudad de México ) Mexico City Mexico
Jakarta Indonesia
New York United States of America
Tokyo Japan
Beijing China
( Al-Qahirah ) Cairo Egypt
Tehran Iran
Ar-Riyad Saudi Arabia
London England
Bogota Bogotá Colombia
Lagos Nigeria
Baghdad Iraq
Bangkok Thailand
Lahore Pakistan
( Dacca ) Dhaka Bangladesh
Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Bangalore India
Wuhan China
Tianjin ( Tientsin ) China
Canton ( Guangzhou ) China
Toronto Canada
Jiddah Saudi Arabia
Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire
Chongqing ( Chungking ) China
Santiago Chile
Calcutta ( Kolkata ) India
Singapore
Chennai ( Madras ) India
Leningrad ( Sankt-Peterburg ), St. Petersburg Russia
Shenyang China
Los Angeles ( El Rio de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula: (Really ) ) United States of America
Ahmadabad India
( Busan ) Pusan South Korea
Alexandria ( Al-Iskandariyah ) Egypt
Hyderabad India
Ankara Turkey
P'yongyang North Korea
Yokohama Japan
Montréal Canada
Casablanca ( Dar-el-Beida ) Morocco
Ho Chi Minh City ( Saigon ), Thanh Pho Ho Chi Minh Vietnam
Berlin Germany
Nanjing ( Nanking ) China
( Addis Abeba ) Adis Abba Ethiopia
Poona ( Pune ) India
Medellín Colombia
Kano Nigeria
Omdurman ( Umm Durman ) Sudan
Surat India
Madrid Spain
Sian Xi'an China
Chicago United States of America
Kanpur India
Havana ( La Habana ) Cuba
Jaipur India
Nairobi Kenya
arbin China
Buenos Aires Argentina
Incheon ( Inch'o )South Korea
Surabaya Indonesia
Kiev Kyyiv Ukraine
Hangchou ( Hangzhou) China
Salvador Brazil
Taipei T'aipei, Taipeh Taiwan
Hai Phong Haiphong Vietnam
Dar es Salaam Tanzania
Daegu Taegu South Korea
Bekasi Indonesia
Chengdu ( Chengtu ) China
Osaka Japan
Karaj Iran
Al-Jizah Giza Egypt
Ibadan Nigeria
Izmir Turkey
Rome Roma Italy
Faisalabad Lyallpur Pakistan
Lucknow India

Quezon City Philippines
San'a' Yemen
Changchun China
Cali Colombia
Cape Town ( Kaapstad ) South Africa
Belo Horizonte Brazil
Fortaleza Brazil
Mashhad Iran
Namp'o North Korea
Aleppo Halab Syria
Dairen ( Dalian ) China
Nagpur India

Before most of us have been able to detect it, what we have been calling a city has already changed. I’m not referring to the medieval walled city, which has been long dead.

I’m discussing the modern or contemporary city, which has culturally, politically, and physically metamorphosed beyond previous standards for recognition.
To some, this transformation has warranted the creation of new terms. In the past, the word metropolis was used to describe the extended twentieth century gridiron, which bristled with skyscrapers. Today the term megalopolis is used to describe the bewildering sprawl of mass transit systems, technology parks, entertainment complexes, strip malls, and bedroom communities which extend from older city edges, annihilating previous physical distinctions between city and hinterland, as well as previous geopolitical boundaries.

To the majority, however, the elusive word city still suffices to describe any settlement of particular size and socio-economic significance. The irony is that what we call a city is no longer inherently urban, or suburban, or even exurban. It is all these things and more. We would perhaps do better to describe the countryside, like the goatherd in Calvino’s Cecilia4, or whatever is antithetical to the city.

In any case, what we must realize is that our old definition of city has been modified to address new forms of human development.

Edited by jeffryv (07/14/06 08:21 PM)

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