Google Street View: mosques (Bristol)

Next stop on the Tour is Bristol. The server is running slow, so have only obtained a few images so far:


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Shah Jalal Jame Mosque‎


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Bristol Jamia Mosque‎

Google Street View: mosques (Swansea)

A further part of this ongoing series of images of mosques from Street View (also posted on the Virtually Islamic blog):


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Swansea City Mosque & Islamic Centre‎


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Imam Khoei Islamic Centre

I was unable to locate an image of the Hafod Islamic Centre or the Swansea University mosque. I plan to make return 'visits' to several of the sites I have briefly surveyed over the past week. It doesn't take the place of fieldwork, but has been an intriguing exercise.

Google Street View: mosques (Glasgow)

Today, in my street view tour, takes me briefly to Glasgow:


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Glasgow Central Mosque (not the best view)


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al-Furqan Mosque


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According to various maps, this is Madrassah Mosque in Dixon Ave. I have no knowledge of Glasgow however, and the site has no labels. Clearly, this is one of the issues associated with Street View (and its use in an academic setting).


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Google Street View: mosques (Manchester)

I've chosen a few from Manchester today. Clearly, it would be possible - given time and endurance - to build up a complete picture. I may well assemble these pictures onto the main website in due course. It can take time to locate mosques, using postcodes and cross-referencing, given that the results are often not immediate. There are some mosques which have good pix on flickr, but are obscured in Street View. I have ended up on several detours, but presumably this situation will improve in due course, unless someone pulls the plug. I'm keeping an archive copy of the snapshots as well. It helps to have a fast connection ...


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Google Street View: mosques (Bradford)

Here is today's random selection, this time from Bradford. The picture will become more comprehensive in due course. Clearly, Google's data collecting vehicles didn't go down every street, or couldn't access specific sites. To this data, there's a considerable amount - of course - on the general Google Maps pages, including directory information and links to flikr etc. It's interesting to see the integration of mosques into the urban landscape. Also relevant as a basic research tool...


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Google Street View: mosques (Cardiff)

After yesterday's blog entry, with a few London mosques, here are some from Cardiff:


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Also mentioned on the VirtuallyIslamic blog.

Google Street Map: mosques (London)

Google Street View has received a mixed press recently, especially in terms of privacy issues. It would be quite interesting to set up a mosque street view mash-up. Given a few spare hours, I could have found plenty more in the UK and elsewhere. Here are a few random examples from London:


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