Messing around with Google Earth, and found this.

[texas1928]

[yorgatron]

1. Sydney Opera House?

[texas1928]

3. Nope

Further north.

[salvorhardin]

2. Very cool.

Can you post a placemark for that? or at least the coordinates?

[texas1928]

Try these.

22degrees 16' 59.80" N

114degrees 16' 22.25" E

[salvorhardin]

25. Doh! Didn't see you had posted those. n/t

[Lorien]

4. A structure in Dubai?

[texas1928]

11. No ma'am

[Jara sang]

5. My guess is Tokyo

or they have finally landed and Heaven's Gate was correct.

[texas1928]

10. Nope.

Not Japan, go southwest from there.

[mwdem]

6. Hong Kong?

[texas1928]

12. Close.

very close.

[mwdem]

15. Hong Kong Harbor?

[texas1928]

23. Yep see.

[mwdem]

24. That is way too cool!

[name not needed]

7. Hong Kong Convention Center?

[texas1928]

14. Well it is in Victoria on Hong Kong's Harbor.

so you are the closest.

[Tummler]

30. The recent Jackie Chan movie "New Police Story"

... has a tremendous climactic sequence set on top of that structure. Yes, it's the building shown in the Google Earth photo in the initial post.

The full title is the HK Convention and Exhibition Centre. Official website:
http://www.hkcec.com.hk/english/front/front.php

Photo gallery:
http://www.hkcec.com.hk/english/photogallery/gallery_cv.php

[texas1928]

32. Why am I not surprised Jackie Chan would want to try...

and fall off that building.

[Deja Q]

8. USS Grissom from Star Trek travelled back in time?

:shrug:

[texas1928]

16. I have not seen Klingons land yet.

SO nope.

[rug]

9. It looks like robot pornography

[texas1928]

18. UH

NO

[rug]

22. Look again

[texas1928]

29. you are bad.

:spank:

[kedrys]

13. The Klingon embassy?

Oh wait, that's in Montreal...and they turned it into a casino... :P

[texas1928]

19. nope

[Lorien]

17. Howzabout a hotel in Taiwan?

Dang, I wish Google Earth worked for Macs!

[Jara sang]

20. Singapore.

[salvorhardin]

21. Ah! It's

The Central Plaza Building
22deg 16' 59.28"N, 114deg 10' 22.06"E

[texas1928]

26. Give this person cigar.

Hey I did not know what it was called.

[salvorhardin]

27. Heh

If you turn on the Keyhole Community BBS layer it's labeled. :-)

[texas1928]

28. Cool

But the Central Plaza building is in front of it. SO I wonder what that is. There are buses and a crowd of people out in front, by the water.

[Tummler]

31. 'name not needed' had it right -- it's the HK Convention Centre

See post #30 for documentation.

See New Police Story for a great action sequence set on top of it!

[Clintmax]

33. I just discovered "Google Earth" from your post!

What an incredible site! I've never seen anything like this thing! I took a trip to Rome, Italy in March and I can retrace all my steps with it! Thanks!