aerial photos
 

If anyone happens to come across aerial photos of middle eastern houses with similar detail like THIS could you post an link to them here ( please don't clutter up the thread with the actual photos. I can get them myself )

I've been getting a few here there as I get time to search but even if I could get a couple of photos of simiar quality from a half dozen people I would have all I would need. I'm on dial-up and sometimes doing research with it can get a little frustating when time is short.

Thanks

Don

Re: aerial photos
 

What flooded
From a map editor perspective think you found the best
Couple from Sudan similar but with round huts also
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_S67teBwt20I/SZ...8/DSC_5002.JPG

http://www.flickr.com/photos/maykal/172147627/
If the second one takes a while to display ignore it less detail & more side view

Re: aerial photos
 

Sudanese ones with those round huts might be too much country specific though. If you plan doing only a limited number of houses to cover a range of places from Iraq to Pakistan to Lybia something along the lines of the ones in the first post would fit the bill, give or take, while those huts would fit in Baghdad as much as a swiss chalet.
I will try to see if I can find something.

Re: aerial photos
 

Earth coloured flat roofed houses would be the norm.( with "earth coloured" ranging anywhere from cement light grey to dark mud brown )

What I'm gathering is examples of textures , colours and variations on the style.

Don

Re: aerial photos
 

To me & no expert that type of housing spreads across NE Africa, also similar India Afganisatan etc though perhaps larger more uniform.
Often laid out on 2 or 3 sides of a square L LI perhaps with a 4th wall giving a courtyard if large.
When I did have photos though 2rd wing was often mainly just walls. Remember this because upon looking seemed an open air lounge & kitchen was reasonably common in the better buildings presumably with roofed duplicates, made sense esp cooking in a hot climate.
Lost the pictures was years ago but same textures & flat roof apply.
Build the first bit then an add another wing when you can?