Google Street View
08-13-2009, 12:25 AM
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Google Street View
Think maybe the little car with the camera got "lost"? (At least it's better than that hand-to-hand drug deal they drove by in some Iron Belt city.)
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...59.960904&z=15
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...59.960904&z=15
08-13-2009, 09:08 AM
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Wow, odd. Right in the middle of a ALMS warm-up lap it seems.
Street View is handy though, been using it to check out potential neighborhoods for when i buy a house in the next couple months.
Here is a recent article about mapping streets for the world:
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/08/...ing/index.html
Street View is handy though, been using it to check out potential neighborhoods for when i buy a house in the next couple months.
Here is a recent article about mapping streets for the world:
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/08/...ing/index.html
08-13-2009, 12:40 PM
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what is odd is they seem to have the entire track as a lap in between these cars. I bet they did in purpse using th Pole GT1, GT2, P1 and P2 cars with a camera ca in the middle. The camera is probalby elevated to get that angle.
08-13-2009, 01:50 PM
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On one part of the track you can see the shadow thrown by the camera vehicle. It is one of the Google camera vans. They must have run a slow lap with the other cars for the novelty...and perhaps promotional value.
08-13-2009, 06:45 PM
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Clearly staged, but neat. You can see some camera guys standing on the track here: Link to another view