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  1. Scuderia NoVA

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    #1 Scuderia NoVA, Dec 9, 2010
    That's right: a satellite picture!

    Google maps updated their pictures recently. When I typed in my address and zoomed in, there I found my GTB parked in the driveway! It was taken earlier this year on the day I was doing some spring cleaning and rearranging things in the garage, hence the boxes and the GTB in the driveway. What great timing, huh? Anyone else?
     
  2. Scuderia NoVA

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  3. hank sound

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    #3 hank sound, Dec 9, 2010
    Very cool, Anthony !!! Can you put together and post here, a five or six picture sequence while zooming in? That could be fun to see:):)

    Cheers, Hank
     
  4. Mr. Francesco

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    #4 Mr. Francesco, Dec 9, 2010
    Google Maps is a great tool/resource and has really made things easier when it comes to travel, but there is really no privacy anymore.
     
  5. Jedi

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    #5 Jedi, Dec 9, 2010
    Not to mention this will be a short-lived thread. Yeah - my house is in a Google
    Earth shot. But do you know how slim the odds are that ANY F-car will be in the driveway
    at the instant the "bird" takes the shot?

    Jedi
     
  6. GuyIncognito

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    #6 GuyIncognito, Dec 9, 2010
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    true.

    Google Street View, on the other hand...

    :)
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  7. Jedi

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    #7 Jedi, Dec 9, 2010
    Yup. Seen that one :)

    But HOW MANY HERE ON F-CHAT will be able to post "pics of YOUR CAR from outer
    space" or Street view? It's like LOTTERY ODDS that one of our cars will be there.
    The OP should have bought Power Ball that day!!!

    :)

    Jedi
     
  8. Mr. Francesco

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    #8 Mr. Francesco, Dec 9, 2010
    Nice find :)
     
  9. Scuderia NoVA

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    #9 Scuderia NoVA, Dec 9, 2010
    Nobody said it was going to be easy. ;)
     
  10. Jedi

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    #10 Jedi, Dec 9, 2010
    ;)

    Touche!
     
  11. ApexOversteer

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  12. Jedi

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    #12 Jedi, Dec 9, 2010
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    Yeah.. so is that a FERRARI? YOUR Ferrari? If not, or if not, then it doesn't count. Is it "from SPACE"?

    ;)

    Refer to OP....
     
  13. NeuroBeaker

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    #13 NeuroBeaker, Dec 9, 2010
    Well, not quite... I think Google uses satellites for the really far out images and then clipped/cropped photographs from aircraft for the zoomed in stuff you see there. That's why sometimes it says "no higher resolution" for some areas. A Ferrari would probably be discernible only as a small blob barely recognizable as a car using satellite technology available to civilians. :eek:

    So... "an aerial picture" would be more fitting. :)

    All the best,
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  14. Jedi

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    #14 Jedi, Dec 9, 2010
    So maybe this should be "cars seen from space on Google" thread then....


    "Pics of your car from outer space" ain't happening.

    Just sayin.....

    :)

    Jedi
     
  15. ApexOversteer

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    #15 ApexOversteer, Dec 9, 2010
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    Yeah, and I don't see the word "Ferrari" anywhere in it... nor do I see a pic "from outer space", that photo was taken from an aircraft.
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  16. Jedi

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    #16 Jedi, Dec 9, 2010
    Happy 4000th post .... :)

    Jedi (posting from EARTH, without benefit of satellite view of the act)
     
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    #17 ApexOversteer, Dec 9, 2010
    Thanks! Just 5,999 to my next milestone thread...
     
  18. Jedi

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    #18 Jedi, Dec 9, 2010
    I'm sure I'll be around then... will be happy to usher that one in too....

    :)

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  19. ApexOversteer

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    #19 ApexOversteer, Dec 9, 2010
    So... will anyone else find their car on Google Maps?

    Wonder what the odds are...
     
  20. Scuderia NoVA

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    #20 Scuderia NoVA, Dec 10, 2010
    Regardless of the technology involved, the spirit of what I was getting at is pretty evident, don't you think? Post a one-in-a-million "eye in the sky" photograph of your car. Ferraris of course are the focus (it is Ferrarichat after all), but a Manx ain't your average grocery getter and is definitely cool it its own right. ApexOversteer, GuyIncognito, thanks for joining in the fun and for contributing. Let's see who else can find their car on Google Maps.
     
  21. NeuroBeaker

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    #21 NeuroBeaker, Dec 10, 2010
    Sorry. Being pedantic is something I do pretty well, which can be a good thing in scientific circumstances and not so great in other ones. :eek:

    All the best,
    Andrew.
     
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    #23 SOFTWAREGUY, Dec 13, 2010
    Ok, you probably could not tell, 1985 Testarossa.
     

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