Google Earth and Google Maps MINI Spotting

[MickyD]

copy:
25 47 47.42N 80 11 23.08W
into the location box and zoom on in

who else can find some (it's not that hard!)

[MickyD]

26 6 13.44N 80 8 11.99W

and again, zoom right in..

[21Blue]

haha great thread! now im looking for the dealership where i got my mini from..
Can anyone find the mini factory?

[MickyD]

unfortunately the resolution around Oxford is very ordinary
I've been punching in the addresses of a few US dealers, since they tend to be much higher resolution. Some of the dealers were under construction when the images were taken though , and some the resolution isn't good enough.
None of the dealers in melbourne are in Hi-Res areas either

[guru220]

bill jacobs mini dealership is the location below, it looks like it was b4 minis were out really that many of these pics were taken (motor city mini + bmw wasnt even built yet, its an empty lot)

41,46,13.82N, 88,11,06.72W

[jwardell]

I've plugged the locations into maps.google.com and I can see they are parking lots, but it doesn't let you zoom far enough in to identify the cars.

I wish they released google earth for muyltiple platforms already, or put the same resolution on their maps site.

Cool though...you must have been very bored!

[ALD0]

What a great idea-Although when we had the bombings in london
The pictures were not updated-and when I last looked still not updated (a few weekes ago)

[MickyD]

I take it you're on a mac?

Using the client version, you can zoom in far enough to see the bonnet stripes on some of the cars in those first links I posted

[MickyD]

not a very clear one, but I see an LY/B and an EB

42 3 1.60N 88 3 43.45W

[Shaun]

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=53....7693&t=h&hl=en

Cant get my loacallity its to fuzzy so heres Manchester afew clicks to the left for Old Trafford.

[Paul]

I've been using this to help plan events, but actually spotting MINIs is a whole other thing!

There's not too many places that well mapped in the UK, which is a shame.

[KPKalle]

... nor elsewhere in Europe

[-=cHiLli=-]

Do they publish the exact dates/times when the sat pics were taken?

if they did it would be fun to try and find your own ride!

mD( )

[Shaun]

Quote: Originally Posted by MiniDarkSide

Do they publish the exact dates/times when the sat pics were taken?

if they did it would be fun to try and find your own ride!

mD( )

This one is definately a weekend as my works car park is empty

[MickyD]

42°20'56.10"n 71° 7'42.47"w