Colin Lindsay Posted May 25, 2020 Report Share Posted May 25, 2020 ME!! I knew I had passed the Google Car last Autumn; September time or thereabouts, so just remembered it recently and thought I'd check. There's me, just over the canal bridge in Scarva heading countrywards, in my unwashed and neglected looking black Mondeo. I've since washed it - had to, I sold it in October... so the goal is now to get a Triumph on it somewhere. Anyone got their Triumph featured on Google Earth, parked up or driving? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerH Posted May 25, 2020 Report Share Posted May 25, 2020 Hi Colin, how did you copy that image. If you Google UB3 3AF you should see my white 4A with red/White brolly The aerial view shows the white 4A and my Royal Blue 4 Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NonMember Posted May 25, 2020 Report Share Posted May 25, 2020 At one time I could date the Google Earth photo of my house to a particular afternoon because of the locations of the 2.5PI and Toledo just visible in the drive (and the Toledo had RBRR stickers on it!) but that's been updated since I moved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted May 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2020 1 hour ago, RogerH said: Hi Colin, how did you copy that image. If you Google UB3 3AF you should see my white 4A with red/White brolly The aerial view shows the white 4A and my Royal Blue 4 Roger Lol that's cool! But: interesting to see they haven't pixellated the VRM; I wonder if their software didn't recognise it? BTW it's just a screenshot taken off my Mac; easiest and laziest option for me. It's interesting that they were on the bridge, and presumably the village, last September, but the shot of my house further up the hill still dates from 2012, a few years before we moved there, so I can't check for any Triumphs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathew Posted May 25, 2020 Report Share Posted May 25, 2020 Old one had my 2000mk1 on the drive and a gt6 (under a tarp) in the back. The latest has my old blue spitfire but thats now sold quite a while back. Wonder when the next pass over will be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 I think if the older pictures are better quality they stay on line, may have been a truck went past or similar. if you down load google earth you can change the timelines on the photos to see all versions stored. When I look online I get 2 different years covering my house, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerH Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 Hi Colin, I think the black&whte plates confuses the software . This has happened before. Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 You've got me at it now. They have updated the ariel photo of my place, it must have been taken in the last month or so judging by the state of the crop in the field and where the Triumph is parked. I was out at the time as the Skoda isn't there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjit Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 My yellow Spit's made it on to Google's satllite view - https://goo.gl/maps/gw4becJg9Eqqof1H6 And my working (red) and dead (blue with stripe) 2000s are there too - https://goo.gl/maps/vFxXYQvvPfkBQnzf7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 Had a look and yes! There’s a mimosa yellow blob on my driveway. https://earth.app.goo.gl/vmgdJ6 db Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpitFire6 Posted May 30, 2020 Report Share Posted May 30, 2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted June 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2021 CAUGHT!!! We thought we were being clever back in April and if the Club kept out of sight behind the greenery at my house we'd be okay... but the spy in the sky got us! Sadly we don't merit the highest resolution in our area - just a mile away you can zoom right in - but the red blob in the centre is my GT6 beside the large white Freelander, below is a white GT6, to the left of that a yellow Spitfire, dip down and left for a dark blob that is a Triumph 2000 saloon then up and slightly to the left for a Herald convertible beside my Mondeo. If we'd known they were taking the photo we'd have waved... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted June 23, 2021 Report Share Posted June 23, 2021 So, do we all have a map of (dare I say) the British Isles (with bits of France and Belgium !!), and are sticking flags in as forum members reveal their secret hideaways? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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