Google Earth

Just needed to drop in to mention this new utility Google has released. It's a free download that gives you satellite images of the entire world, street maps, the ability to view those images from all different tilts and angles, 3D elevation relief, building models in major U.S. cities, and point-and-click distance controls. It's also a lot of fun to just let the image float and act like I'm a TV commentator saying, "And we're flying high above the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, thanks to the Goodyear blimp, 'The Spirit of Akron!'" Here are a few screenshots I've captured that pertain to, of course, race tracks.

This image is an overhead shot of the Sachsenring in Germany. (http://img346.imageshack.us/img346/8750/sachsen29cw.jpg)

Meanwhile, this image shows the closing section of the circuit, zoomed in and tilted to demonstrate the elevation capabilities. If you've watched MotoGP, you know of the dramatic nature of the track. (http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/8073/sachsen9hq.jpg)

Here is a capture of my full desktop screen to show the program template, plus an example of the distance tool at Portland International Raceway. As you can find out, the tool is pretty accurate. (http://img317.imageshack.us/img317/4711/portland7fk.gif)

Finally, this image shows the site of the Long Beach Grand Prix in 3-D, with building models turned on. Do not, I repeat, do not turn on the building models in New York City unless you want your system to crash. (http://img305.imageshack.us/img305/9251/longbeach0mp.jpg)

As you can see, I bet a few of you guys would find some interest in this little download. Let me tell you that you need to have an Internet connection to use the program, and it can be a bit of a performance breaker. But if you're a geek like me, you'll love it. Oh yeah, and you can download it at http://earth.google.com.

Yes, I have seen mention of this on another forum, looks quite good though I haven't yet been bothered to download it.

I haven't heard of that... cheers...

However, I have been using (A LOT lately) http://maps.google.com

Its just a map of the world (just USA and UK for now though (DANG)), and you can view the proper Satelite Image of it... I think its simplier (spelling?) then your one...

Already made a few little maps... have a look at these threads...

Aerial shots of Adelaide, Canberra and Surfers... (http://www.ten-tenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=71325)

Amaroo Park... now!!! (http://www.ten-tenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=71288)

So yea...

Freak, maps.google.com is not just the USA and the UK. If you search for any other country or city, just don't select the Map view, but the Satellite view.

I noticed a lot of the aerial shots on Google Maps are distorted though, not very good. Plus some of them are at a horrible resolution.

i downloaded it today and OMG its fantastic !!!

silverstone :

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b173/Master-CG/b602b74a.bmp

Apparently I live here... :laugh:

http://img343.imageshack.us/img343/3629/huizenantarctica6qc.th.gif (http://img343.imageshack.us/my.php?image=huizenantarctica6qc.gif)

Won't let me play... :(

I noticed a lot of the aerial shots on Google Maps are distorted though, not very good. Plus some of them are at a horrible resolution.
I think the distortion is due to the fact that Google Maps appear to use a plate carrée projection, which pushes the latitudes closer together as it gets closer to the poles. Since Gooogle Earth is 3-D, the problem isn't as visible.

its wicked ! :)

This looks cool, Im downloading now, maybe this should be moved to Parc Ferme because its something many others might be interested in

Here are a couple of tracks I was able to find with Google Earth. First is Imola, which you guys could use for editing purposes, I guess. It gets a little blurry around Tosa and Rivazza, I think it has to do with the photos of the area. The next is the current Denver street circuit. I drew in the track with black, and added an extension, which I think would make the track more interesting, in green. Any thoughts?

I've been playing around with this a bit since downloading it last night. Here's a couple tracks I've found, including the old Monjuich Park track in Barcelona. :cool:

Edmonton Champ Car track
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/7606/edmonton9cr.th.gif (http://img295.imageshack.us/my.php?image=edmonton9cr.gif)

Montjuich Park
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/7897/montjuich5fo.th.gif (http://img295.imageshack.us/my.php?image=montjuich5fo.gif)

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/1958/suzukasatellite3bg.th.jpg (http://img64.imageshack.us/my.php?image=suzukasatellite3bg.jpg)

i tired to get le mans but its too fuzzy

Catalunya :

http://img306.imageshack.us/img306/2325/catalunya5tf.th.png (http://img306.imageshack.us/my.php?image=catalunya5tf.png)

Valencia is quite detailed too

Autodromo Oscar Galvez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/300/buenosaires0sh.th.jpg (http://img101.imageshack.us/my.php?image=buenosaires0sh.jpg)

Autodromo Oscar Galvez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/300/buenosaires0sh.th.jpg (http://img101.imageshack.us/my.php?image=buenosaires0sh.jpg)

What *have* they done to Horquilla?

What do you mean mate ??
i dont see any changes since the f1 visisted there.

It looks like the long version (that used by circuits 1, 2, 3, 4 etc) has been totally obliterated.

The "long" version you speak of is the extended hairpin from the 1950s, which I believe has long been omitted from most of the circuit plans. To most of us, the long version of Buenos Aires is the loop around the lake at the far end that was used in the 70s F1 circuit, which fortunately remains intact, and apparently with plenty of room for enhancement.

The change looks more recent than that. The long version of Horquilla appears on racingcircuits.net as a current variant. Furthermore, if you look at a detailed aerial view of the area, the former layout is still obvious amidst some mickey mouse kart track (which looks decidedly late 1990s to me).

If I were to be totally pedantic, the 1950s version of the track didn't have a hairpin at Horquilla at all - it exited the autodrome at that point and went for a run round some streets!

I was unable to get pics for this, due to the fact that the extension the pics had (.kmz), are unrecognizable by Paint and this website, but for those of you with Google Earth look for the Belle Isle Park track in Detroit, MI. I have posted a map of the track and circled a corner in black, and the preceeding straight in red. Look for the turn marked on my map ( you've found it when you see curbing along a straight road), notice that the preceeding straight (the one I marked appears to be bulldozed over and grass has been allowed to grow (the strip of grass will be a lighter green). Also notice that pit road is still intact. I'm not really sure what this means. I don't know when that photo was taken (before, during, or after the piece of track was used). What's your take on this? Hmm...?

I wish the UK was more detailed. Brands Hatch is naff, so is Thruxton, Oulton, Castle Combe, Croft, Knockhill, Snetterton, Mallory

The only semi detailed ones are Silverstone and Donington

silvertone is probably the higest res circuit on there, so far that ive found

remember guys its only a beta isnt it ?
i mean we cant expect great things right now
give it time and image quaility will improve !!

I thought my PC wasn't good enough to run it, and it wasn't. I thought my laptop's graphics card was unsupported, but it still works anyway.
Most circuits aren't very good. Sepang isn't bad, and its not recent enough for Sakhir.
I tried looking for Mexico City but the city itself was so huge it was really kinda pointless.

Hockenheim, Le Mans, Reims, Österreichring are OK at best and Brands Hatch and Nurburgring are dreadfully poor quality.

really there another version, i didnt read the notes

well considering when google realise something as a beta stage it usually comes out later as a full version just like with Gmail .....

if you pay for it do you get higher res?

I think it'll be much more to do with the availability of detailed satellite imagery. Sure, we now have a reasonable resolution for the entire planet, but its not enough for you to be able to make out really specific details. Notice that if you zoom out a lot you can see how some regions are much more detailed than others, usually around cities where more detailed mapping has been done. But its pretty sparse, and you can imagine how long its going to take to get that quality of imaging for the rest of the planet...

yes, the detailed mapping is the grey/brown areas ... i would take a long time and would cost a few pounds too

Alot of aerial photos...

Barber Motorsports Park, Leeds, Alabama, United States
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/6803/barber3fv.th.jpg (http://img133.imageshack.us/my.php?image=barber3fv.jpg)

Automotodrom Brno, Czech Republic
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/9468/brno6kq.th.jpg (http://img133.imageshack.us/my.php?image=brno6kq.jpg)

Circuito do Estoril, Portugal
http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/7726/estoril7hv.th.jpg (http://img329.imageshack.us/my.php?image=estoril7hv.jpg)

Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary
http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/6507/hungaroring2rq.th.jpg (http://img329.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hungaroring2rq.jpg)

Autodromo Carlos Pace (Interlagos), Sao Paolo, Brazil
http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/6756/interlagos0an.th.jpg (http://img329.imageshack.us/my.php?image=interlagos0an.jpg)

Circuito Permanente de Jerez, Spain
http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/1302/jerez9se.th.jpg (http://img329.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jerez9se.jpg)

Guia Circuit, Macau, China
http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/3343/macau4qa.th.gif (http://img329.imageshack.us/my.php?image=macau4qa.gif)

Autodromo Santamonica, Misano Adriatico, Italy
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/8763/misano0by.th.jpg (http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=misano0by.jpg)

Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia, Italy
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/8046/mugello2tl.th.jpg (http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mugello2tl.jpg)

And those unlucky tracks who lie at the cut between hi-res and lo-res photos...

Adria International Raceway, Italy
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/1199/adria6ho.th.jpg (http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=adria6ho.jpg)

Talladega Superspeedway, Alabama, United States
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/4481/dega4ik.th.jpg (http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dega4ik.jpg)

Lowes Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina, United States
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/174/lowes4wb.th.jpg (http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lowes4wb.jpg)

Circuit Park Zandvoort, the Netherlands
http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/254/zandvoort6bl.th.jpg (http://img239.imageshack.us/my.php?image=zandvoort6bl.jpg)

I just noticed something really weird. Look at this photo of Magny-Cours.
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/540/magnycours4mp.th.jpg (http://img30.imageshack.us/my.php?image=magnycours4mp.jpg)

See anything odd? Look harder. It appears as though the pit garages have been airbrushed from detail.
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/2814/airbrushgarage6sc.th.jpg (http://img135.imageshack.us/my.php?image=airbrushgarage6sc.jpg)

Now, the only airbrushing I've ever seen in satellite images is of the detail of the White House. So, what's so top-secret going on at Magny-Cours that would require such a coverup?

Yeah, I've found quite a few of those myself. Couldn't find Macau though, well done!

i was searching for bahrain but it looks like that area hasnt been updated yet

Well, if you look at my search bar, you'll see that I was originally looking for the track in Zhuhai, then realized that Macau was right next door.

Perhaps this does not belong in this thread but it is about "Google Maps"

Our good friends at Google never stop. If you haven't played with the maps.google.com site where you can not only find directions but switch back and forth from maps to satellite photos and zoom down to street level, it's mind boggling.

In honor of the new shuttle mission, Google put up a most excellent moon map.

Follows the same principles as the Earth map. Click HERE (http://moon.google.com/).

Make sure you "zoom down" to the highest magnification.

I had google earth on my PC when i had XP (back on ME, kill me) i found all sorts of places, i found melbourne f1 track, bahrain just wasnt there, found indy, canada, nurburgring.... loads of others.

Behold, the horrors of the blue. (http://img213.imageshack.us/my.php?image=paulricard9qp.jpg)

one of my friends said he went over area 51!
ask me the state by pm!

I haven't heard of that... cheers...

However, I have been using (A LOT lately) http://maps.google.com (http://maps.google.com/)

Its just a map of the world (just USA and UK for now though (DANG)), and you can view the proper Satelite Image of it... I think its simplier (spelling?) then your one...

Already made a few little maps... have a look at these threads...

Aerial shots of Adelaide, Canberra and Surfers... (http://www.ten-tenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=71325)

Amaroo Park... now!!! (http://www.ten-tenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=71288)

So yea...

i found evergreen street in springfield

I take it your talking about the simpsons there nicky, but isnt it evergreen terrecce (dunno how to spell that one) ??

It is Evergreen Terrace, number 742 Evergreen Terrace, to be precise. ;)

By the way, only the maps on maps.google are limited to US and UK (plus some other countries, too, but not too detailed. However, if you switch to Satellite view, you get almost the entire planet.

google maps rocks!

i am suprised to see that most american ovals are in the middle of a city.
ive still to check out bristol!

I haven't heard of that... cheers...

However, I have been using (A LOT lately) http://maps.google.com (http://maps.google.com/)

Its just a map of the world (just USA and UK for now though (DANG)), and you can view the proper Satelite Image of it... I think its simplier (spelling?) then your one...

Already made a few little maps... have a look at these threads...

Aerial shots of Adelaide, Canberra and Surfers... (http://www.ten-tenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=71325)

Amaroo Park... now!!! (http://www.ten-tenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=71288)

So yea...
how did you get the pics because i cant copy or paste them!

have u used the 'printscreen' button before ?

if you press alt + print screen it takes a picture of just the thing you are looking at ..... Like the internet explorer, rather than having to scale down everything.

Or, using an Apple, press Apple+Shift+4 and then select the area of the screen you want to save. Great feature! It saves the selection as a PNG file on the desktop.

if you press alt + print screen it takes a picture of just the thing you are looking at ..... Like the internet explorer, rather than having to scale down everything.
what program does it appear in?

go into paint and then paste it in !

cheers!

one more problem.
when i delete the bits I dont want, e.g, start bar website adress, anything that is not the picture, i save it, and then after posting it onto my tracks the bits i deleted are still there!
for example look at the dublin airport thread.

copy paste into paint - then select the marking tool (the square in the upper right corner of the toolbar) and mark the area you want - alternatively, mark the whole thing, and edge out the unwanted bits.

its ok ive sorted it. thanks;)

has anyone found Bahrain, Istanbul, or Shanghai yet?

The Circuits of course...

those areas arent updaded yet, but they will come stiggy

tidy!

whats tidy?

i got a shot of earth and it is the best thing ever!!!

whats tidy?

ermm... the updating of Google earth to show the said race tracks.

this may help find some tracks, not sure if it will ? ;)

http://www.googleearthhacks.com/dlcat26/Auto-Racing-and-Test-Tracks.htm

They've mistaken Estoril for Jerez :p

Fortunately it's in the same country. :rofl:

No.

Estoril is in Portugal, Jerez in Spain :).

I think Lustig means it even says espana on the page. Its not like they just got the name wrong - they've searched for a track which is quite obviously in Portugal and still managed to get themselves crossed up and put Jerez, Spain...

my 11 year old son found our house ...... with the red van parked outside ........ how much more can "they" see ?

Yes, a bit scary that, isn't it? Incidentally, is anyone going to put them right about
Estoril?

My house is in a low-res area :(

American Spy Satellites can read the newspaper your reading .... "shocking"

PAUL

Probably. But you'd have thought it was a lot cheaper to go any buy their own paper...


;)

Just have a look at the Mclaren Technology centre, it's amazing at just how much of high tech related stuff there is in that location!

No.

Estoril is in Portugal, Jerez in Spain :).
:p :rotate:

Brands Hatch is in fantastic detail now. It looks like a WSBK weekend to me.

Yeah, I saw that. Birmingham's got good detail coverage now as well. It was kinda bad that the UK's second largest city was in such low detail before.

You can also sort of see Melbourne and Mexico City. Donnington is in good detail, as is Eastern Creek.

Guys, I was looking at old circuits that no longer are used, and was able to find the US Grand Prix track in Dallas that F1 raced on. Here it is...

http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/8992/fairpark6ph.th.jpg (http://img384.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fairpark6ph.jpg)

That's cool Mandretti, any chance you could find Caesars Palace, I think it's been built on but whereabouts it was would be great?

PAUL

I actually liked that circuit (at least, by street circuit standards) but I think it was given a really bad press after that 1st event went so badly. Shows how, even if the circuit is reasonable, if the public is made unhappy the event will not continue. Wasn't there originally a chicane on the back straight though? (even though I prefer it without one)

There was, according to racingcircuits.net, but I couldn't figure out where to put it.

I remember seeing an onboard lap of the Dallas track. It looked positively terrifying. In some places it seemed barely wider than the car.

I believe the problem was though the track surface broke up during practice or some other non-race session. A combination of heat, poor track surface and the load put on it by 25 high powered racing cars on it. The race probably just wasn't worth the enormous cost of putting it right.

Here's a little gem
Put this in the search bar in Google Earth (you might need to zoom out a bit)
33 34' 43.48"N, 7 41' 15.37"W

It's Ain-Diab, Casablanca, Morocco. Used for the 1958 Moroccan Grand Prix, won by Stirling Moss.

Mallala in S Australia
Pity Spa in Belgium is low res

Just had a look on google maps (same images used) and there are loads more hi -res areas, brands hatch is now looking good, and milbrook test track in bedfordshire is also hi res. Alot more countryside is now hi resolution now, go have a look.

Glasgow hasnt got good resolution:(

My house has recently moved into Hi-res and it's scary how much detail you can see, even down to where the caravan was parked that day.

yes, My house is just on there and you can see my car on the drive that was parked at the time !!!
very scary !!

Both my current locations (home/London, university accommodation/Birmingham) are in hi-res areas.
I don't understand why people find that at all peculiar. Its a still image. Apart from the colour of your car not a jot of information can be known about you from it.

Yeah well as im a few miles from london, mie's been Hi-Res since the beginning, and i have this huge plant in my front garden... can see that too.
Yeah, nothing about individual people can be found out just by looking at an aerial view of millions of houses, it's just kindof interesting to see things you recognize. One day, there'll probably find a way to get real time images, that would be interesting...

real time images at silverstone!

Providing it still exists and isn't a housing estate....

Glasgow hasnt got good resolution:(
Now it does!!:)

It's had a good res for a couple of months now. :)

In honor of the new shuttle mission, Google put up a most excellent moon map.

Follows the same principles as the Earth map. Click HERE (http://moon.google.com/).

Make sure you "zoom down" to the highest magnification.
CHEESE!!!:rofl:

Google have just updated most of Germany with hi-res images

Sachsenring - 50°47'28.97"N 12°41'21.04"E
Oschersleben - 52° 1'39.87"N 11°16'47.15"E
Lausitzring - 51°31'56.67"N 13°55'31.32"E
Hockenheim - 49°19'52.88"N 8°34'26.44"E
and best of all
Nurburgring - 50°20'3.26"N 6°56'45.24"E

Hockenheim is still the old circuit, though!!

Yeah, the images are all out of date. Makes you wonder why they didn't include those images from the beginning. Perhaps they've only just become available for free...

Sorry if someone has already mentioned it, but does anyone use Google Earth Pro ? Does it have more higher res areas, and are there any other programmes similar to GE ?


I ask as I've been told my house is high res but on my GE it's just the normal resolution with the high res starting a mile away.

I think GE pro is for businesses etc, although im sure most will just get the free one.
Also, i'm not certain on this but i think for the updated areas, you have to redownload GE as it comes with allthe new bits and bobs there... i'm not certain , and as usual i'm probably wrong.

Can places move from High to low Resolution ?Thought I would check back on where I live but the resolution at a lower altitude seems to have dropped way off since my previous views :Shrug: Can't work that out :?

That seems strange, maybe they decided to put more intersting places in higher res ;)
Although it's slightly annoying for me because im only a few miles from london and thats high res down the the smallest scale, but get to about 2 miles from my house and then you cant see so much detail.
damn :(

Just sussed it out,I had ' terrain ' active :doh:
Home is therefore still interesting,to me at least :bleh: :D

Terrain, that makes a difference then?

I believe so,at low altitude anyway ;) .Turned it off and the resolution increased dramatically,though I suppose one must have the resolution there to start with :photo: .

Well mine didn't change but i blame my hardware, as my computer is dying....
I wouldn't mind going on this edge of space thing the thread's advertising...

What happens when you pay the money and subscribe? Can you look in windows? For the money Id like a live camera or two..

Google have just updated most of Germany with hi-res images

Sachsenring - 50°47'28.97"N 12°41'21.04"E
Oschersleben - 52° 1'39.87"N 11°16'47.15"E
Lausitzring - 51°31'56.67"N 13°55'31.32"E
Hockenheim - 49°19'52.88"N 8°34'26.44"E
and best of all
Nurburgring - 50°20'3.26"N 6°56'45.24"E

For those who haven't seen these tracks yet, I have taken the liberty to upload them to ImageShack, and will now post them here:

Nurburgring GP Circuit:
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/6134/currentnurburgring7xx.th.jpg (http://img87.imageshack.us/my.php?image=currentnurburgring7xx.jpg)

EuroSpeedway Lausitz:
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/4420/eurospeedwaylausitz0fo.th.jpg (http://img87.imageshack.us/my.php?image=eurospeedwaylausitz0fo.jpg)

Hockenheim:
http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/2050/hockenheim4gy.th.jpg (http://img76.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hockenheim4gy.jpg)

Oschersleben:
http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/5184/oschersleben0vq.th.jpg (http://img76.imageshack.us/my.php?image=oschersleben0vq.jpg)

Sachsenring:
http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/6093/sachsenring2fm.th.jpg (http://img76.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sachsenring2fm.jpg)

I just sownloaded it last night, and I just CANT stay off it! its Brilliant!

Anyone seen this site ?

http://local.live.com/

Some areas are higher quality than google earth. Knockhill and Croft for example you can make out. And at Knockhill there seems to be on track action.

Good stuff, although some areas are a lower quality than Google Earth

If anyone hasn't yet noticed, there was just a HUGE update in the Google Earth image database. Laguna Seca, Road Atlanta, Heartland Park, Milwaukee, Nashville, Richmond, Talladega, Monterrey, Sepang, Bahrain, Philip Island, Sandown, Kyalami...all now in high resolution.

wowzers!!! they have indeed! Lots of south africa updated also :) awesome :)

I thought Assen wasn't in hi-res before when I saw it the other day

Vallelunga's now hi-res too, and Oran Park - looks like a lot of Oz has been done

Sure has :D

I've been updating a file almost daily with tracks all over the place.

I'm working on all Australian tracks (past and present), but other then those, I wouldn't mind getting some help from everyone.

All welcome to have a browse, and post any tracks here that aren't included.

http://www.f1freak.com/RaceTracks.kml (Just download the file and open it!)

Curitiba - PR - Brazil

The next round of WTCC

25°27'10"S 49°11'40"W

...
All welcome to have a browse, and post any tracks here that aren't included.
...[/I]

Can you add:

All from South Africa :)

"Aldo Scribante, Port Elizabeth" -33.8072058388, 25.6491337393 (HIRES)
"Kilarney, Cape Town" -33.8249793413, 18.5278374165 (HIRES)
"Phakisa Freeway, Welkom" -27.9050272272, 26.7152771515 (LOWRES)
"Zwartkops, Pretoria" -25.8101341317, 28.1109910821 (HIRES)

I think that will cover all the main tracks in SA.. Do you want dirt ovals, kart tracks also?

I'll add those later today, thanks a lot.

I originally just wanted my file to be just circuits, but I've branched out to accept Proving Grounds and Kart Tracks. So yes, if you have any Karting tracks, please share.

I generally only want tarmac circuits though, so I think I'll pass on the dirt ovals.

Made a large update. Most Australian circuits (part and present) are in. Plenty of other additions too.

Straight from the home page... F1Freak.com (http://www.f1freak.com)

Enjoy!


If anyone has any more circuits, I'd be very happy to get them :)

Great site :)

Anyone seen this site ?

http://local.live.com/

Some areas are higher quality than google earth. Knockhill and Croft for example you can make out. And at Knockhill there seems to be on track action.
Hmmm, wont work for me.

http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Number/53722
click on 'open this placemark', it will open up google earth, and bingo, you have loads of racetrack placemarks! enjoy this!

...and enjoyed I did :)

I've added all those tracks that I didn't have onto my file if anyone is interested. I'm pretty sure I have over 350 circuits now.

Yeah, alot of circuits, i've began adding some UK kart circuits ontop of it too :)

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/8765/rocket4nf.th.png (http://img502.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rocket4nf.png)
Look! A rocket is flying over Blairvadach Outdoor Centre near Glasgow!

Found this in Tokyo!
http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/654/ufo7nn.th.png (http://img47.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ufo7nn.png)

Been a big update lately. Sebring and East London (I don't think it was before) are now high-res, to name just 2 - there are probably more; Lowe's, Zandvoort and Monaco are all on 1 resolution; and half of a corner at Dijon is hi-res, so presumably/hopefully in the next update we'll get it

Found this in Tokyo!
http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/654/ufo7nn.th.png (http://img47.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ufo7nn.png)

What is that? A moon? :rotate:

/\ /\ Bump :)

Hi,
I'm off to the Uddelholm Rally Sweden in Feb and I'm just wondering how I can use the file I found here: http://www.googleearthhacks.com/dlfile23383/Uddeholm-Swedish-Rally-2007.htm When I download it, Im brought to the right area but the stages aren't highlighted as shown on the site. Anybody know why?

Thanks,
bf1

Google Earth is excellent. It's great to be able to find many race circuits across the world...and to see how new the photo images are by comparing the current track layout to how it is on the photo...well I think that part is great :)

Never posted this on 10-10th for some reason but just done an update to my Google Earth file which has been done by myself with help from the main circuit websites and guys off AtlasF1.

There are over 1000 tracks etc on there.

The latest version 4 of GE is required to benefit from the paths and layouts I've added.

Enjoy.

http://www.exige.me.uk/motorsport.zip

There are over 1000 tracks etc on there.
Fantastic stuff

Excellent stuff, well done!

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Originally Posted by nickyf1
Found this in Tokyo!
http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/654/ufo7nn.th.png (http://img47.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ufo7nn.png)

What is that? A moon? :rotate:

:offtopic:
I reckon a fresh air/ exhaust air system for the tunnel that goes under the sea there as it is almost exactly half way.

Never posted this on 10-10th for some reason but just done an update to my Google Earth file which has been done by myself with help from the main circuit websites and guys off AtlasF1.

There are over 1000 tracks etc on there.

The latest version 4 of GE is required to benefit from the paths and layouts I've added.

Enjoy.

http://www.exige.me.uk/motorsport.zip

M Coupe, what is the circuit that 5th gear use for their testing? I know they use a couple of circuits, the names I recognise, but there is one that appears to be near the sea with several elevation changes.

Cheers

I think its Anglesey in Wales

That is what I thought but it doesn't appear to have the elevation changes unless the tv camera is deceptive.

They sometimes also use Cadwell Park in North-East England. And that's a pretty hilly track!

They sometimes also use Cadwell Park in North-East England. And that's a pretty hilly track!
Yes and they also used Oulten Park on an episode here in Oz the other day. I have always wondered what the cct was that appeared to be near the sea and was always wet. But that is the old dart I suppose!:laugh:

Are you sure this thread belongs to the "My track" forum?