Google Maps

[Evan Bottcher]

Google maps has been building up some great hi-res satellite photos of Australia.

Sandown Raceway:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=melbourne,+australia&ie=UTF8&ll=-37.950289,145.166302&spn=0.009678,0.024376&t=k&om=1

Phillip Island:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=phillip+island&ie=UTF8&ll=-38.502303,145.234473&spn=0.009605,0.024376&t=k&om=1

Eastern Creek:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=eastern+creek&ie=UTF8&ll=-33.805486,150.869944&spn=0.005099,0.012188&t=k&om=1

Use the controls on the left side of the map to zoom in - amazing detail at the highest level of zoom...

Unfortunately there's only low-res images for rural australia - so images of winton and bathurst etc are pretty poor:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=eastern+creek&ie=UTF8&ll=-33.805486,150.869944&spn=0.005099,0.012188&t=k&om=1

How long till they can beam us LIVE satellite footage?  Then you can watch the v8 supercars from outer space?!

[Evan Bottcher]

Calder Park:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=brunswick,+australia&ie=UTF8&ll=-37.669869,144.75484&spn=0.004858,0.012188&t=k&om=1

You can just about see the bumps on the thunderdome??

[Evan Bottcher]

Here's the broadford motorcycle track that Barry was talking about for driver training courses:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=broadford,+australia&ie=UTF8&ll=-37.215702,145.082896&spn=0.009774,0.024376&t=k&om=1

You can see the dirt speedway track there as well.

[Evan Bottcher]

Como Park - home of the AROCA Vic Spettacolo for several years:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=melbourne,+australia&ie=UTF8&ll=-37.833531,145.005155&spn=0.004847,0.012188&t=k&om=1

[Matt]

Wow that is nice, is it like the same as google earth?

[Evan Bottcher]

Crikey I didn't answer this one - in case you're still interested...

Yep it uses the same map information as google earth I believe, but because google earth is not just a website it's a program you download to your computer it has a lot more features to play with.  if you take the latitude and longitude out of the links that I posted you should be able to enter them into google earth and get the same view...