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03-17-2009, 02:37 PM | #1 |
Eat My Rust
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New game, find your truck on Google Maps!
Some may know that google has a squad of VW Beetles that roam around the streets allover the US with cameras, building up their huge database of "Street View" Camera angles to help with finding directions. A nifty feature... One that often times has some hilarious results. Jalopnik has found car wrecks, shootings, and deer-road-kill on the street view cameras. But, I have something different. Find your 67-72 On Street View!
Here's how it will work. Goto http://maps.google.com/ and search your address, or any address where you figure your truck would be out in the open. Keep in mind the time frame on these pictures can be over a year old (still shows my truck before the winter bash I had getting it on the road). If/When you find your truck, you can either copy the link (and tell us which way to look) or post a screen shot, by hitting the Prt Scrn button on your keyboard and pasting the shot in Paint or any other image program, and uploading it. Come waste some time with me.. |
03-17-2009, 03:17 PM | #2 |
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Re: New game, find your truck on Google Maps!
Been using that map program for awhile now.......coolest map program out there.
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03-17-2009, 03:43 PM | #3 |
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Re: New game, find your truck on Google Maps!
just saw my old 72 blazer in my drivway-to bad it's gone
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03-17-2009, 03:44 PM | #4 |
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Re: New game, find your truck on Google Maps!
Wow Street angles Thats crazy.......... Too bad my truck is the garage...
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03-17-2009, 04:09 PM | #5 |
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Re: New game, find your truck on Google Maps!
mine wont zoom in that close how did you do it?
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03-17-2009, 04:12 PM | #6 |
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Re: New game, find your truck on Google Maps!
The zoom button are those + and - buttons under the arrows.
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03-17-2009, 04:17 PM | #7 |
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Re: New game, find your truck on Google Maps!
I live in an apartment and they don't drive down into them, at least not around here, not yet, so you can only see aerials of my truck.
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03-17-2009, 04:20 PM | #8 |
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Re: New game, find your truck on Google Maps!
yea i can zoom but just not seeing street view
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03-17-2009, 04:23 PM | #9 |
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Re: New game, find your truck on Google Maps!
I got a kick out of seeing my truck on google maps.
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03-17-2009, 04:33 PM | #10 |
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Re: New game, find your truck on Google Maps!
Found Mine:
It been moved sense then.
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03-17-2009, 04:47 PM | #11 |
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Re: New game, find your truck on Google Maps!
Here's mine. Based on the garbage can and the recycle bin, the picture was taken on a Thursday.
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03-17-2009, 05:20 PM | #12 |
I'M TRUCK CRAZY!
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Re: New game, find your truck on Google Maps!
This has been posted before i thought. BUt what ever. I'll waist some work time. The last time I looked they had not made it to my street yet. They have now thow. My 71 sitting beside the 90 E350 I used to have. I donated that van and one other just like it to Dallas Can Acadamey. For the kids man!
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03-17-2009, 05:27 PM | #13 |
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Re: New game, find your truck on Google Maps!
I'll try :chevy http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...00000000000001
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03-17-2009, 05:37 PM | #14 |
Need a bigger hammer..
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Re: New game, find your truck on Google Maps!
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03-17-2009, 05:42 PM | #15 |
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Re: New game, find your truck on Google Maps!
Won't work here, too rural of an area
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03-17-2009, 05:49 PM | #16 |
Eat My Rust
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Re: New game, find your truck on Google Maps!
Google earth maybe?
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03-17-2009, 06:19 PM | #17 |
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Re: New game, find your truck on Google Maps!
Couldnt find mine at my house or the PO's house.
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03-17-2009, 06:24 PM | #18 |
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Re: New game, find your truck on Google Maps!
Here is mine sitting out front of my house
And here is is again at one of my dads friends houses Here is my dads friends 72 C-10
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03-17-2009, 06:35 PM | #19 |
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03-17-2009, 06:40 PM | #20 |
Eat My Rust
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Re: New game, find your truck on Google Maps!
This is wierd, moving around through my old neighborhood up in dallas. Google earth used to show my parent's 98 Jimmy in Dallas and here in Cypress.
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03-17-2009, 06:46 PM | #21 |
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Re: New game, find your truck on Google Maps!
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...59.997892&z=19
mine sitting with a blown tranny. The truck has changed alot since they took the picture Last edited by eganracing; 03-17-2009 at 06:48 PM. |
03-17-2009, 07:01 PM | #22 |
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Re: New game, find your truck on Google Maps!
My old place on trash day. Haven't lived there in a year and a half.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...77060039005436 Last edited by ratrod67; 03-17-2009 at 07:02 PM. |
03-17-2009, 07:12 PM | #23 |
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Re: New game, find your truck on Google Maps!
My 72 peeking over the top of the driveway at my previous address, didnt even think to look there.
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~Bradley~ 2004 Black GTO LS2/T56 too much to list Miss having a truck Last edited by thirdstreettito; 03-17-2009 at 07:13 PM. |
03-17-2009, 11:37 PM | #24 |
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Re: New game, find your truck on Google Maps!
yeah thats pretty cool i did that before and looked up my parents house my blazer was there and then my place where i live at now and it is in my back yard pretty cool
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03-18-2009, 09:47 AM | #25 |
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Re: New game, find your truck on Google Maps!
I dont think they would be heading down my dirt road anytime soon...
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