Dave:
Great site, thanks for the link. Checked out my neighborhood and it looks
like I'd better mow my lawn! Have a look at the now-defunct but well known
Northern California race track, Vaca Valley at 38 d 24'31.41" N, 121 d
54'05.17" W. This was in operation from the late 50's until the early 70's
and hosted many regional and national SCCA events.
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Riddle" <dave@microworks.net>
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<sam@summitwestsigns.com>; <william.r.riddle@usmc.mil>
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 10:51 AM
Subject: Use Google Earth to find race tracks
> Found an interesting use for Google Earth besides looking up satellite
> photos of your house and office. Use it to get track maps. Just plug
> these basic coordinates into the search field. Interesting to see which
> parts of the country have higher detail images and which are quite fuzzy.
> Since Google "tries" to 3D the image you can not only rotate and zoom the
> image but fly in from different perspectives which gives a bit better view
> of some corners and even some elevation (like Willow Springs).
> Interesting.
>
> http://earth.google.com/
>
> Some tracks that I have looked up.
>
> Our local Metro Tracks
> --------------------------------
> Phoenix International Raceway
> 33 d 22 '29"N, 112 d 18' 39"W
>
> Arizona Motorsports Park
> 33 d 30 '57"N, 112 d 23' 24"W
>
> Phoenix "K" Raceway (Karting)
> 33 d 41 '25"N, 112 d 9' 26"W
>
> Firebird International Raceway
> 33 d 16 '12"N, 111 d 57' 53"W
> --------------------------------
>
> Willow Springs
> 34 d 52 '21"N, 118 d 15' 45"W
>
> Indy
> 39 d 47 '42"N, 86 d 14' 1"W
>
> Laguna Seca (horrible image)
> 36 d 35 '4"N, 121 d 45' 16"W
>
> Infineon Raceway
> 38 d 9 '44"N, 122 d 27' 25"W
>
> Buttonwillow
> 35 d 29 '23"N, 119 d 32' 41"W
>
> Thunderhill
> 39 d 32 '25"N, 122 d 19' 54"W
>
> Mid-Ohio
> 40 d 41 '22"N, 82 d 38' 13"W
>
> Road Atlanta
> 34 d 8 '40"N, 83 d 48' 58"W
>
> Portland
> 45 d 35 '49"N, 122 d 41' 46"W
>
> California Speedway
> 34 d 5 '19"N, 117 d 30' 0"W
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