Google Maps were driving around Wynnewood Village today. / myLot

Dallas, Texas

November 4, 2015 4:51pm CST

I went out to the car to carry my bag of groceries with my wife as I looked out to the parking lot and what did my eyes see but a Google Maps car with a funny looking overhead camera circling around the parking lot taking pictures of things. I know Google Earth is a very informative application that lets you travel the earth and zoom in on almost any location and that Google Maps is used by most every business in town. I never saw a Google Maps car before. It was fun to see. I wanted to share this with you all to see if anyone else has seen one of these Google Maps vehicles in their area? Imagine taking pics of the planet in a Google Maps car? You would need to travel zillions of miles to get it all uploaded to the world wide web. This was quite a thing for me to see. First time I have seen Google at work in Dallas, Texas. What's next? Google Drones? Probably.

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Rosekitty

@Rosekitty (19368)

• San Marcos, Texas

5 Nov 15

I thought you they only used drones to take pics??..wonder what the cars are for?

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vanny

@vandana7 (100616)

• India

5 Nov 15

Me too..I am surprised at this.

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anthony davis

@lookatdesktop (27134)

• Dallas, Texas

5 Nov 15

@vandana7 Could be they navigate drones from the car. Just a guess.

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anthony davis

@lookatdesktop (27134)

• Dallas, Texas

5 Nov 15

I have not seen or heard any drones around here. I have seen vans going by with cameras inside side windows. As far as images being taken from above, likely they are satellites in geosynchronous orbits around the Earth.

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Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (37379)

• Toccoa, Georgia

5 Nov 15

I have not seen one of those cars.

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anthony davis

@lookatdesktop (27134)

• Dallas, Texas

5 Nov 15

If only I had my Canon digital camera ready at that instant. Then I would have had a good pic to share.It's like that sometimes. I am almost inclined to start carrying around my Canon just for this reason. You never know what you might see when driving around the city.