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Tuesday, 26th July 2005 by James Turnbull
What looks like a roundabout in Sao Paulo, Brazil features the logo (and large type) of Rotary International. There’s another odd looking roundabout to the east.
Thanks: Sight
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couldn’t find a roundabout to the west, but there is an odd one just to the south east / Google Earth.
And a little more on the east, you can find the biggest toilet seat of the world !!!
View Placemark / Google Earth
Thats what i call a roundabout! http://www.swindonweb.com/life/magi01.jpg Too bad google miss it for few meters.
In some parts of the US, roundabouts are called “rotaries”, which would make this a Rotary rotary.
I prefer stupid traffic device that causes more accidents then it prevents
Check out the F1 race track in Sao Paulo.
View Placemark / Google Earth
Amazing course that’s always action packed. Unfortunatly it has claimed lives before, the most notable being Ayrton Senna.
Chris G.: Senna didn’t die in the Sao Paulo track…
by the way, there’s another Rotary roundabout in Brasil, right here: View Placemark / Google Earth
it’s a small town near Sao Paulo, called Paulinia
Senna died at the San Marino grand prix, which is actually held in Imola, Italy. Despite my best efforts I haven’t been able to find that track on Google maps.
However, today I found the Hungaroring, site of the upcomming Grand Prix of Hungary:
View Placemark / Google Earth
Otter
hey Otter, check this out: http://redondear.com/archivo/2005/06/los-circuitos-de-f1-en-google-maps
all the F1 circuits on google maps… pretty cool…
There is an irony here that is lost on anyone who does not locally refer to traffic circles as “rotaries”. (New England does, see this dialect survey for others.)
Here is the San Marino Grand Prix track / Google Earth. It’s not in San Marino, but in Imola at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari. More info
>hey Otter, check this out:
Wow, awesome! Thanks!
Otter
Hey! This is a site a beautiful!!! Congratulations!!! Kisses
In Brasil you can see lots of Rotary clubs I even stayed in a Rotary hotel once and a club also
It’s in Alphaville, Barueri, São Paulo.
Hi Everybody, I’ve just finished my blog and added all the F1 Circuits to it. GOOGLE MAPS F1 RACING CIRCUITS Another great implementation of Google Racing Circuits Satellite Maps. Check it out here: http://racingmaps.blogspot.com/