Comments on: The World’s Largest Car Parks? http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/04/29/the-worlds-largest-car-parks/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:32:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jean http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/04/29/the-worlds-largest-car-parks/comment-page-1/#comment-205576 Jean Tue, 05 May 2009 12:43:50 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=5940#comment-205576 Port of Zeebrugge, Belgium. I didn't count all the cars on all your submissions, but the Zeebrugge car handling operations seem to be bigger. Unfortunately, you'll have to check on Live Search Maps, Google Eearth doesn't cover our neck of the woods in hi-res... Cheers Port of Zeebrugge, Belgium.
I didn’t count all the cars on all your submissions, but the Zeebrugge car handling operations seem to be bigger. Unfortunately, you’ll have to check on Live Search Maps, Google Eearth doesn’t cover our neck of the woods in hi-res…

Cheers

]]> By: Tim O http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/04/29/the-worlds-largest-car-parks/comment-page-1/#comment-205536 Tim O Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:40:53 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=5940#comment-205536 Montreal's got a fairly large one -- not sure on Area / Mi2 how it compares.... http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=45.476345,-73.681312&spn=0.00489,0.014902&t=h&z=17 Montreal’s got a fairly large one — not sure on Area / Mi2 how it compares….

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]]> By: nova72 http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/04/29/the-worlds-largest-car-parks/comment-page-1/#comment-205531 nova72 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:19:48 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=5940#comment-205531 Ok, so I want to know which one is the largest by vehicle parking area. Too bad the free version of GE will only let you measure lines and not area. Ok, so I want to know which one is the largest by vehicle parking area. Too bad the free version of GE will only let you measure lines and not area.

]]> By: Ben http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/04/29/the-worlds-largest-car-parks/comment-page-1/#comment-205530 Ben Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:51:09 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=5940#comment-205530 Not sure how it measures up, but this is Livorno: http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=43.57565,10.327899&z=16 For you anglophiles, that would be Leghorn Not sure how it measures up, but this is Livorno:

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For you anglophiles, that would be Leghorn

]]> By: Evan Brammer http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/04/29/the-worlds-largest-car-parks/comment-page-1/#comment-205527 Evan Brammer Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:27:34 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=5940#comment-205527 Talk about timeliness! This was the Big Picture for today: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/human_landscapes_from_above.html Talk about timeliness! This was the Big Picture for today:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/human_landscapes_from_above.html

]]> By: WRA http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/04/29/the-worlds-largest-car-parks/comment-page-1/#comment-205525 WRA Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:59:37 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=5940#comment-205525 In little Rhode Island, the former Quonset Naval Air Station in North Kingstown is home to an underutilized container port. Most of these are VW's and Audi's. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=north+kingstown,+RI&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=41.682395,92.8125&ie=UTF8&ll=41.615795,-71.407346&spn=0.004628,0.01133&t=h&z=17 In little Rhode Island, the former Quonset Naval Air Station in North Kingstown is home to an underutilized container port. Most of these are VW’s and Audi’s.

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]]> By: Matt Beer http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/04/29/the-worlds-largest-car-parks/comment-page-1/#comment-205524 Matt Beer Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:34:28 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=5940#comment-205524 http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=grimsby&sll=53.568479,-0.852513&sspn=0.016132,0.039096&ie=UTF8&ll=53.577117,-0.090036&spn=0.008065,0.019548&t=h&z=16 Grimsby Docks Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

Grimsby Docks

]]> By: Turtle5x5 http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/04/29/the-worlds-largest-car-parks/comment-page-1/#comment-205523 Turtle5x5 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:47:54 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=5940#comment-205523 The largest car parks in my part of the world has to be the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. They seem to be the same port but are seperate. LA http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=33.769373,-118.252115&z=17 Long Beach http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=33.776213,-118.223319&z=17 There are even Combine harvesters in LA http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=33.769618,-118.251509&z=19 Also, I would think that Disneyland has one of the largest parking structures. http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=33.814739,-117.924553&z=17 The largest car parks in my part of the world has to be the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. They seem to be the same port but are seperate.

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There are even Combine harvesters in LA

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Also, I would think that Disneyland has one of the largest parking structures. Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

]]> By: Zee Weazul http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/04/29/the-worlds-largest-car-parks/comment-page-1/#comment-205520 Zee Weazul Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:33:32 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=5940#comment-205520 oh and as a bonus, check out the shoreline next to the lot for the skeletons of old wooden ships. oh and as a bonus, check out the shoreline next to the lot for the skeletons of old wooden ships.

]]> By: Zee Weazul http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/04/29/the-worlds-largest-car-parks/comment-page-1/#comment-205519 Zee Weazul Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:25:32 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=5940#comment-205519 4703 new cars getting shredded from a lot like these On the border of Portland, OR, USA http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=portland+or&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=45.8712,81.5625&ie=UTF8&ll=45.634386,-122.741575&spn=0.03979,0.079651&t=h&z=14 A while back a container ship tipped over, some huge degree of an angle and sat that way for weeks while a special crew tried to fix the problem, the ship was valuable and not quite lost. Wired has the amazing story of how they saved it http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/16-03/ff_seacowboys?currentPage=all# Little known to me I was working for months next to the lot where they offloaded the cars once the ship was saved. I saw all these new cars parked in the lot (I walked to the river next to it) and wondered why they all looked they had already been either randomly hit or windows were broken. I figured vandals. Wired says the cars were offloaded and Mazda didn't want to sell them because they had no idea how cars sitting at that angle for weeks would effect the long term life. The risk wasn't worth it so 4,703 Mazda's were all ground up in a HUGE shredder. unless the maps have been updated these are those cars before they were shredded http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=portland+or&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=45.8712,81.5625&ie=UTF8&ll=45.625316,-122.729387&spn=0.004975,0.009956&t=h&z=17 4703 new cars getting shredded from a lot like these

On the border of Portland, OR, USA
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A while back a container ship tipped over, some huge degree of an angle and sat that way for weeks while a special crew tried to fix the problem, the ship was valuable and not quite lost. Wired has the amazing story of how they saved it http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/16-03/ff_seacowboys?currentPage=all#

Little known to me I was working for months next to the lot where they offloaded the cars once the ship was saved. I saw all these new cars parked in the lot (I walked to the river next to it) and wondered why they all looked they had already been either randomly hit or windows were broken. I figured vandals. Wired says the cars were offloaded and Mazda didn’t want to sell them because they had no idea how cars sitting at that angle for weeks would effect the long term life. The risk wasn’t worth it so 4,703 Mazda’s were all ground up in a HUGE shredder.

unless the maps have been updated these are those cars before they were shredded
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