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Mavic on Google Street View - Found a random drone flying on Google Maps

Yaros

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This is kind of random. I was trying to find a good place to fly nearby using Google Maps, then I stumbled across a nice lighthouse and thought it is a very good location to fly, but just to see it more in detail, I went into Street View.
Upon looking around, I saw a drone (looks like Mavic 1 Pro) following the Street View car as it moves. Can't seem to find the pilot on street view though, maybe he/she was inside of one of the parked cars.
I am very surprised to find the drone flying in this specific location, especially in November 2019 (according to google maps) as it is not a popular location here, there aren't many cars around, and drones in Mallorca here are very rare, so this was a surprising thing to find ;)
This is the location if someone wants to see it for themselves

Here are some screenshots (click on the image to enlarge it):
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I'm at the location! I will post the video here after uploading it to YouTube.

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Good find !
Very hard to imagine finding a drone on Google street view.

It does look like an original Mavic M1P.

I reckon it was this guy, right place for close contact, and looking right at it.

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I'm thinking that the pilot is in the white camper van just to the west - intently looking down at something in his hands, thumbs on top.

No doubt maintaining VLOS on the drone behind him via the two rear-view mirrors.

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