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Last time I used google Earth it looked like buildings were added manually by someone modelling them one at a time :( Google owns maps, video/photo database of
by rasz_pl 11y ago
Last time I used google Earth it looked like buildings were added manually by someone modelling them one at a time :(
Google owns maps, video/photo database of almost all roads (streetview) and push for autonomous cars, yet they still didnt even start using all this data to build 3d map of the world a la Photosynth.
- foota 11y agoWhen was the last time you used maps?
- jevinskie 11y agoThat was (still is?) precisely a program that Google Earth ran. Purdue University sponsored some students to map almost the entire campus in 3D many years ago.
- rasz_pl 11y agoentire campus - thats "nice". Im talking all of the roads of the world captured by streetview cars. Depth map of entire city as seen from the road would be of great value to autonomous car software dev team. Its crazy to me that they dont have it, unless they keep it a secret? Last time I checked Warsaw(capital of EU country) in google earth there was maybe 20 biggest buildings, all hand modelled. Actually even calling them modelled is too much, those were pretty much boxes of approximate size.