You would need a significant number of images for a particular scene (more than Google Street View would provide -- maybe in the tens or hundreds depending on t

You would need a significant number of images for a particular scene (more than Google Street View would provide -- maybe in the tens or hundreds depending on the complexity -- but perhaps mining Google Maps photo uploads for a particular location would suffice). A Google Image search for a particular landmark is likely to yield better results ([1], [2], [3]). Also, stitching together multiple scenes after reconstructing each individual scene may prove difficult. Apple Maps does a sort of satellite view projection on to 3D building models ([4]), but this is far from a dense reconstruction. [1]http://grail.cs.washington.edu/projects/timelapse/ http://grail.cs.washington.edu/projects/timelapse/ [2]http://grail.cs.washington.edu/projects/timelapse3d/ http://grail.cs.washington.edu/projects/timelapse3d/ [3]https://grail.cs.washington.edu/rome/ https://grail.cs.washington.edu/rome/ [4]http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/29/9413583/apple-maps-3d-flyover-view-new-cities http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/29/9413583/apple-maps-3d-flyo...