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This is amazing. I wonder how they do this? Surely it has to be automated somehow, I just can't imagine anyone building this by hand, even in China.
by kondro 16y ago
This is amazing. I wonder how they do this? Surely it has to be automated somehow, I just can't imagine anyone building this by hand, even in China.
- dstein 16y agoNot only can they build rendered cities at breakneck pace, they can do it for the real thing: http://www.businessinsider.com/shanghai-1990-vs-2010-2010-6 http://www.businessinsider.com/shanghai-1990-vs-2010-2010-6
- itsnotvalid 16y agoActually that's in fact possible. The models must be done by hand for landmarks, the rest may be repetitively. Similar efforts has been done by OSS games (http://wiki.openttd.org/City_Buildings_%28New_Graphics%29 http://wiki.openttd.org/City_Buildings_%28New_Graphics%29)
- DanI-S 16y agoI've seen similar maps from 100+ years ago of my hometown in the UK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Birmingham_in_1886.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Birmingham_in_1886.jpg And of London: http://www.garwood-voigt.com/catalogues/H242051LondonBrewer.jpg http://www.garwood-voigt.com/catalogues/H242051LondonBrewer.... It's amazing how our idea of what is unachievable by hand has been skewed by computer graphics!
- qntm 16y agoObviously this is not what was done here, but how difficult is it to take a satellite photo from the side, instead of from directly above?
- icegreentea 16y agoNot very. Most photos are taken from some angle (it's easier to reorient a satellite than to reposition its orbit). Course, you get the most quality when shooting close to straight down.