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Quasi-related: Has anybody done a driving simulator using Google Streetview data? I would really enjoy being able to prep for driving to new locations w/ such a

Quasi-related: Has anybody done a driving simulator using Google Streetview data? I would really enjoy being able to prep for driving to new locations w/ such a tool. I don't particularly enjoy driving in unfamiliar places (particularly in urban settings). I scout out destinations using the browser as much as I can, but reality ends up being so vastly different, spatially, as to render my preparation nearly useless. A first person driving simulator w/ spatially-accurate projection of Streetview data would be very useful for me and would probably be a heck of a lot of fun.

dsr_ 5y ago
That would be great. It needs simulated traffic picked up from predictions, too.
YPPH 5y ago
This would involve filling gaps between the individual street view photographs which are spaced several metres apart, during which the environment might have changed significantly. I suspect it would be quite the challenge: much harder than making 3D buildings out of several aerial images. If this were feasible, I would have thought Google would have done it already so that you could fluidly navigate the street rather than being confined to fixed points.