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Looks great. A few points: - They used new imagery from planes to do this, not the existing streetview imagery - I guess that means optical matching of the kin
by twelvechairs 14y ago
Looks great. A few points:
- They used new imagery from planes to do this, not the existing streetview imagery - I guess that means optical matching of the kind needed to do this (make a model from streetview imagery) is still a ways off.
- 3d maps has been done like this already (by bing and others), though this looks a better resolution.
- As someone who works with city spaces - can I use the 3d data? How can I download it or who do I have to pay?
- willy1234x1 14y agoGoogle Maps has had 3D maps for a while now, they introduced the feature into Google Earth first. I think the point is more detailed 3D maps.
- drivebyacct2 14y ago>- As someone who works with city spaces - can I use the 3d data? How can I download it or who do I have to pay? I don't work with city spaces and I would still kill to have access to the 3d data.
- ZenPsycho 14y agoif it's getting to your client via HTTP there will be a way to get at it, legit or not.
- bonafidehan 14y ago> - 3d maps has been done like this already (by bing and others), though this looks a better resolution. Bing appears to be using a non-scalable approach for Bird's Eye view. E.g., Seattle downtown contains a few 3d buildings in a very confined area. It might even be manually modeled. What Google has announced is impressive because it is automated and scalable. Small demos are great and all (e.g. C3) but qualitatively different from getting something like this deployed into the real world. Disclaimer: I work at Google.
- erjiang 14y agoC3 is a "small demo"? C3's 3D maps have been deployed and are publicly usable and cover at least 25 metropolitan areas. Google may be catching up fast, but there is nothing shown in the video that C3 haven't done already.
- culturestate 14y agoPlus, let's not forget that Apple bought C3, so I wouldn't be surprised to see them roll this out at an even larger scale next week.
- bonafidehan 14y agoSorry, I was not aware that C3 had been at that stage. Kudos for C3.
- twelvechairs 14y agoSorry. Clearly I remembered that wrong. I was thinking of yell.co.uk in the uk. Not sure why I wrote bing.