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Near my apartment Nokia's 3D maps are markedly better that Google Earth. Google only picks up that some of the buildings are 3D and they appear much taller tha
by wheels 14y ago
Near my apartment Nokia's 3D maps are markedly better that Google Earth. Google only picks up that some of the buildings are 3D and they appear much taller than others since the perspective changes as you move, whereas Nokia gets things right:
http://maps.nokia.com/52.492296,13.4478423,19.02,359.97,0,3d.day http://maps.nokia.com/52.492296,13.4478423,19.02,359.97,0,3d...
https://maps.google.de/maps?q=Kiefholzstr.+9,+Berlin&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=52.492328,13.447785&spn=0.00099,0.002411&sll=52.506844,13.424732&sspn=0.503197,1.234589&t=f&hnear=Kiefholzstra%C3%9Fe+9,+12435+Berlin&z=19&ecpose=52.49229833,13.44778488,215.92,0.003,1.057,0 https://maps.google.de/maps?q=Kiefholzstr.+9,+Berlin&hl=...
Notice how in the Google maps version the building that's bottom-center appears to be large and 3D, whereas my building seems small. In practice they're about the same height -- both 5 story apartment buildings.
- davidw 14y agoOTOH, with the Nokia link, I get "Sorry. For now, 3D Maps only works with these browsers" and a picture of Piazza San Marco and the Canal Grande in Venice. That's probably nicer looking than your apartment, so we'll be charitable and say that Nokia wins anyway.
- snogglethorpe 14y agoHmm, I'm running firefox but the nokia page still gives me the error message...
- archangel_one 14y agoI'm running Chrome and get it also; I assume from the way they're listing operating systems it must be Linux that they think is the problem. Goodness knows why though, since the little play button shows me a HTML5 video and I'm pretty sure I saw a WebGL maps demo from Nokia just the other day?