Virtual Philadelphia
Boy, has 3D imaging come a long way! Some of you may remember the original 3D technology. Well don't worry, you can throw away those crazy blue and red glasses now. Thanks to a man named Victor Shenkar, we can really understand why our obsession with 3D was justified. His company, GeoSim Systems has used a comprehensive collection of images taken on street and by plane to virtually reconstruct an entire urban environment down to its shrubbery. Virtual Philadelphia is the most detailed and visually stunning urban imaging system I have ever seen. Read about the process in this article from the February 17, 2005 edition of The New York Times.
And, evidently, (is this a surprise to anyone?), Google wants to do the same thing in San Francisco. And after that, Google and GeoSim Systems will have a virtual duel to the death for the rights to all other cities. Anyone want to take bets?
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Wow, that really looks nice!
It seems like Rockstar games would be wise to invest in this. I'd like to play an acurate map of my city in Grand Theft Auto...
Posted by: Ben | 06/12/2005 at 15:44
Nifty, no doubt. I mean it's cool to think about, though it makes me slightly weary on issues of things like Defense. Now, except for the Cool Factor . . . what's the point, though? I guess this is what you get to do when your company can afford to use $100 bills for kindling...
Posted by: J. Marcus Xavier | 06/18/2005 at 18:39
hi, im Martin, from Mendoza, Argentina, i nee know the webmaster of this web have similar info but Argentina, please repaly me mail
martin.cangri@msn.com bye sorry i seed dtudy more english
martin 15 years,
Posted by: martin | 03/27/2006 at 12:33