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3D Map of Bournemouth with shockingly high detail

October 12, 2009

Ordnance Survey has completed a three year project, compiling data from 700 million laser beams and creating a highly-detailed map of the town.  The laser data was combined with 2D maps and with photos taken from the air.  The final result can be seen in the video below:

With this map, Bournemouth claims to be “the [...]

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Google releases SketchUp 7

November 17, 2008

Google has just released version 7 of SketchUp, their excellent 3D modelling tool.  They’ve added a variety of tools at both ends of their userbase — it’s easier to get started, but it’s also more powerful for their advanced users.  Here’s a short video showing some of the new features:

For more information about this release, [...]

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Sorry so quiet…

August 15, 2008

I’ve been guest posting for the last few days on the Google Earth Blog while Frank has been out of town, which has left me with rather little time (and content) to post on here.  I’ll be back posting again soon, but here’s what I’ve posted on GEB in case you missed it:

August 12 – [...]

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OS independent 3D map of Stockholm released

May 29, 2008

Hitta.se, a Swedish search and mapping site, has just released a 3D map of Stockholm that works in virtually any browser in any operating system.
The technology is powered in part by C3 Technologies, who explain their software as follows:
The technology is based on high-resolution aerial photography with carefully calibrated cameras. For every picture, the camera’s [...]

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KML is now an international standard

April 14, 2008

As reported by the Google LatLong Blog, KML has now officially become an OGC (Open Geospatial Consortium) standard.
According to Google, there are tens of millions of KML documents available online, hosted on over 100,000 unique domain names.  The number of files isn’t a huge surprise, but 100,000 unique domains seem like a ton!
As part of [...]

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Google Chart API now does maps

March 20, 2008

The Google Chart API has just released a new version. Among the new features:

No limit on the number of requests.
Support for maps! USA state maps, other country maps, world maps, etc.

It’s quite slick. Click on the image on the right to see a chart of the states I’ve lived in (the [...]

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Dominos Pizza unveils slick new tracking system

February 4, 2008

Mapperz has a post about the brand new Dominos Pizza Tracker, which allows people to track the status of their pizza within 40 seconds of accuracy.
In an effort to “take the mystery out of delivery times”, this will show you when the pizza is in the oven, in the box, in the car and at [...]

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Sandio 3D Mouse

November 28, 2007

I’ve had the opportunity to play with the Sandio 3D O2 mouse for a few days and I thought I’d share my impressions of it with you.  Before I saw the mouse, I was expecting something similar to the SpaceNavigator, but it’s not very similar at all.
To start with (and I think this is its [...]

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Géoportail releases 3D version

August 1, 2007

France’s National Geographic Institute has just released a 3D version of Géoportail,  a 2D web-based map that was first released last year.
It looks to be a pretty good piece of software.  The two biggest drawbacks right now are that it’s Windows only and it has no 3D buildings.  However, both of those issues should be [...]

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Complete 3D model of Rome, circa 320 A.D.

June 14, 2007

This is both amazingly cool and horribly frustrating.  The Institute for the Advanced Technology in the Humanities at the University of Virginia has built a complete 3D model of the city of Rome as it was in 320 A.D.  “Rome Reborn”, as it’s called, is astoundingly sharp and consists of billions of data points.  FTA:
“To [...]

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