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    • iichiversiiI Offline
      iichiversii
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      Didn't I mention this in another post, it is very like what Trimble provide, 3D scanning, my theory is Trimble have a plan where SU and their 3D scanning capabilities become combined, we have seen the IOS maps soon to be released, the screen shot above of googles new maps is very similar to the IOS maps, in fact they are extremely similar, I believe Trimble and google are working together on this project and SU was required by Trimble as a bargening chip, it's just a theory πŸ˜‰

      Bring on the Rain...

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        iichiversii
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        @mike lucey said:

        Looks like you guys are joining up all the dots πŸ˜„ They say a 'plane' in the article, but so is the X100. Did anyone read my article on the X110 in last month's CATCHUP πŸ˜’

        Yes of course, trimbles x100 is exactly which they are mentioning as the plane in the post above, I don't know if you agree with me but I'm convinced

        Bring on the Rain...

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        • utilerU Offline
          utiler
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          An X100... I want one!!!

          purpose/expression/purpose/....

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          • bazB Offline
            baz
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            @utiler said:

            An X100... I want one!!!

            Me too, go ya halves. Or maybe one sixty fourths πŸ˜„

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            • GaieusG Offline
              Gaieus
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              @johnsenior1973 said:

              ...While this new development will hopefully provide awesome 3D maps and buildings to see, the fact is that initially it will only be a dozen or so major cities, and will probably only cover the major areas for years to come. For the small towns and cities, user generated models will be the only source for 3D in GE.

              That's very true. True for "simple" aerial images, too (much of the globe is so blurry on the maps that you can hardly see individual buildings). It was also true for Building Maker imagery (in my country, only the capital has them for instance - leaving out cities with 100,000+ inhabitants completely) or even Street View. So what I expect is that this technology, no matter how fast and accurate it is, will only progress very slowly.

              Google can now "impress" their investors and will probably make big progress in the US in the coming years but the "rest of the world" will be covered much slower. Yeah, some major tourist destinations (for US tourists) like Paris, London etc. may come earlier but I doubt that smaller places will have a chance to appear with this technology any time soon.

              Gai...

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              • R Offline
                rv1974
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                I guess the G.Earth will look similar to this one:
                http://maps.nokia.com/webgl/
                (check the main European cities, Madrid for instance)
                Tere's no need in manual (SU) labor (may be only for the buildings to be erected).

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                • GaieusG Offline
                  Gaieus
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                  @rv1974 said:

                  (check the main European cities, Madrid for instance)

                  Yes, this is what I mean. Here is our capital with 2million+ inhabitants in "3D".

                  Nokia-Budapest.jpg
                  So what can smaller places hope for?

                  Gai...

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                  • R Offline
                    rv1974
                    last edited by

                    That's because you Hungarians don't buy enough Nokias. No money no honey πŸ’š

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                    • GaieusG Offline
                      Gaieus
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                      Well, incidentally I have a Nokia (true that it's "screen" only has some 164 pixel resolution and good only for phoning) πŸ˜„

                      Gai...

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                      • GaieusG Offline
                        Gaieus
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                        Some heads-up:

                        http://googleblog.blogspot.hu/2012/06/never-ending-quest-for-perfect-map.html
                        and the "what happens to my GE models" announcement:
                        https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/3dwh/-GQj7OlZshA/discussion

                        Gai...

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