Friday, June 20, 2008

News: Google is doing 3D city modeling?


These two pictures are taken in Italy and San Francisco, respectively. As you can see, several SICK laser scanners are mounted. There are two side-facing vertical scanners, and another forward-facing horizontal scanner. So, what is Google doing with 3D laser data? The obvious application is 3D reconstruction for Google Earth.

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Educating Silicon - Google Street View - Soon in 3D?
Engadget - Google 工程車被開單

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