southern_land
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 Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2020 9:31 am Post subject: Google Earth |
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Has anyone checked out Google earth recently? It literally blows my mind. Three weeks after my old computer died taking maps for several proposed mods with it i find myself in COVID 19 lockdown for a proposed 4 weeks and am getting bored. So I've started negotiating a new mod. With the loss of several gigs of textures, maps images and so on I thought I'd start again from scratch. Downloaded the new version of Google Earth to the new computer and started helping myself to imagery.
I see that many European cities have been 3-Derized. Not only has each and every building been 3d rendered but if you zoom in whole cityscapes have been rendered in 3D.
Mind
fucking
blown.
I can't even consider the computer power that drives this free product let alone think of any way that they've created this.
I'm reminded of a quote by the late Aurther C. Clarke "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." We're there!
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mooxe
Rep: 218.5
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| Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2020 8:30 pm Post subject: Re: Google Earth |
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| I use either Google Maps, Earth or Streetview pretty much every week now as part of my job and for internet rabbit holes I go down. 3D views has been around for quite awhile, maybe over 10 years?
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southern_land
Rep: 152.1
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| Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2020 9:33 pm Post subject: Re: Google Earth |
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| mooxe wrote (View Post):
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I use either Google Maps, Earth or Streetview pretty much every week now as part of my job and for internet rabbit holes I go down. 3D views has been around for quite awhile, maybe over 10 years?
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Ok odd, I had strictly photographic images on the old version/old computer
Just for clarity this
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mooxe
Rep: 218.5
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| Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2020 12:30 am Post subject: Re: Google Earth |
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| Yeah so some places I used to browse did not have 3D for years. I think they did the dense and highly populated areas first, like NYC, and branched out to smaller less populated areas afterwards.
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southern_land
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| Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2020 9:22 am Post subject: Re: Google Earth |
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So we're in nation-wide lock down
I've been pilfering images off Google Earth for map making.
Made one huge .psd that I can magic wand buildings off while mapping
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southern_land
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| Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2020 9:23 am Post subject: Re: Google Earth |
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and the other half
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southern_land
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| Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2020 9:24 am Post subject: Re: Google Earth |
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| anyone interested in using these PM me. I can upload the file somewhere (85Mg)
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ScnelleMeyer
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| Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2020 12:41 pm Post subject: Re: Google Earth |
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| Hey SL - Check your Facebook messenger - I sent you a link with high quality aerial orthophotos - A lot better than GE!
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Jatke
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