#Google Earth- Update (43comp, 2u/c)

[Mants]

ok...ive just made wakefield, but how do u actually put it on the map??

[Howie]

Damn i've already made a first cut of Wakefield House too

What you gotta do is, hit share model, then place model within sketchup. Be sure to regrab the terrain from Google Earth with some elevation (aka terrain in Google Earth), then place at the appropriate height.

[Mants]

lol...its microscopic!

[Howie]

How does this look?

Wakefield House :

[Howie]

Would be nice to model Capital City http://www.emporis.com/en/il/im/?id=177234 eventually, also we could put buildings like Victoria Square 1, Mintor Elison, CC1, CC2, Bentham Street in the future/planned category under google.

[crawf]

great work guys!!

[Howie]

Delete your current SA Water and replace with this new one :

SA Water :

[Howie]

City Central Tower 2 - Up ... well sort of hehe.

[Aseem]

Good Stuff!!

I have yet to see these buildings in real life though, but this is a good start

-Aseem

[crawf]

Great stuff howie

of the topic, but wouldnt it be cool if you could play Adelaide on sim city - with the same buildings, same city and suburban layout

[Mants]

Would be nice to model Capital City http://www.emporis.com/en/il/im/?id=177234 eventually, also we could put buildings like Victoria Square 1, Mintor Elison, CC1, CC2, Bentham Street in the future/planned category under google.

whats victoria square 1 ?

[Howie]

Thanks for the comments guys.

VS1 = SA Water's new headquarters.

[Mants]

Thanks for the comments guys.

VS1 = SA Water's new headquarters.

ahh cool...

also, this is kinda funny...

look at howie's CC2 model from Victoria Square looking at eye level. It looks like its levitating

[rev]

Dunno if you guys are still going with this but thought you might find this interesting.

Net giants battle for 3D earth
Correspondents in London
NOVEMBER 27, 2006
TWO internet giants have embarked on a race to become the first 3D cartographers of the world.

The result is expected to be an online map that allows web surfers to land in a city from the sky, travel its streets and see its hotels, shops and attractions without having to visit in person.

The rival schemes, costing hundreds of millions of dollars, are based on Google Earth, the search engine's existing 2D photographic map of the world, and Microsoft's Virtual Earth, a similar system.

In a new push, Microsoft last month launched Virtual Earth 3D, which has detailed three-dimensional replicas of the centres of 15 US cities, including New York and Los Angeles.

Both services rely on detailed satellite images from NASA and other space agencies and governments, which enable users to zoom in from 300km in space to pictures of the roof of their own home or of elephants roaming the African plains.



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Microsoft is now commissioning photographers to take millions of pictures of urban landscapes from planes, vans and motorbikes. The images are patched together using digital imaging software to create 3D buildings that users can enter, walk past or fly by.

Google is taking the cheaper option of inviting users to create its virtual cities. In March, the company bought SketchUp, an internet tool that lets people create their own 3D images of buildings. It plans to add the best of these to Google Earth this year.

As the rival schemes develop, buildings will become interactive, enabling users to virtually enter them, obtain information, buy goods inside and talk to other cyber visitors. Eventually, landscapes could be included.

The move may bring about a transformation in how people use the internet. Instead of relying on traditional search engines, in which they enter words into boxes on screen, users would be able to navigate the world using a virtual replica.

They could, for example, "walk" the streets of New York online or choose items from a supermarket aisle from their living room while gossiping with fellow shoppers about the prices.

Internet analyst Greg Sterling said: "A seed is being planted that could grow into a range of things that will be very interesting."

Microsoft and Google launched their photographic mapping services last year, since when it is estimated they have each been downloaded more than 100 million times. Microsoft's early 3D service has few extras beyond traffic information and adverts.

The Sunday Times

The Australian


http://australianit.news.com.au/article ... 5E,00.html

[Howie]

I'm still going with it, i've got festival theatre almost complete. Sketchup really is a fantastic tool. Would be interesting to see if microsoft can come up with something that is easier to use.