Everyscape.com - a promising 3D surfer in the city
Here is a translation of Tim O'Reilly's article, 3D WorldViewer Everyscape Launches . I strongly recommend watching the video below. From myself I would like to say that there would be more such services in Russia, i.e. at least one :)
Here you can find a tigger article about this site. I recommend reading.
Everyscape is a new service that takes photos and three-dimensional files and creates a three-dimensional world based on them. Today you can "walk" in four cities ( Boston , New York, Miami and Aspen). This technology allows anyone with a suitable camera and GPS to contribute to the development of the project. Most of the materials in the city of Boston were made by the company's employees, but soon the project will have to be filled mainly with users.
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A three-dimensional view of the street is shown on the map page in Flash-e, which is synchronized with the Google-language on the right (see the screenshot above). The map can be used to quickly navigate around the city. In the three-dimensional mode of viewing the city, you can move by clicking on the arrows and moving through the image in a given direction. In most 3D views, it is possible to turn 360 degrees, and up and down too. The big orange mark (like a chess pawn) marks the presence of useful information about this place. The service has a catalog of hotels, restaurants and other companies. They are sorted into a convenient directory with the ability to search. When an object is found, just click on it to move to the point of the city where it is located. This can be useful to get a complete visual overview of the place you intend to go. Over time, they intend to make a profit by advertising and placing companies of their three-dimensional space on the service.
The image on the left in 3D shows the Aspen Mountains (Aspen Mountain) , and on the right - the usual map. There are interesting examples on the site where developers made views inside buildings, and display floor plans as a line card. The guys took a map, sets of photos and made a conveniently navigable service. Everyscape.com will be successful when they leave the beaten track and give the opportunity to walk through small cities and other places that are not economically beneficial to most other geo-services.
In the end I want to show on the video how this service works.
PS This is my first translation of the article, and I recently did on Habré. Therefore, I ask you not to kick hard on the liver.
Here you can find a tigger article about this site. I recommend reading.
Everyscape is a new service that takes photos and three-dimensional files and creates a three-dimensional world based on them. Today you can "walk" in four cities ( Boston , New York, Miami and Aspen). This technology allows anyone with a suitable camera and GPS to contribute to the development of the project. Most of the materials in the city of Boston were made by the company's employees, but soon the project will have to be filled mainly with users.
')
A three-dimensional view of the street is shown on the map page in Flash-e, which is synchronized with the Google-language on the right (see the screenshot above). The map can be used to quickly navigate around the city. In the three-dimensional mode of viewing the city, you can move by clicking on the arrows and moving through the image in a given direction. In most 3D views, it is possible to turn 360 degrees, and up and down too. The big orange mark (like a chess pawn) marks the presence of useful information about this place. The service has a catalog of hotels, restaurants and other companies. They are sorted into a convenient directory with the ability to search. When an object is found, just click on it to move to the point of the city where it is located. This can be useful to get a complete visual overview of the place you intend to go. Over time, they intend to make a profit by advertising and placing companies of their three-dimensional space on the service.
The image on the left in 3D shows the Aspen Mountains (Aspen Mountain) , and on the right - the usual map. There are interesting examples on the site where developers made views inside buildings, and display floor plans as a line card. The guys took a map, sets of photos and made a conveniently navigable service. Everyscape.com will be successful when they leave the beaten track and give the opportunity to walk through small cities and other places that are not economically beneficial to most other geo-services.
In the end I want to show on the video how this service works.
PS This is my first translation of the article, and I recently did on Habré. Therefore, I ask you not to kick hard on the liver.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/31285/
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