Approaching 3D maps

Closer and closer mappers around the world are getting closer to creating 3D maps. First of all, google is interested in this with its map projects. Microsoft is trying to keep up, but now the one whose name was hardly heard by everyone - a company from Sweden - C3 Technologies has come out ahead.

At the O'Reilly Where 2.0 conference just recently, she presented her new development to all progressive humanity - an automatically generated three-dimensional map of any earth surface based on photographs. Rightfully now considered the most detailed and high-quality technology of 3D maps.

After taking a walk through the already-running demo based on the java map application cooper.c3technologies.com/demo/ag9/vas.html, I took several pictures showing the quality of map construction that only recently seemed unattainable without manual construction of objects.
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I hasten to show them to you:





Here are a few frames from the presentation video (the video itself is at the end)

Here is the model polygon mesh



Developers boast that not only standard buildings can be modeled.



But even other objects, such as yachts! And mountain reliefs





And here is the video from the presentation