Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Google Earth and Maps to get highly-detailed 3D maps

Google Earth and Maps to get highly-detailed 3D maps

Google have today announced that Google Earth and Google Maps will be getting full-3D maps in the coming weeks. The 3D imaging process is so detailed that, in some cities (San Francisco being an example), every building will have its own 3D model, and even trees will pop out at you. We'll hopefully see these features right alongside the newly-announced offline mode that was mentioned in the same press conference. If you're interested in how Google will get such detailed mapping done in reasonable amounts, they've mentioned that they have control of their own fleet of planes.

Android Phone, Google Earth and Maps to get highly-detailed 3D maps