Friday, June 8, 2012

Google Maps, Earth take on full 3D imagery

Google Maps, Earth take on full 3D imagery

Google is keeping the string of Maps launches going — it's just rolling out very, very detailed 3D maps for technology like Google Earth, using a “new process” to get extra depth. In some areas, such as San Francisco, it models every building and delves down into the trees. The new fully textured, fully modeled imagery is coming both to Android and iOS in the “coming weeks,” and Google even made a point of showing the update running on an iPad.

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