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Here's some Monday coolness with 3D display data: Using satellite data gathered by a company called Blom running 3D modeling technology from Newscape, this iPad app called Mobile 3D City puts a Google Earth-style city in the palms of your hands:
Hat tip: Digital Urban. Wonder if similar tech could model Second Life or OpenSim landscapes on the iPad.
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A static snapshot of the world could be optimized in ways that the live grid can't be. I'm sure it's possible to do it with the same sort of performance displayed in this demo.
But the resources required would be pretty steep compared to the benefits.
Of course, a snapshot of the mainland might be a striking lesson to aspiring civic planners of the dangers of lax zoning. Maybe somebody could get a grant.
Posted by: Arcadia Codesmith | Monday, June 28, 2010 at 02:12 PM
Would be interesting to see if you can get one Sim like this. Maybe with using simplified models. It seems to be running smooth enough, that it could handle some extra polygons.
Posted by: Frans Charming | Monday, June 28, 2010 at 06:12 PM