Google’s Cities in 3D Program hits Europe
June 9 Mike Butcher
Google Cities in 3D Program, which invites local governments to share their 3D data with the public by adding a model of their city to Google Earth, launched in March but now the initiative is being launched in Europe. Google has launched localised websites to encourage governments in the Germany, France, Italy, Spain and The Netherlands to share their data with with the search giant. Curiously all have local sites so far except for the UK, which has been beaten to the punch by Westport, Ireland, where they produced a 3D city model to promote their town as a tourist and business destination.
June 9th, 2008 at 9:44 am
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June 9th, 2008 at 10:41 am
Hi Mike
this is part of the reason - ongoing work with AMT3D and Google
http://www.web2ireland.org/2008/02/10/westport-goes-3d-with-help-from-irish-company-and-google/
Best Regards
Fergus
June 9th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Mike,
I’ve come accross this before - AMT 3D offer some kind of laser mapping technology and, as I understand it the newport project was a way of demonstrating what it can do. You can check them out at http://www.amt3d.com (and no I don’t work for them.)
All the best
Sam
June 10th, 2008 at 9:36 am
This sounds good. I think tourist can explore their destination & can make best use of this.
http://news.cnet.co.uk/software/0,39029694,49296606,00.htm
June 12th, 2008 at 10:26 am
As with any system, undesirable side effects comes hand in hand with potential benefits. Sounds like a dream plan for terrorists.