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Test my new Virtual Earth Maps plugin

March 18th, 2007
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This is a road-view 2D map:
<$MTVirtualEarthMaps address="525 Bellevue Sq, Bellevue, WA" info="P F Chang" zoom="16" style="r" width="500" height="400"$>

This is a hybrid 3D map of Space Needle viewing at 35 degree angle:
<$MTVirtualEarthMaps latitude="47.620858" longitude="-122.348891" info="Space Needle" style="h" mode="3D" zoom="15" width="500" height="400"$>

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  1. tim
    May 9th, 2007 at 04:00 | #1
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    Hey, that’s pretty cool. Do you happen to know how the 3d models are entered in there? What determines whether a model is available or not? Is that a Microsoft thing?

  2. Stanley Yao
    May 9th, 2007 at 19:35 | #2
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    Hi Tim, 3D textured models of the buildings are created from photographs taken in the physical world. The generation is done automatically through an algorithm developed at Microsoft. Many elements together decide whether a 3D model is available. Because of the massive complex computation required, buildings lower than certain height won’t be selected for 3D model creation. Taking the photographs takes a lot of efforts too. So a few cities are selected to have 3D models first, and more cities are becoming available. You can get latest news from the Virtual Earth/Live Map blog.

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