http://stanblog.jojoyao.com/2007/03/test-my-new-virtual-earth-maps-plugin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=test-my-new-virtual-earth-maps-plugin Stanley's Chat on the Technology and Business Sun, 08 Feb 2009 02:38:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://stanblog.jojoyao.com/2007/03/test-my-new-virtual-earth-maps-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Stanley Yao Thu, 10 May 2007 02:35:22 +0000 http://stanblog.jojoyao.com/newblog/?p=25#comment-6 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 <a href="http://virtualearth.spaces.live.com/" rel="nofollow">Virtual Earth/Live Map blog</a>. 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.

]]> http://stanblog.jojoyao.com/2007/03/test-my-new-virtual-earth-maps-plugin/comment-page-1/#comment-5 tim Wed, 09 May 2007 11:00:18 +0000 http://stanblog.jojoyao.com/newblog/?p=25#comment-5 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? 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?

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