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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey
You can ask our fr ind gh85carrera about the topology maps.
Pretty sure he does aerial photogrammetry.
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What GH85carrera is involved with will soon become an infinite development in the progress of humankind:
1). Bing/Google Maps give an accurate flat world map based on satellite images.
2). Photogrammetry turns that flat map landscape into an accurate 3D world.
Buildings, trees, and elevations are all there just like in real life.
That is huge.
3). At the street level, and beyond, countless cell phone images will turn the entire world into an explorable environment.
4). Imagine virtual travel in first-person and real-time.
With a few clicks of a button, a person will be able to travel anywhere in the world as a virtual tourist.
Crowds and traffic recreated. Every single object on earth recreated. Those dumpsters exist in real life. Those parking lots exist in real life.
a). Want to take a stroll through downtown Hong Kong?
Or through the Louvre?
Or through a department store to check out merchandise?
Or have a business meeting (or romantic stroll) with someone in a distant place? You can.
b). Go along along with a virtual guide Avatar....Real people or AI.
Labels for everything can be filtered and outlined/glowing so you can find anything you need.
(Smithsonian's "The Guide to Essential Italy" video uses short clips of that in their video.)
c). A handicapped person can 'walk' through Yosemite and climb Half Dome.
Every crack in the rocks is recreated.
d). Need to find an emergency room fast?
Your dash sat/nav will give you a quick fly-through preparation with what street signs to expect along the way.
A supplement to a standard verbal guidance system.
e). Want to buy or rent a property from far away?
You can recreate the drive and the views from anywhere within the house.
Travel through the neighborhood.
Changing architecture and landscaping is as easy as drag-n-drop
f). Turn into superman and fly around from ground to the stratosphere.