Video Walkthrough of C3 Technologies' 3D Mapping Process

[Strod]

I know I've already posted but PLEASE!!! look at Nokia 3D mapping. I stumbled upon it by accident but the quality seems as good as the second video in this thread - and the loading time quicker.

That's cool, Chris. But I think you don't realize that Nokia/Ovi technology was actually licensed from C3 Technologies.

So... they look the same... because they ARE the same... but the point is that apparently now Apple owns the technology.

 

[Eric5h5]

Wait. This tech can render objects on the fly, with correct polygonal representations? Or do cities have to be processed by C3 first, before they're compatible, like how Google had to do with 3D maps in Android and cars photographing the actual streets for Street View?
If it's the former, how does it know how get the correct building/structure heights/dimensions correct, without any Pre-determined info being required first?

Read the article, it explains the process.

Once you know how it's done it seems pretty obvious really. I would think easily emulated without any legal issues. You can't patent taking pictures from various angles and stitching them into a 3D map isn't rocket science.

Much much simpler and stupider stuff has been successfully patented. I think you may be underestimating what's involved. Plenty of clever things seem "obvious" in hindsight, but if they were actually that obvious, they would have been done long ago.

--Eric

 

[Shagrat]

That sure is Big Ben, but it definitely is not Wembley!

RTP.

Er, the BELL is Big Ben, what you can see is the Westminster Clock Tower. But you're right, Wimbley (sic) is miles away!