A new 3d mapping technology

ChrisDNT · #1 10-31-2011, 09:43 AM

Look here :

http://youtu.be/gSmunh6NIQI

The society has just been bought by Apple...

http://www.pcinpact.com/actu/news/66...gps-cartes.htm

... but this technology is based on former classified laser missile technology which has now gone public.

Perhaps in flight sims in a few years

albx · #2 10-31-2011, 10:24 AM

Nice, if only a day we could have something like that in a flightsim would be great

Sternjaeger II · #3 10-31-2011, 10:37 AM

that is fantastic! I can't even begin to imagine what the world of simulation will be like in 10 years time!

6S.Tamat · #4 10-31-2011, 11:19 AM

the people will need to play connected to internet to take the data, cause is an huge amount of data that you cannot install on a single computer.

swiss · #5 10-31-2011, 11:41 AM

Looks like these models do are not based based on conventional satellite pictures.

http://youtu.be/CNemPTHOKWg

If that's true you'd have to screen the whole area again, with special equipment.

Quote:

Originally Posted by 6S.Tamat

the people will need to play connected to internet to take the data, cause is an huge amount of data that you cannot install on a single computer.

Processing the data will be the bigger problem.
Now, if I look at the current status of CloD....