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Camera Vans To Photograph 50 Million Buildings

Posted by timothy on from the cat-detector-van dept.

dritan writes "A new van unveiled at CeBIT America is equipped with 50 digital cameras and takes pictures every 15 feet -- with the goal of photographing 50 million buildings in the country. These photos could be cross-referenced with aerial photographs so that law enforcement or insurance agencies can get overhead and street level views of the same location -- just by entering an address." Time to hang out the "Hi, Mom!" signs.

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  1. Gaming uses anyone? by fikx · · Score: 0, Redundant

    OK, quake levels of the whole USA! who's with me?!

    Seems like this kind of database would be fun for game makers who want to make levels which happen in real world places. A little image processing, and we can have 3D models of any point on the map.

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