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More Info on Google's 3D Maps

Posted by timothy on from the this-will-rock-for-directions dept.

Will Stewart writes "You have doubtless read that Silicon Valley Watcher reported on Google plans to use trucks equipped with lasers and digital photographic equipment to create a realistic 3D, online version of San Francisco and eventually other major US cities, but you may not have seen the picture of where the trucks are kept and Berkeley's unrelated research project and published technical research (PDF file)."

3 of 171 comments (clear)

  1. *sigh* by Computer+Mutt · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Please die a slow and painful death.

  2. More Google by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Google News Again? Who gives a truck.

  3. Re:Here's a thought.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Of course... if they catch my wife sunbathing on the deck in the nude, Google might get /.ed!

    No. Despite popular belief, even Slashdotters have standards.