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Reconstructing Real Cities in Google Earth

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-think-the-fountain-should-go-here dept.

An anonymous reader writes "NewScientistTech has an article up on the way 3D models of real cities are being uploaded into Google Earth to help town planners and architects envisage their designs. Researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a method for rapidly mapping building, which they are using to reconstruct the rapidly-expanding town of Fayetteville. The researchers say tools like Google Earth and Sketchup could eventually help ordinary citizens get more involved in urban development."

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  1. cool by User+956 · · Score: 3, Funny

    NewScientistTech has an article up on the way 3D models of real cities are being uploaded into Google Earth to help town planners and architects envisage their designs.

    That sounds like it would be good if you wanted to, say, judge building altitude and approach angle for flying a plan^^#$@%^^^^NOCARRIER

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    The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
  2. I don't get it by Asylumn · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't get it, isn't this already called SimCity?

  3. You misspelled "urban planners"... by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 4, Funny
    Most urban planners do get their wishes through the city planners/council, wether through political favors or just plain bribes.
    You misspelled "urban planners"; I believe the correct spelling is "well-heeled developers".
  4. Urban Planning By Ordinary Citizens? by MonkeyCookie · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think ordinary citizens are too busy playing SimCity to get involved with this. This software won't have a chance against SimCity until they implement some decent disasters (Tornado, Nuclear Meltdown, Godzilla) that the user can unleash upon the city while laughing.

    Urban planning is simply too boring otherwise!

  5. Good for the aerial view by noidentity · · Score: 3, Funny

    The aerial view will ensure that they don't put up anything that looks bad from our flying cars. Oh, wait...

  6. Forget "Google Earth"; we need "Slashdot Spell" by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 2, Funny
    simple arial evaluations ...an architects stand point...when features liek this...how much goolgle will allow us to intigrate there layout into 3d sfotware such as...
    Forget "Google Earth"; we need "Slashdot Spell" more.