Comments on: Put your pictures on the planet.. http://www.edparsons.com/2007/08/put-your-pictures-on-the-planet/ The blog of Ed Parsons, Geographer. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:11:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Daniel http://www.edparsons.com/2007/08/put-your-pictures-on-the-planet/#comment-959 Daniel Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:16:47 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=520#comment-959 PS: If you were able to 'auto-snap' in this manner by angle and points of the buildings -- to auto-texture... Something tells me that you can re-channel your approach to Streetview for Maps, and the actual rich immersion can occur within Google Earth as a more 'true' visualization experience. I can think of endless reasons why this would be the ultimate approach to nearly every end-user application. The government doesn't even have that kind of visualization under its belt -- and I'm certain they'd love to have it. Mix that in with robotics and UAV technologies, and what you have is the ultimate system for visualization prior to actually setting foot in a location. Of course, you could consider the same approach with video registration, but I don't like that approach since you're talking low-res. Though, the low-bandwidth model of video would be incredibly interesting for various end-uses as well. PS:
If you were able to ‘auto-snap’ in this manner by angle and points of the buildings — to auto-texture… Something tells me that you can re-channel your approach to Streetview for Maps, and the actual rich immersion can occur within Google Earth as a more ‘true’ visualization experience.

I can think of endless reasons why this would be the ultimate approach to nearly every end-user application.

The government doesn’t even have that kind of visualization under its belt — and I’m certain they’d love to have it. Mix that in with robotics and UAV technologies, and what you have is the ultimate system for visualization prior to actually setting foot in a location.

Of course, you could consider the same approach with video registration, but I don’t like that approach since you’re talking low-res. Though, the low-bandwidth model of video would be incredibly interesting for various end-uses as well.

]]> By: Daniel http://www.edparsons.com/2007/08/put-your-pictures-on-the-planet/#comment-958 Daniel Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:08:09 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=520#comment-958 I can only assume, that not that far off into the future -- and once a substantial amount of photographs can be catalogued ---- that, Google Earth would be able to automatically texture buildings in this space, if at least the coordinates are accurate enough. Or, at least if the coordinates are accurate to the point that they can auto-'snap' to the buildings. I'm not sure it'd be entirely possible -- but the concept itself seems feasible enough to assume. Then again, I suppose the Streetview cameras would be better suited for that approach. I can only assume, that not that far off into the future — and once a substantial amount of photographs can be catalogued —- that, Google Earth would be able to automatically texture buildings in this space, if at least the coordinates are accurate enough.

Or, at least if the coordinates are accurate to the point that they can auto-’snap’ to the buildings.

I’m not sure it’d be entirely possible — but the concept itself seems feasible enough to assume. Then again, I suppose the Streetview cameras would be better suited for that approach.

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