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Dynamic 3D Models in Google Earth: Traffic and Pedestrian Visualisation

By Agent Based Modelling, Pedestrian Tracking, Traffic Simulation


The movie clip below provides an insight into some particularly note worthy research, not just in terms of Google Earth, but also in terms of collecting and visualising traffic and pedestrian data:

Its not the overlaying of video clips in Google Earth, but the animation of complex traffic patterns in a digital city which we see as innovative. This has notable potential for populating city models with real-time traffic and crowd data as well as for the validation of agent based models.

Picked up via http://www.gearthblog.com

See http://www.cc.gatech.edu/cpl/projects/augearth/ for full details – very neat.

Dynamic 3D Models in Google Earth: Traffic and Pedestrian Visualisation

By Agent Based Modelling, Pedestrian Tracking, Traffic Simulation


The movie clip below provides an insight into some particularly note worthy research, not just in terms of Google Earth, but also in terms of collecting and visualising traffic and pedestrian data:

Its not the overlaying of video clips in Google Earth, but the animation of complex traffic patterns in a digital city which we see as innovative. This has notable potential for populating city models with real-time traffic and crowd data as well as for the validation of agent based models.

Picked up via http://www.gearthblog.com

See http://www.cc.gatech.edu/cpl/projects/augearth/ for full details – very neat.

3D Birmingham now in Google Earth

By birmingham, Google Earth


Google Earth has taken some notable strides forward recently with the inclusion of auto generated 3D cities. To such a level that the output rivals Microsoft’s Earth which for a while did have the lead in terms of visual quality. The Google Earth blog reported last week that Cardiff and Dublin had been added and now Birmingham joins the throng – see the movie below:

We are really impressed, the city actually looks like the city should, the auto generation system holds up well with the facades of the buildings not suffering from the traditional ‘stripes’ as seen in other models. It would be nice to see each building ‘click-able’ allowing for the integration of data within the built environment but we are sure this is coming. These are exciting terms in terms of 3D cities.

Thanks go to Phil for his comment in our Google Earth in Second Life post regards the model…

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