Google has teamed up with the people behind Monopoly to launch a global online version running on top of Google Maps and perhaps Google Earth (?). Details are scarce at the moment but an announcement is imminent via both the game’s official site and the blog.
Of note is the mention for SketchUp users to check back September 7th (today)….
We know, we know… the effect has been done time and time again over the last year and we have featured many mini city timelapses here on du. That said, we still like them, below is mini Ho Chi Minh:
Miniature City HCMC Tilt-Shift Time Lapse from Joe Nafis on Vimeo.
Ok so its not city related but the movie below is worth a post as we have a bit of a ‘thing’ on visualising spheres, they are really useful for creating movies of panoramas.
Spheres from Regis Hervagault on Vimeo.
Building on this further with ‘step inside spheres’:
Worlds within Worlds: Using Panoramas for Sense of Location and Place from digitalurban on Vimeo.
Its a theme we may return to as they are quick and easy to create yet we think provide an interesting way to visualise the urban environment (?)
Sometimes when trawling the ether for the latest and greatest in digital cities you come across something that although not digital is worth posting. The 4D Cityscape Puzzle is a case in point, it includes ‘GIS’ type layers complete with a time dimension allowing you to view the growth of the cities architectural landmarks. The video below explains it all:
Its horribly nerdy but we kind of like the idea of a cardboard/gis/3d architecture puzzle, head over to http://www.4dcityscape.com/ for full details.