A update to the Image Cutter software- the update fixes a bug which caused images of certain sizes not to display. A live example of the Image Tile output is pictured below:
A update to the Image Cutter software- the update fixes a bug which caused images of certain sizes not to display. A live example of the Image Tile output is pictured below:
Navigating in 3D space has always been tricky with a standard mouse. Over the years their have been various devices created to allow the move into the third dimension, more recently with the successful Space Navigator for Google Earth.
Game pads on the other hand are made for navigation and with the introduction of Windows Vista it is now possible to link the Xbox 360 controller (wireless or wired) to Microsoft’s Virtual Earth.
Video: Using Xbox Controller for Live Search Maps
The movie above demonstrates how easy it suddenly is to navigate Virtual Earth, our Xbox is in the office (more on that in a future post on Gaming in the Office Environment) all we need now is the adaptor.
Picked up via the excellent Google Earth Blog is this flythrough of Denver with the newly released buildings – this now makes it the most texture mapped city in Google Earth:
Frank, over at the Google Earth Blog, has another post which is worth a look examining the pros’s and con’s of Microsoft’s auto capture vs Google’s custom made buildings for city visualisation.
Google’s Denver is impressive but it sure doesn’t scale (unless of course you have vast amount of money and a dedicated team), Microsoft, on the other hand, has invested a substantial sum in automatic capture and it seems to be paying off.
Interesting times ahead..