In-car and portable navigation systems are currently one of the main pushes for innovation in the field of city modelling, the movie below provides a view of the details available in the models:

The launch will include 40 cities maps across Europe with North America and Asia following in 2010. The main aspects of portable navigation is the street level view, while these models are impressive are they any use for in-car navigation and gaining a sense of the up coming environment?

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The YouTube movie below provides a glimpse at the emerging system:

Tele Atlas state that

‘By leveraging 3D city maps, developers can add recognizable building representations with excellent optical quality while maintaining a low volume of data. This ability to present the highly detailed, true-to-life 3D models at exceptionally low data volumes was achieved through a new parametric texture technology developed by GTA Geoinformatik GmbH, a German company with extensive experience in 3D geo-referenced visualization and modelling. With this technology, application developers are provided a range of options, from colored block models to colored facades and roofs with detailed texture’.

Three dimensional cities within satellite navigation systems is a natural move for the market, how they aid in-car navigation compared to the standard map view is open to debate…

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