Re: *SPAM *Re: public domain or inexpensive south manhattan 3D model

["Eric Deren" <eric(at)dzignlight.com>]

Great!  This will probably work for my purposes, thanks so much, guys!

-Eric



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michaël Bentitou" <michaelb(at)hybride.com>
To: <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 4:38 PM
Subject: RE: *SPAM *Re: public domain or inexpensive south manhattan 3D 
model


> Nice - Even if the geometry is not perfect, like you say it's a good
> start. I'm sure there will eventually - or probably is - other web 
> sites
> this tool could be useful. Thanks for sharing!
>
> -=mb.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On
> Behalf
> > Of Andy Jones
> > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 4:24 PM
> > To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> > Subject: *SPAM *Re: public domain or inexpensive south manhattan 3D
> model
> > I've successfully pulled sections of Las Vegas and Los Angeles.  The
> > meshes you get aren't perfect (some vertices are connected weirdly 
> > and
> > such, but it's a pretty effective way to get some geometry in there
> that
> > has the correct layout.  I should also mention it comes in pieces due
> to
> > Google Earth's dynamic loading of mesh data.  You just get whatever 
> > GE
> > was showing when you hit "capture."
> >
> > -Andy
> >
> > Michaël Bentitou wrote:
> >
> > >A little while back Andy Jones from this list posted this link:
> > >
> > >http://ogle.eyebeamresearch.org/
> > >
> > >It seems you can grab anything that's using OGL, so in theory you
> could
> > >grab google-earth south manhattan, save it as an .obj and bring it
> into
> > >XSI.
> > >
> > >Personally I've installed the necessary software but hardly had the
> > >chance to test it - work keeps getting in the way ;-)
> > >
> > >It would be pretty cool if it worked.
> > >
> > >Andy, have you had the chance to test it?
> > >
> > >-=mb.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>-----Original Message-----
> > >>From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On
> > >>
> > >>
> > >Behalf
> > >
> > >
> > >>Of Eric Deren
> > >>Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 3:00 PM
> > >>To: xsi(at)Softimage.COM
> > >>Subject: public domain or inexpensive south manhattan 3D model
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>Has anyone seen such a beast?  Not looking for tremendous detail,
> just
> > >>google-earth detail-level placement of buildings and such.
> > >>Obviously, the more detail the better, to a point, but we're not
> doing
> > >>"Day After Tomorrow" so I don't need terabytes of LIDAR data.  :-)
> > >>
> > >>If anyone has such a thing lying around that they'd be willing to
> > >>
> > >>
> > >donate
> > >
> > >
> > >>or sell, that would be fantastic!  Thanks!
> > >>
> > >>-Eric
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