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

[Rainer Schmidt <itrisk(at)gmx.net>]

I tried it an only got garbage out of it... I did not play to much with 
the settings. It seems that there is quite a bit tweaking involved in 
retrieving the data out of your card/intercepting it. I got a few single 
vertices and a bunch of strange polygons and then lost the drive to 
research deeper... Google should post that in their 3d archive 
website.... They have models of many other land marks... why not plop 
manhattan as blocks there. Many would love that.
Rainer


Michaël Bentitou wrote:
> 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!
>
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> > -----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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On
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> > > 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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