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May 4, 2011
Explore Osama bin Laden's compound in 3D
It's just been a few days since Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and already there are a variety of 3D models of his mansion available in the Google 3D Warehouse. Some are nice renderings, some use very realistic textures, and one is simply meant to be funny. However, all of them show that there are some very talented modelers out there, being able to produce models of this quality in such a short time frame.
Here are some of the best ones, in no particular order:
From J.A. Alvarez | details | KMZ
From Mogens Bregnbaek | details | KMZ
I would assume that Google will post one of them as a default 3D model in Google Earth at some point. I wonder which one they'll use? Which one would you choose?
Posted by mickmel at May 4, 2011 8:03 AM
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Posted by: Freddi at May 4, 2011 8:15 AM
Interesting how this was created so fast!
Posted by: John Stephens at May 4, 2011 12:28 PM
Its like they are more of protecting osama rather than him hiding because that is a huge house and it is impossible that no one sees him there.
Posted by: fajas colombianas at May 4, 2011 1:37 PM
Nice models. After looking at the house I can't see how anyone would think of it as a mansion. It looks like a run down, little shack. Also according to google earth, the house is no longer than 40 feet across. That's not a mansion.
Posted by: wooosh at May 5, 2011 4:06 AM
I wonder how many of the other homes in the neighborhood had such thick, high walls or such a remarkable size. A three-story building was in deep contrast with the surroundings. It makes me wonder if the neighbors weren't suspicious.
Posted by: Lorne S. Marr at May 5, 2011 8:13 AM
A company in the US is paid $75,000 a month for lobbying for Pakistan and we give them billions of dollars per year in aid? Let them damn company move over there and cut their aid. Damn this is just sickening to no end.
Posted by: Web Design at May 6, 2011 4:09 AM
looks like some sort of country club in 1 picture I wonder how much it would cost to stay there.
Posted by: 3D Renderings at May 11, 2011 1:23 AM
I noticed that on May 2, CNN and other media showed footage of a large white satellite dish in bin Laden's compound. This footage quickly disappeared, though, and then we were informed that bin Laden used a "sneakernet" to deliver his email. He would place his messages on flash drives, then have his foot soldiers take the drives to another location to upload his email onto the net. Question: was the CIA unable to decipher bin Laden's encryption code? For surely he was using the sat connection.
Posted by: Furzy Mouse at May 14, 2011 1:39 PM
Someone has created a fairly detailed 3D animation of the osama compound in abbottabad on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfrPPfvuDP4
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Posted by: Edward at May 21, 2011 9:17 PM
She refused to give her name because she did not want to be quoted by name in a newspaper.
Posted by: kabin at March 10, 2012 12:33 PM
Also according to google earth, the house is no longer than 40 feet across. That's not a mansion.
Posted by: koltuk yıkama at April 11, 2012 10:25 AM
we could not experience of looking at the volcano's eruption. Thanks google, that's why your still number 1.
Posted by: sandalye at May 18, 2012 8:41 AM
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It's interesting that still 1/2 of the compound's photos on the web show one of the neighbouring buildings. Must have been pretty hard for the modelers not to become confused about all that...
Great work!