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The Dubai 3D mapping project

February 19, 2015

We recently came across this interesting article. It appears that the Dubai Municipality plans to create a 3D map of the whole emirate. It is intended primarily for government use, but it will also be made available to the general public. It will be captured using octocopter drones.

Dubai apparently has not allowed Google to take aerial photos of the city, let alone map it in 3D. We don’t know the reason for this, but it could be a desire to censor certain locations, as will be done in the Dubai 3D project. However, Google has censored 3D imagery in Greece, either by making the 3D imagery very blocky, as in the case of Cephalonia International Airport, or simply leaving out the location, as is the case with Mykonos Island National Airport. So is this likely to happen in other major cities around the world, where Google or other mapping companies are prevented from capturing imagery?

Dubai does have Street View, including inside the Burj Khalifa. It also has quite a number of 3D models from the Sketchup 3D Warehouse, again including the Burj Khalifa.

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View from the 154th floor of the Burj Dubai as seen in Street View.

Filed Under: Site News Tagged With: burj khalifa, dubai

The best of Google Earth for June, 2013

June 28, 2013

The end of June is nearly upon us. Here are some of the highlights from the month:

We took a look at Colin Hazelhurt’s “Sailing Alone Around the World” set of tours, which he continues to create each week.

We showed you fresh imagery from the devastation following the tornado in Moore, Oklahoma.

Google pushed out some nice updates to their ocean map, as well as fresh 3D Imagery in a variety of cities around the world and quite a lot of fresh Street View imagery.

NASA’s Earth Observatory shared some amazing imagery from the Bingham Canyon Mine landslide.

We showed you some of our favorite tips for making Google Earth work better on your computer.

Google took Street View to the top of the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, then they updated the base imagery to look even more amazing from space.

If you’re looking for more areas to explore, these 25,000 ancient sites should keep you busy.

What was your favorite Google Earth story in June?

Filed Under: Site News Tagged With: 3d imagery, bingham canyon mine, burj khalifa, colin hazelhurst, oklahoma, street view

Experience the Burj Khalifa in Street View

June 24, 2013

The Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the tallest building in the world, is now accessible via Street View.  Google used a variety of devices and techniques (including the “trekker“) to capture the building and it is absolutely amazing.

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You can experience it by using the normal Street View tools in either Google Earth or Google Maps, though it’s a bit tricky to move to different floors.  A better bet is to use this Street View gallery to check out the various locations that have been captured.

In addition, Google has created a nice video that shows some of the behind-the-scenes work that made this new imagery possible:

(via Google Lat Long Blog)

Filed Under: Google Earth News, Sightseeing Tagged With: burj khalifa, dubai, street view, trekker



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