America from above, as map and satellite or aerial photo, that have some competitors in the offer beside Google still. But America in 3D? Exactly that wants to carry out Google with computer scientists of the University of Stanford: the Virtualisierung of cities. San Francisco makes the beginning. The newest fruit of the co-operation of Google with computer scientists of the University of Stanford is a project for the production of 3D-Stadtplaenen, reports the "SiliconValleyWatcher". The beginning is made with San Francisco. In addition Trucks, equipped with lasers and digital cameras, are to drive off each individual road of the city and to measure with the help of the lasers the dimensions of all buildings. With these data a Framework is then produced, into which the appropriate digital photos are inserted and so realistic 3D-Wiedergaben of the buildings to make possible. These information was then placed to on-line and could form thereby an interesting addition of the satellite-based map software Google map... full article here http://google.com/translate?u=http:...8,359752,00.html&langpair=de|en&hl=en&ie=UTF8