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Friday, May 16. 2008

3D Walt Disney Tuesday on Google Earth

The map began with eight photographers who canvassed every inch of Disney World for 10 days. Then their images were rendered in 3-D.

Click on Space Mountain, for instance, and you can view a video of the ride and get information such as height requirements. Put your mouse on the Grand Floridian and a video of the resort pops up. You also can check availability and rates and make a reservation.

It will cover Walt Disney Parks and Resorts will make it easy to take a virtual trip to Walt Disney World's Epcot Center, Animal Kingdom, Disney's Hollywood Studios and 22 Disney hotels and resorts, that's some 1500 rides, restaurants and attractions. It's all outside scenes for now, but indoor and other Disney properties are on the list for the future.

- USA Today
Posted by Adena Schutzberg in Google, 3D at 07:56 | Comment (1) | Trackbacks (0)

Tuesday, May 13. 2008

Save Gas...3D Data Drives Cruise Control

In reviewing the 2007 annual report from Intermap Technologies (IMP), I came across a tidbit of information about how the company is supporting research at Auburn Univeristy to study fuel efficiency by using 3D vector data derived from their NEXTMap core data. The objective was to develop simulations for predictive cruise control and automatic gear shifting to calculate optimal vehicle speed and gear selection. The results of the simulation showed an increase of fuel performance of 3% and a potential reduction in diesel fuel consumption of 1 billion gallons annually in the U.S. if every truck used this technology.
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