Laser Range Finders on Google StreetView Cars
Ben Yetman (famed robot mapping guy at Pen Bay Media, his wildly popular article was in Directions a few years back) notes on his blog that Google’s StreetView vehicles are now capturing 3D data. It’s not LiDAR but laser range finding. What could the data be for? Ben suggests:
3D point data could mean a couple things:
Google wants to scan your body to fit you for a new Super Search Suit (probably made of Spandex - the material of the future)... um, yah.
Enhanced image post processing algorithms use it to better mitigate frame overlap
Google is going to present some new textured 3D interfaces in GoogleEarth/Google Maps, beyond what they already model
by Adena Schutzberg on 06/20 at 06:00 AM |
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