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A virtual Philadelphia comes to life
GeoSim Systems calls its models "photorealistic." Images are created by applying photographic texture to location-specific geometry. In this image, City Hall is just to the right of center. (The crosswalk points in its direction.)
Credit: GeoSim Systems
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Imagine having turn-by-turn directions with land marks. It's idiot-proof.
- Double Browsing
- by flockingparty February 13, 2006 12:24 PM PST
- Idiot proofing: it's harder than it sounds. It will be easier when
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(4 Comments)GPS and heads-up display are more pervasive. Navigating with a
separate display slows you way down. Until then, "double
browsing" will be a new psychological condition for city
navigators, savy and unsavy alike. "Mirror
Worlds" by David Gelertner seems to provide some more
appropriate uses of this technology for the immediate future.
The topics he addresses include: city management, business,
spatializing information (that's the Google connection?), and
some others I can't remember.