2013-03-22
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It turns out that Andrew Godwin has coded a 3d visualisation of several London Underground stations, including King’s Cross St Pancras.
If you’re having trouble wrapping your head around the station diagram, you could find being able to turn the thing around and refocus on different platforms useful.
2012-05-09
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NYTimes.com: A Digital Manhattan in ‘The Avengers’ (via mappeal):
We also had a team doing something called LIDAR, which is being able to create geometry of the city by scanning it,” Mr. White said. “We take those spheres of photographs and we project them onto the geometry.
Everyone likes LIDAR and 3D flat-textured 3D renderings, right?
2012-04-06
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Screenshots from the demonstration video / sales pitch from Leica’s ForensicMap Pro “crime and crash mapping and animation software”, via chriswoebken.
Bullet points from the product page:
- Full, direct support of Leica Geosystems scanner data
- Integrity of evidence is assured by a protected database which tracks all changes
- Complete 2D and 3D CAD drawing tools
- Smooth integration with manual measurements, total station, GPS and Evidence Recorder data
- Powerful forensic animation features allow creation of compelling reconstructions
2011-12-03
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The objective of Utanalog by Unfold is to return the iconographic Utah Teapot model to its roots as a piece of functional dishware while showing its status as an icon of the digital world.
Shame it’s so expensive (€299) but it’s a lovely idea.
2011-05-24
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The chapel in Abney Park Cemetery as seen by ScanLAB Projects. One for the New Aesthetic Tumblr, perhaps? (via Andy McFarland.)
2009-08-15
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Plans for the extension of Victoria Underground station, with a new northern ticket hall for the Victoria line, towards Cardinal Place, as seen on London Reconnections (indirectly via)
Of course, with a £700m cost estimate, I’m not sure I’d be holding my breath on this one.
2009-03-16
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The Economist: The final reel
Goodbye to the Grand Canyon in 3D
Fisher-Price, the toy company that used to market them, has just eliminated almost all the View-Master titles that have been a staple of young lives for almost 70 years.
The boxy binocular-style viewers remain; but the circular reels that brought three-dimensional images of the world to millions have now been cut back to a handful of children’s titles
image via The Wandering Youth
