On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Laurence Penney <l...@lorp.org> wrote:
> Was "Re: [OSM-talk] Should Bridges be independent of their ways?" > >> Well, let's take this intersection: > >> > http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&ie=UTF8&layer=c&cbll=-26.124795,152.574151&panoid=H08s6qv1gLXcd8hGtNhvwg&cbp=12,333.55,,0,2.6&ll=-26.124704,152.574123&spn=0,359.996175&z=18 > > OT... > > ... but I couldn't help admiring the beauty of how the cursor changes > from horizontal to vertical in this image. I'd seen it before, and > assumed it was based on where the horizon was - neat but not that > tricky. But no, this location, with a rocky wall close on one side and > open space on the other, demonstrates that the cursor knows about > distance to opacity! I can only assume Google grabs some info from the > stitching process, building 3D info to feed into the Street View UI. Their streetview cars also use LIDAR to get a depthmap as they drive.
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