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Google Earth Gets Animated

Posted by: Nate Berg

28 September 2009 - 7:00am

Researchers from Georgia Tech are blending real-time video with imagery from Google Earth to create dynamic visualizations of urban places. [Video]

"They use live video feeds (sometimes from many angles) to find the position and motion of various objects, which they then combine with behavioral simulations to produce real-time animations for Google Earth or Microsoft Virtual Earth.

They use motion capture data to help their animated humans move realistically, and were able to extrapolate cars' motion throughout an entire stretch of road from just a few spotty camera angles."

Full Story: Augmented Google Earth Gets Real-Time People, Cars, Clouds
Source: Popular Science, September 25, 2009
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