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Google Earth's bendy bridges

Postby loder » June 27th, 2011, 8:03 am

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It looks like an artist's impression of a terrifying new rollercoaster, but this is a render of a real Google Earth bridge.

Google Earth, the online globe lets you to zoom into take a close look at most parts of the world, created these distorted views of bridges because of the way its images are put together. Three dimensional models within Google Earth only contain information about the terrain - the land or the bottom of the ocean. Two dimensional satellite images are laid over the top, showing structures such as bridges. When the 2D bridges are projected on top of the terrain beneath, they follow its contours with decidedly curvy results.
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Re: Google Earth's bendy bridges

Postby Martian » June 28th, 2011, 2:22 pm

Wow!
I would love to drive over roads like that!
Would certainly make motorway driving more fun!
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