Google Maps Shows 2.5D Buildings
Maps April 12th, 2007 - By Haochi
Google Maps is now displaying some 2.5D buildings in some major U.S. cities after showing the building outlines.
2.5D, short for two-and-a-half dimensional, although technically incorrect, is a term that has become popular to describe a number of different phenomena, most of which are related to computing and especially video games. [Wikipedia]
You should be able to see the contents once you zoom to higher levels.
[via GEarthBlog and OgleEarth]
April 12th, 2007 at 11:52 am
Cool. It doesn’t always get the shapes of the building quite right though.
April 12th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
For that, I will go with ‘Nothing is Perfect‘.