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Re:German traffic light stays red for 28 years (2015) by awjr on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @05:06AM (#13874765)
Google Maps still pleasantly surprises me. Their 3D view of the area is quite stunning to see in a browser. https://www.google.com/maps/@51.055998,13.7573524,222a,20y,1...
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Re:German traffic light stays red for 28 years (2015) by icebraining on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @09:38AM (#13875962)
The new 3D view is amazing. I've wasted hours playing with it.

Does anyone know if the implementation was ever explained?

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Re:German traffic light stays red for 28 years (2015) by kirse on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @10:40AM (#13876405)
I'm pretty sure they just took the Bing Maps "Bird's Eye view" concept and then applied their existing Google Earth 3D-mapping tech to it. Most of what was exclusively in Earth years ago has been slowly integrated into Maps.
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Re:German traffic light stays red for 28 years (2015) by icebraining on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @02:29PM (#13878518)
Well, fair enough, but then I'm interested in the Google Earth 3D-mapping tech :)
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