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Re:NYU releases the largest LiDAR dataset ever to help urban... by anigbrowl on Thursday July 13, 2017 @03:34AM (#14759420)
I wonder how many games and movies we'll see set there?
Re:NYU releases the largest LiDAR dataset ever to help urban... by TeMPOraL on Thursday July 13, 2017 @05:41AM (#14759956)
None? At least for video games, for some reason producers don't seem to like to include real cities. They recreate architectural styles, put a lot of work into making the place feel like the real city, but if you pull out an actual map, it turns out the virtual buildings and streets don't exist.

I first realized that when I played Modern Warfare 3 around the same time I visited Prague. I pulled up the Prague level map and compared to the city map and my photos; lo and behold, it turns out the city plan in the game was completely made up, even though it features sorta-like real buildings.