In reviewing the 2007 annual report from Intermap Technologies (IMP), I came across a tidbit of information about how the company is supporting research at Auburn Univeristy to study fuel efficiency by using 3D vector data derived from their NEXTMap core data. The objective was to develop simulations for predictive cruise control and automatic gear shifting to calculate optimal vehicle speed and gear selection. The results of the simulation showed an increase of fuel performance of 3% and a potential reduction in diesel fuel consumption of 1 billion gallons annually in the U.S. if every truck used this technology.
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8 items tagged "3D"
All Points Blog
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Save Gas...3D Data Drives Cruise Control
Posted: May 13th, 2008, 2:47pm CEST
Tags: 3D
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Local Papers Create Virtual World for their Valley
Posted: April 16th, 2008, 1:49pm CEST
Tags: 3D
This may not be the first of its kind, but it's the first of which I've heard. The Castro Valley Forum and San Leandro Times are hosting their own virtual world representing the area. For now there are but three "areas" represented by buildings: a business district, a library and a news and information stand. Users download a small 3D file and the Unity Web Player (seemless install on my Mac) to enter the world. Once there they can interact with the few books on the shelf and click on announcements in the news stand to learn more. I had some trouble navigating (I've never been good at 3D) but did eventually find the newspaper box for Castro Valley Forum. I clicked on it to see the top headlines.
It his how newspapers may hold on? In virtual worlds?
Mapperz - The Mapping News Blog
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Google Earth 4.3 (Beta) Now Available
Posted: April 16th, 2008, 9:23am CEST by Mapperz
Tags: 3D
updated New Keyboard Shortcuts [earth.google.com] (dependant on language selected) Google Earth 4.3 (Beta) is now available to download Google earth...
Map and GIS News finding blog. With so many Maps and GIS sites online now it is hard to find the good from the not so good. This blog tries to cut the cream and provide you with the newest, fastest, cleanest and most user friendly maps that are available online. News has location and it is mapped. -
Shapefile Overlay in Virtual Earth
Posted: April 14th, 2008, 1:34pm CEST by Mapperz
Tags: 3D
15/04/2008 The Official Virtual Earth Blog picked up the this post and there 'maybe' potential for Virtual Earth to support ESRI Shapefiles in future edtions of Virtual Earth...(v6.2 please). Read...
Map and GIS News finding blog. With so many Maps and GIS sites online now it is hard to find the good from the not so good. This blog tries to cut the cream and provide you with the newest, fastest, cleanest and most user friendly maps that are available online. News has location and it is mapped.
Slashgeo
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Shanghai In 3D
Posted: April 2nd, 2008, 4:17am CEST by lxnyce
Tags: 3D
The Map Room blog has an article covering this nice mapping application. From their summary : "It doesn’t work in Safari and the text is only in Chinese, but this eerily cartoon-like, three-dimensional map of Shanghai is still worth a look. (I think I just had a Sim City flashback.)" For more information as well as the link to the live demo, please visit the Map Room blog.Read more of this story at Slashgeo.
All Points Blog
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General Dynamics UK to Offer 3D Near Real Time Environments for Soldiers
Posted: March 31st, 2008, 1:32pm CEST
Tags: 3D
The technology, described as an "urban intelligence and surveillance system" is called Masthead and will be announced at a special forces show in Jordan this week.
Data capture can be done with a system based on LIDAR (Light Intensity Direction and Ranging) that sits atop a jeep. Also in development: the ability to fuse data from other sensors, such as those that see through walls.
Mike Thomas, the business development manager at the company's Mission Systems division "said that by using 3-D through-the-wall radar, thermal imaging and X-ray backscatter, you can fuse data to create a picture of a building's external and internal structures, as well as detect objects and people inside."
The UK developed and GD UK funded work is not subject to U.S. technology export regulations.
- Defense News
Mapperz - The Mapping News Blog
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3D Geology Maps
Posted: March 31st, 2008, 1:12pm CEST
Tags: 3D
3D Geology Maps using Virtual Earth Geology Maps Available (US only) Arizona Grand Canyon NP Colorado (western half) Utah (state level) Washington State (state level)...
Map and GIS News finding blog. With so many Maps and GIS sites online now it is hard to find the good from the not so good. This blog tries to cut the cream and provide you with the newest, fastest, cleanest and most user friendly maps that are available online. News has location and it is mapped.
Slashgeo
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Making 3D Models from Video Clips
Posted: January 8th, 2008, 1:13am CET by lxnyce
Tags: 3D
SlashDot is currently running an article about this. It's truly amazing technology, and I suggest you view the video link provided below. Here is their summary : "The user interacts with VideoTrace by tracing the shape of the object to be modeled over one or more frames of the video. By interpreting the sketch drawn by the user in light of 3D information obtained from computer vision techniques, a small number of simple 2D interactions can be used to generate a realistic 3D model." The video is pretty good, so I will provide a link to it since it's hard to find. Video Demo. For more information and a links to the full story, follow the SlashDot link above.Read more of this story at Slashgeo.