Australian Project Maps 3D Earth
Anyone out there who’s read Neal Stephenson’s breakthrough novel Snow Crash probably remembers “Earth,” the software that used satellite images, GIS data, street maps, and more to provide Hiro Protagonist with a zoomable 3D view of the world from the outer atmosphere all the way down to the street level. Well, the Planet Earth Project in Australia is going a long way toward reproducing that software on today’s computers.
The software is currently in a 1.0 demo version — virtual a virtual geographical explorations of the Dolomite Mountains in Italy, the Tasmanian wilderness, and Sydney, Australia are available. The hardware requirements are a little steep for my aging computer, but I’d love to hear about the experiences of anyone who’s had a chance to try the software!
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