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Axonometric projection of cities
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 | , |

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Bing Maps has been hosting ‘bird’s-eye-view” photographs for some time now, offering a unique service above that of Google Maps.  Well, they have recently upped the ante by weaving bird’s eye view images with satellite images into a Simcity canvas, shown in that distinctive axonometric projection.  Some very sophisticated software combines geo-imagery of many sources into a somewhat seamless tapestry.  I expect that more and more sources will be woven in soon.

I am thankful that a second party besides Google is also producing high quality, free online mapping tools.  You can explore their bird’s-eye-view projections online, but not using Google Chrome… Internet Explorer is recommended.

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