Some of my 3D scenarios

Barcelona (Spain), Winnipeg (Canada), Las Vegas (USA), Moscow (Russia), Durban (South Africa), Vancouver (Canada) and Tokyo (Japan)… these were some of my Terrain view’s 3D scenarios published by Computamaps, a South African company I worked in not so long ago. By the way it was one of my best professional experiences ever… I enjoyed joiningContinue reading “Some of my 3D scenarios”

One more 3D building in Avenida de la Vega. Restaurante Asiático SHENG. Madrid, Spain.

I used to have lunch every thrusday there, at the ‘Restaurante Asiático SHENG’. I strongly recommend you ‘entremeses’ (In China you will find them as ‘dim-sum’) and Cantonese duck or Hong Kong duck (this was slightly spicy thou).  Very good food, very fast service and pretty cheap menu: 10,7 €… ideal for an IT worker!. TheseContinue reading “One more 3D building in Avenida de la Vega. Restaurante Asiático SHENG. Madrid, Spain.”

News: Lufthansa Realtime 3D Airtraffic

I have just read a very interesting item of news. WHITEVOID has just released a 3D visualization engine for monitoring more than 16.000  Lufthansa airplanes in realtime… amazing, isn’t it?. You can navigate throughout the world in a 3D 14 meters screen (!) while you filter content and adjust size, speed and any other parameter… InContinue reading “News: Lufthansa Realtime 3D Airtraffic”

News: Amazing Helsinki 3D!

Navigating all over the world within Google Earth I have just discovered a brand new 3d layer in Helsinki, Finland.  Almost every building around makes this scenario very realistic… You just have to click on ‘3d buildings’  and it will show you this incredible layer… Does anybody know a WMS map to use it here?.Continue reading “News: Amazing Helsinki 3D!”

Vicalvaro Buildings 3D. Madrid, Spain.

And Now I would like to add one more set of buildings around my house. This is a block of flats in Vicálvaro, Madrid, Spain. This is supposed to be ‘Valderribas’ area… hope you like them!

News: Capaware, an opensource 3D geographical Multilayer Framework… First steps…

I discovered this project a few months ago and I’ve been following them very close. It’s always very interesting for freelancers and self taught professionals having an opensource 3D framework to start building your own scenaries not needing to pay a big amount of money for a license… I will do my best to upload here myContinue reading “News: Capaware, an opensource 3D geographical Multilayer Framework… First steps…”

Windmills (wind turbines). Geovisualization live!

I will do my best to build a 3d scenario incluiding a few wind generators located very close to Pancorbo Cliff, North of Spain, about 320 km from Madrid. As usual, I started getting a model from 3D warehouse and included inside my google sketch up session… after that it was just placing it inContinue reading “Windmills (wind turbines). Geovisualization live!”

Getting textures from Google Maps – Street View

I this post I am trying to show you how easy is adding a building to your scenario using textures from Google Maps (Street View). You have to know a little bit about Photoshop and layers and these stuff but it’s pretty easy thou… First step, capturing my screen…OMG!!! there’s a tree in the middleContinue reading “Getting textures from Google Maps – Street View”

WMS in Google Earth.

I have thought there is something very interesting maybe you guys have never tried… using your Google Earth sesssion not just for navigating, finding your house or the place you are going on holidays to… If you use the WMS protocol to show your map over your 3D scenario you are going to add aContinue reading “WMS in Google Earth.”

Georreferenced pictures. Geovisualization live!

You find a picture you like and convert it to 3D in a few steps: Step1: Find a picture you like: Step2: Now Open your Google Earth and go to Tools/Add/Photo:   Step3: You have it with the same perspective… you can even navigate inside the picture… This is just within a 3D model, now imagine ifContinue reading “Georreferenced pictures. Geovisualization live!”