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25 Apr 2024 09:57:12 EDT (-0400)
  Re: POV-Ray + Google Streetview  
From: Kenneth
Date: 15 Nov 2010 03:05:01
Message: <web.4ce0e89567a3891c196b08580@news.povray.org>
"RobF" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> ... Each panorama is made of a number of square tiles
> (512x512 pixels). I used POV-Ray to stitch them together. The merged panorama is
> already a spherical projection, so I wrapped the panorama image around a sphere
> and placed the camera inside.
>

So the Google camera car made a complete panorama of images every few feet,
while it traveled up the East Side highway? WOW, that's a lot of imagery to deal
with.

Now all you need is a (relatively simple?) POV-Ray car interior--with windows,
dashboard, etc--and a suitable sun to cast some shadows into it. Plus a
rear-view mirror, of course. ;-)

Ken


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