Google Photorealistic 3D Tiles for Locational Views

November 22, 2023 - 2 minutes read

Google Photorealistic 3D Tiles for Locational Views

Google has recently introduced a groundbreaking technology known as “Photorealistic 3D Tiles,” which offers a seamless 3D mesh model of the real world, textured with high-resolution RGB optical imagery. This innovation allows for the creation of immersive 3D map experiences, providing high-fidelity representations of cities, landmarks, and terrain. Photorealistic 3D Tiles are designed for visualization at city-block-to citywide scale, covering over 2500 cities across 49 countries[2][3].

Key Features and Applications

  • High-Quality 3D Maps: Photorealistic 3D Tiles provide high-resolution 3D maps in many of the world’s populated areas, enabling users to understand an area, confidently navigate to a location, and evaluate new places to make decisions[3].
  • Immersive Visualization: This technology facilitates the creation of immersive 3D visualizations in the browser, allowing for the representation of high-fidelity cities and terrain. It also supports use cases like line of sight and digital representations of spatial patterns[2][4].
  • Versatile Integration: Photorealistic 3D Tiles can be used with various renderers and visualization libraries, such as CesiumJS and deck.gl, due to its adoption of the Open Geospatial Consortium’s 3D Tiles standard[4].

Practical Applications

Developers across industries have leveraged Photorealistic 3D Tiles to create powerful visual map experiences. Some applications include illustrating future land developments, extending 2D maps to 3D for better spatial communication, creating location-based AR experiences, and developing branded immersive maps to drive customer engagement[4].

Conclusion

Google’s Photorealistic 3D Tiles offer a revolutionary approach to visualizing locational views, providing developers and users with an unprecedented level of detail and realism. This technology has the potential to transform the way we interact with and understand geographical data, opening up new possibilities for a wide range of applications and industries[1][5].

Citations:
[1] https://localyse.eu/explore-googles-photorealistic-3d-tiles-with-localyse/
[2] https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/maps-platform/create-immersive-3d-map-experiences-photorealistic-3d-tiles
[3] https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/tile/3d-tiles
[4] https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/maps-platform/build-immersive-maps-at-scale-with-photorealistic-3d-2d-and-street-view-tiles-now-in-ga
[5] https://mapsplatform.google.com/maps-products/map-tiles/

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