Earthmine enables 3-D mapping apps on iPhone and other smart phones
Earthmine released its own augmented reality application, Wild Style City, earlier this year. With that application, Earthmine captures 3-D views of cities and then lets artists draw fake graffiti all over them. Users can cruise through the streets of San Francisco and view the graffiti and other messages that others overlay on the real places.
Now the Berkeley, Calif.-based company is releasing a suite that lets others to do the same thing on smart phones and… Continue Reading
Earthmine lets you splash graffiti on virtual cities without getting arrested
Earthmine is unveiling a 3-D mapping application today that captures the real world and then lets artists draw graffiti all over it.
Wild Style City is a kind of 3-D recreation of the world that faithfully reproduces every street in cities such as San Francisco, much like Google’s StreetView application. But Earthmine’s twist is that it adds a virtual layer on the buildings upon which users can draw legal graffiti.
This app is a good example of… Continue Reading
Geospatial new-comer Earthmine to use Nasa mapping technology
With the Crunchies just a couple of weeks away, we’ve covered most the contenders on this site, with a few exceptions. One is Earthmine, a nominee in the Best Technology Innovation/Achievement category.
The company is building a geospatial platform that will integrate with web applications to give them access to a database of in-depth 3D data on a selection of major metropolitan areas. The product is expected to target government agencies, builders, and others involved in urban planning…. Continue Reading