How we work: To complete a 3d city model 3idee needs two things: photographs and a digital 2d drawing of the city.
For the Utrecht Station Area project we hired
Skypictures to
photograph the city of Utrecht, making sure every building was photographed from
all four wind directions. The photographs were taken at a 45 to 55 degree angle
so they showed the facades and the rooftops.
The photographs were taken on a cloudy but very clear day.
This allows us to use our 3d models in several existing virtual worlds such as;
Google Earth, Virtual Earth, Virtuocity, etc.. We use sunlight simulation software to
incorporate the shadows in the 3d models to match the underlying photographs.
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