Thursday 30 July 2009
Crowdsourced 3D City ☀
If a million monkeys typing can write Hamlet, can a million tourists’ snapshots map out a 3D picture of Rome?
The answer is yes. And Venice, too.
There are more than 2 million photos on Flickr tagged with Rome. They capture almost every nook and cranny, every column and doorway, of the old city. If you had a lot of computer power, and the right smart software, you could take these 2 million views and compile them into a single unified 3D portrait.
