[OSM-talk] Three-dimensional aerial imagery

[Richard Weait]

On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Ed Avis <eda at waniasset.com> wrote:
> I saw this news story about how three-dimensional aerial photos, viewed with
> special glasses, make it easier to pick out structures on the ground.
>
> <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13359064>
>
> I wonder if any such 3-d imagery is available today?  It would seem to involve
> having two cameras a set distance apart.  If OSM ever charters a plane again, as
> was done for Stratford-upon-Avon, England, a few years back, it might be worth
> taking two cameras instead of one.  In the meantime I guess we'll wait for the
> 3-d display Windows Phone to come out, with accompanying Bing Maps 3D.

Available today?  Sure.  This imagery has been around for a while.

http://www.pathfinderonline.co.uk/articles/item/164-operation-crossbow-how-3d-glasses-defeated-hitler