http://www.metafilter.com/tags/3dmaps Posts tagged with '3dmaps' at MetaFilter. Sun, 21 Nov 2004 17:37:56 -0800 Sun, 21 Nov 2004 17:37:56 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/37123/Google%2Dacquires%2Dkeyhole%2Dservice <a href="http://www.keyhole.com/index.html?promo=hpp-en-us-1">Use the free 7 day trial while it's available!</a> This lil program lets you zoom in pretty darn close on just about any spot in the world. And it is FREAKING COOL. I don't have much better commentary than that, sorry. You can zoom around to your favorite locations, tilt the camera, show all road names, rotate views - and once you've got a bunch of stuff plugged in its really neat to just click between them and watch the flyby. I can't believe this isn't a double post, but couldn't find it on search. Have fun! tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.37123 Sun, 21 Nov 2004 17:37:56 -0800 3d 3dmaps earth google googleearth keyhole mapping maps glenwood http://www.metafilter.com/26087/3D%2DMaps%2Dof%2DNearby%2DSpace <a href="http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2003/05/29_space.shtml">3-D Maps of Nearby Space</a> "The first detailed map of space within about 1,000 light years of Earth places the solar system in the middle of a large hole that pierces the plane of the galaxy...The new map, produced by University of California, Berkeley, and French astronomers, alters the reigning view of the solar neighborhood." (<a href="http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2003/05/images/planar.jpg">one view</a>|<a href="http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2003/05/images/polar.jpg">another view</a>|<a href="http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/download/">links to bigger images</a>) tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.26087 Fri, 30 May 2003 12:36:11 -0800 3d 3dmaps astronomy galaxy maps solarsystem space kirkaracha