In the their next step towards their ultimate goal of realtime one to one replication of the planet, Google has started crowd-sourcing the production of its 3D content for google earth with its new product Google Building Maker. I suppose that at some point the streetview van will be able to contribute to the effort also. Just scan for outline as you hurtle down the street, wrap a texture over it, upload it and allow people to tweak from there.
via Butterpaper.
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