bochen74656 Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 (edited) As most of you know, Google StreetView is its street level mapping of cities, which is part of the larger GoogleMaps service. Google has created a "Liberty City" version of its Google Maps, so next up how about Google Liberty City Street View? Google could collaborate with R* and made an online 360 degree panaroma of its entire Liberty City, navigable by mouse and keyboard and exposing street by street.. much like its real life counterpart already does for large cities in the USA. Infact anyone can do it with just an ordinary digital camera and free software such as autostitch or paid Autopano. It would take a long time because player would have to take a shot, turn field of view 60 degrees, take another shot, etc... and piece it all together with software just to make ONE single 360 from one location... Google in real life does this much easier by installing 360 fish lenses capture cameras on top of its cars that simply drive through all the streets of a busy city... But I would imagine if R* and Google collaborated they could make it much easier by using a virtual 360 camera (like fraps for example, expect embedded in the game engine itself) at take shots of the whole city. Since this would be done at the software level (instead of taking pictures of HDTV screen with camera or using a direct rip from Xbox360/PS3) they would not have to worry about people/cars moving in the game (they could "pause it") and they could easier and quickly map the entire city for streetview without having to "drive" a car around in liberty city! Now I know many of you ask who cares about streetview if you already have the game? I do already have the game, but for those of use who love how the city is designed I'd like the have the option and ability to "roam" around the streets in streetview mode without playing the game.. so sure it will be static one moment in time instead of dynamic matrix of real live in-game, but its not convenient to "explore" the city from a purely "structural" point of view as opposed if we had a Liberty City version of streetview. I would like to have "satellite" view of Liberty City as well. Instead of just a Google Maps of Liberty City (which Google already has provided us) Google should make a "satellite" layer as well as the "street view" that I talked about. So for example when you want to know where something is you can "see it" before you actually have to find it inside the game itself. Also elevation maps of Liberty City would be welcome too! (much like the experimental Google Terrain) I don't quite yet know how one would incorporate a Liberty City "traffic map" overlay yet? But streetview would def. be sweet! Can someone with ability to direct rip from xbox360 or PS3 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make a "streetview" of Star Junction at night? All you need is something free like autostitch and then QTVR, etc... please someone do it and post it online! Edited May 26, 2008 by bochen74656 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bochen74656 Posted May 26, 2008 Author Share Posted May 26, 2008 http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geoc...219143054461093 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QwertyAAA Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Copyright infringement anybody? Would be a bit pointless anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bochen74656 Posted May 26, 2008 Author Share Posted May 26, 2008 Empire State Building : http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geoc...7,0.020084&z=16 Star Junction / Times Square : http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geoc...500051140486715 Algonquin Bridge http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geoc...039330156853019 Museum of Art http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geoc...263728403708013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bochen74656 Posted May 26, 2008 Author Share Posted May 26, 2008 Copyright infringement anybody? Would be a bit pointless anyway... How could it possibly be Copyright infringement, "anybody?" You could say taking screenshots or recording movie clips of in game experience to be the same thing, anybody. Period. Already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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