Google Earth Update

[FigmentFan3]

Just wanted to point out that the entire WDW Property is now in 3D on Google Earth. Backstage areas included. It's pretty neat. The images appear to be pretty recent too.

 

[SnarkyMonkey]

Found you!

Thanks for starting this thread. That is so cool!

Can't wait for more!

 

[Tom]

Why is the beam missing that leads up to the east half of the monorail barn?

 

[articos]

Why is the beam missing that leads up to the east half of the monorail barn?

Google Earth uses a patchwork of stitched images to create a seamless image. G-Earth sometimes doesn't quite match up the imagery properly. This is one of those instances. Look between the beams in the photo and you can see where the image is messed up and cars are also glitchy.

 

[dstrawn9889]

and the fact that it is the 3d views, and not the images themselves, i believe the image processor is quite a bit better at stitching them together.

 

[Next Big Thing]

While technically backstage, anyone can drive back there by the monorail/train barn. That whole area is "backstage", but only a small portion of it is actually gated.

 

[FigmentFan3]

Google Earth uses a patchwork of stitched images to create a seamless image. G-Earth sometimes doesn't quite match up the imagery properly. This is one of those instances. Look between the beams in the photo and you can see where the image is messed up and cars are also glitchy.

The Palm trees at DHS are hilarious. They're just little blobs floating around without trunks.

 

[lazyboy97o]

I guess if you want to get technical about it... My point with the backstage thing though was that EVERYTHING is 3D from Parade Storage at MK (which is inside the berm) to the buildings around the illuminations barge docking area.

Because it is an algorithm that recognizes buildings and puts together a guess. This is why the monorail beams get all wonky and disappear. It's not like the old 3D views that involved buildings modeled by a person.

 

[FigmentFan3]

Because it is an algorithm that recognizes buildings and puts together a guess. This is why the monorail beams get all wonky and disappear. It's not like the old 3D views that involved buildings modeled by a person.

Correct! I believe the original "Walt Disney World in 3D" was modeled manually in SketchUp or the like.

 

[AJScooch]

Am I the only one that when you "walk around" Magic Kingdom, the buildings all seem like you're looking at them in a fun house mirror? All of the shops down Main Street and even the show buildings like PotC or IASW are distorted.

 

[FigmentFan3]

Am I the only one that when you "walk around" Magic Kingdom, the buildings all seem like you're looking at them in a fun house mirror? All of the shops down Main Street and even the show buildings like PotC or IASW are distorted.

Unfortunately that's the way walking around is at this point. Because they're just images taken from a plane sewn together, they appear really weird up close.

 

[SnarkyMonkey]

While technically backstage, anyone can drive back there by the monorail/train barn. That whole area is "backstage", but only a small portion of it is actually gated.

But I can't do that today, now, can I?

Thank you to the OP. I think this is very cool and would love to see more images.

 

[sshindel]

Here's a shot I grabbed this morning of River Country. Such a neat place in such a sad state.
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Ouch! Want to see if you can find a 3d shot of the rubble heap that was once Horizons while you're at it?

 

[cookiee_munster]

Here's a shot I grabbed this morning of River Country. Such a neat place in such a sad state.
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God. you'd think with stuff like Google earth where anyone can see every inch of the park they'd try to do something with it, level it and grass it over. whatever. right now... its... embarrassing.

 

[Eärendil]

God. you'd think with stuff like Google earth where anyone can see every inch of the park they'd try to do something with it, level it and grass it over. whatever. right now... its... embarrassing.

I'm sure stuff like that is high on their list.

 

[SnarkyMonkey]

Neat pic of River Country. What is the parking lot for? Does anyone know? I'm guessing it's not people lined up to go swimming in the swamp.

 

[Brian]

Here's some rubble! Haha. Not sure if Horizons is in there. (Terrifying if it is, right?) This is a dump site in a remote area of the property.View attachment 81130

 

[dstrawn9889]

the dumpsite does not look like that currently, a mound of earth-covered storage containers(think intermodal -- container ship) stacked upon themselves, and covered in scrub grass... leaking shed tears and more into disney watertable

 

[dstrawn9889]

ohhh, you are looking at the horticulture waste area, where the tree limbs and grass clippings and the pulled plants reside, along with the piles of soil, mulch, beach sand, and dredgings are stored.

 

[SnarkyMonkey]

Wowzers...that's a lot of horticultural waste! I always forget just how big that place is.