Thursday, January 19, 2006
Hot: Real Estate Industry Uses of Satellite/Aerial Imagery:
"The combo of online maps, satellite/aerial imagery, and real estate are a hot combo these days. This new Reuters article, Every inch of Netherlands viewable online, offers a profile of Funda.nl a database that lists 75 percent of the Dutch property for sale and gets 2.6 million visitors every month. It will soon provide 15 million photographs growing it to 21 million images by year-end.
Full-circle pictures taken at 20 meter intervals (about 65 feet) in metropolitan areas and every 50 meters (about 165 feet) in rural areas will show the entire country at street level, with satellite images supplied by Google Earth offering a bird's-eye view.
The local imagery comes from Cyclomedia, a company out of Delft Technical University.
With the release of Google Maps and Google Earth last year we saw numerous mashups that combine real estate listings with aerial and satellite imagery. Example include OnOneMap (UK) and HousingMaps (US)..."
"The combo of online maps, satellite/aerial imagery, and real estate are a hot combo these days. This new Reuters article, Every inch of Netherlands viewable online, offers a profile of Funda.nl a database that lists 75 percent of the Dutch property for sale and gets 2.6 million visitors every month. It will soon provide 15 million photographs growing it to 21 million images by year-end.
Full-circle pictures taken at 20 meter intervals (about 65 feet) in metropolitan areas and every 50 meters (about 165 feet) in rural areas will show the entire country at street level, with satellite images supplied by Google Earth offering a bird's-eye view.
The local imagery comes from Cyclomedia, a company out of Delft Technical University.
With the release of Google Maps and Google Earth last year we saw numerous mashups that combine real estate listings with aerial and satellite imagery. Example include OnOneMap (UK) and HousingMaps (US)..."
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