New! Explore Yell.com in 3D Photo-real Maps UK

New! Explore Yell.com in 3D Photo-real Maps UK

3D Photo-real imagery comes to a few cities in the United Kingdom in Yell Maps Beta.

"In a UK-first, the photo-realistic 3D maps were created from actual film footage shot from light aeroplanes using sophisticated aerospace technology, which is then merged with other film taken from ground level. They can be used for free on the Yell.com website, which is the online version of the Yellow Pages directory. "

Rendering in 3D Buckingham Palace.

• Buckingham Palace

Discover the residence of the Royal Family in the heart of Westminster from a 3D perspective.

• Bull Ring Birmingham (see image above)

View the Bull Ring shopping centre of Birmingham and discover the quirky Selfridges building from the air.

• Leeds Town hall

Explore Leeds from a new perspective and fly over one of the largest Town Halls in the UK.

• Old Trafford Stadium (Manchester United)

View from the air Old Trafford the Theatre of Dreams, where the famous football club Manchester United play.

Full Url to the Birmingham Bullring

http://www.yell.com/maps/MapAction.do?null&scrambleSeed=&lat=52.477107889650064&lon=-1.8925879721339858&zoomFactor=3&type=&viewer

Mode=3dmap&pitch=39&heading=286&height3d=292&scfov=80&intCam

Source:

Slashgeo

http://technology.slashgeo.org/article.pl?sid=10/06/16/196240