Have you lot e'er dreamed of owning your ain 3d scale model of the Grand Canyon or the Matterhorn? Well thank you lot to the Terrainator you lot right away can.
The Terrainator uses Google Maps to aid you lot pick out your favorite expanse of terrain. It so creates an accurate scale model in addition to uploads it to Shapeways, gear upwards for 3D-printing. The models are scaled so that the base of operations is 45cm2. The terms of the model depends on the book of cloth required to brand the model. Flatter models are thus cheaper than mountainous areas, although they are much less fun.
Currently you lot tin hand notice purchase models from terrain inward the western USA, from the UK in addition to from the Alps.
Pursued is a surprisingly fun Street View game from Hungarian independent game developers Nemesys Games. The game is really uncomplicated but no less gripping for that. You are placed into an unnamed location inward Google Maps Street View in addition to all you lot accept to produce is approximate the city.
There accept been map guessing games inward the past times that purpose Google Maps satellite views. The employment alongside trying to approximate a location from a satellite stance all the same is that you lot either recognise the location shown or you lot don't. What I discovery surprising alongside Pursued was how oft I tin hand notice recognise a province simply from the trend of architecture in addition to the street slice of furniture inward the Street View.
Even if you lot can't approximate the location from the visual clues inward the Street View you lot tin hand notice deed simply about using the Street View navigation controls in addition to drib dead clues from nearby posters in addition to street signs.
Pursued is fun!
I promise to tell it but past times far the nigh pop in addition to nigh shared post service on Google this calendar week was, Paixão Nacional, a Google Map of the world's greatest rear-ends.
The map's designers assure users that this map is non porn in addition to that 'the donkey is art', all the same you lot should endure advised that this map is belike NSFW. As good equally submitting your ain donkey to the map you lot tin hand notice vote on the asses already submitted.
Paixão Nacional likewise includes listings of the 'top asses', the nigh of late submitted asses in addition to a 'but of the week'.
