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aliteralbuttload t1_ixfur4a wrote

This is just guessing but you probably have to pay Google a shit ton of money to use the map data commercially unless you are

A) Google, where the project will be killed 6 months after release

B) Capable of creating your own street view data of the entire globe.

Only Microsoft has come close and did just that with Flight Sim.

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CertainWorldliness t1_ixgjhy3 wrote

That new flight simulator world combines the data with AI landscape generation and its absolutely sick… from the sky at least. Get a little closer to the ground and you’ll see an upside down house here and there.

Absolutely mind blowing tech. Can’t wait to see where it goes.

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SirHaxe t1_ixhga23 wrote

> from the sky at least.

I don't know much about planes, but aren't they generally supposed to be in the sky?

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NilsTillander t1_ixgi9m8 wrote

Geoguessr uses Street View data, but yes, there's API fees...

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cardcomm t1_ixiaeno wrote

>Only Microsoft has come close and did just that with Flight Sim.

They use Bing data though, not Google

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