aliteralbuttload t1_ixfur4a wrote
Reply to comment by Something_IDGAF in Driving Simulator tool on Google Maps that lets you virtually drive through routes from anywhere by t-bands
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.
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.
NilsTillander t1_ixgi9m8 wrote
Geoguessr uses Street View data, but yes, there's API fees...
xxxblackspider t1_ixhbz41 wrote
It's actually quite accessible and priced by usage
cardcomm t1_ixiaeno wrote
>Only Microsoft has come close and did just that with Flight Sim.
They use Bing data though, not Google
aliteralbuttload t1_ixieixd wrote
Yes, they are B).
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