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augmented reality sandbox for 3D visualization of topography models and simulated water (Oliver Kreylos, UC Davis)

via Riparian Rap

i want one.

cartophile:

This company in the UK makes stainless steel 3D topo maps. Amazing. 

sinospheres:

Drawing countries on top of a 3D sphere using Processing. Bookmarked for future referencing.

(Source: sinospheres)

passenger volumes entering Vancouver during the 2010 Winter Olympics (bio.diospora)

via Visualising Data

3D Lidar map of the Amazon (Carnegie Airborne Observatory)

via NOTCOT

London Twitter data visualized as 3D mountains (CASA)

via Digital Urban

prostheticknowledge:

Sim City 2000 Tabletop Play Set 

Found on Thingiverse (a site for anyone to upload 3D files for 3D printing), a collection of files to make playing tiles from Sim City 2000:

Do you think the Politicians have it all Wrong? Is your Mayor a Bumbling Idiot? Are your local City Planers out to kill you?

Well now you can prove them all wrong! Demonstrate your city building mettle with the Sim City 2000 Tabletop Play Set!

All the Thrills of being a real City Planner, without the boring environmental impact statements.

But Watch Out! Disaster can Strike at any moment! The Devastation of the Spilled Coffee Flood! The Clean-Up Alien from the In-law’s House! The Horror Of the Attacking 1000 foot 3-Year-Old!

More information and links can be found here

sunfoundation:

Interview: Nadia Amoroso On DataAppeal And DIY Urban Mapping

One year ago we wrote an article on The Exposed City: Mapping the Urban Invisibles, a book by Toronto-based urban designer and researcher Nadia Amoroso that deals with the world of visual representation of the city in a new digital context. The book formed the basis for DataAppeal, a new online geograpical data visualization service that was recently launched by Amoroso and a team of designers, artists, computer scientists, information delivery specialists, and GIS specialists. DataAppeal provides a new way of geo-based data visualization and generates beautifully crafted 3D and 4D animated maps — effectively turning information into works of art. We asked her five questions about DataAppeal and the democratization of urban mapping.

prostheticknowledge:

LEGO 3D Milling Machine - “3D Printer” by arthursacek (via Gizmodo)

Holy mother of Gandalf! Some amazing guy called Arthur Sacek has built this 3D milling machine entirely out of Lego. Be sure to watch the video till the very end, when he reveals the resulting model with a vacuum cleaner.

Worth repeating: Every part of the machine, except the drill piece, is made of LEGO. (more here)

DataAppeal - 3D/4D map visualizations via a web app

(above: park space around Lake Michigan)

via information aesthetics