Mars Mapping Technology Brings Main Street to Life

About this technology

Overview

Berkeley, California-based earthmine inc., licensed 3-D data-generation software and algorithms from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory originally used to create a 3-D representation of the local terrain to allow autonomous routing of the Mars Exploration Rovers. earthmine combined the software and algorithms with its unique capture hardware and Web delivery technology in a system that integrates the information to deliver accurate street-level geospatial data through a Web-based interface. Complete municipalities are collected through high-quality, 3-D panoramic images-including every road, alley, and freeway-to create a complete, consistent, and publicly accessible geospatial view of cities for official and commercial applications.