A containing over 3 million buildings in photorealistic detail is now unlikely to reach the public because of a dispute between a UK government agency and Google.
Built by the Centre for Advanced Spatial Awareness (CASA) at University College London and integrated with free mapping software Google Earth, the model would have helped the public become involved in city planning, by showing how buildings fit in with the landscape before they are built. It would also have demonstrated the potential effects of global warming with a feature that showed rising waters flooding the virtual streets.…
