Cool website this guy is creating. Jacksonville completely in 3D:
(http://www.jacksonville3d.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/southbank083108.jpg)
http://www.jacksonville3d.com/
AMAZING! Thanks for posting this. That is one helluva undertaking.
Very cool... :o
Hey thanks, glad you like it.
It's taking me a while since I'm compiling every structure from photographs I've taken, but it will get there.
If you missed it, the Florida Times-Union ran an article about my project in July:
http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/072108/met_306976146.shtml
I am sure everyone will enjoy your work. The article mentioned...
QuoteAlthough he didn't have the money to hire a helicopter to take him up for aerial views, he tried for unique angles from the city's bridges.
"I can have a camera go where a plane or helicopter can't go," he said.
He also found aerial views of downtown and Southbank buildings on a government Web site.
Have you tried mapquest street view?
^ Also try MetJax.com. There is quite a bit archived over there, as well as the photo and downtown sections here.
Welcome BigHache
Here are some good aerial shots of Jacksonville:
(http://www.urban-photos.com/gallery/albums/city_galleries/jacksonville//normal_jax_11_2268.jpg)
http://www.urban-photos.com/albums/66/Jacksonville_Florida
Quote from: Jason on September 22, 2008, 12:04:59 PM
^ Also try MetJax.com. There is quite a bit archived over there, as well as the photo and downtown sections here.
Welcome BigHache
Thanks Jason. I'll take a look.
Quote from: Lunican on September 22, 2008, 03:11:51 PM
Here are some good aerial shots of Jacksonville:
http://www.urban-photos.com/albums/66/Jacksonville_Florida
Lunican, thanks for the resource. Bill Cobb has taken some great photos there.
I have gotten a bit more vision for my project. I plan on keeping my model current, which means I will be archiving structures I've modeled as they get updated in real life. In addition, I would like to create period models showing the progression of downtown through the decades.
I wanted to keep myself busy and this seemed like as good a thing as any.
Quote from: BigHache on September 23, 2008, 09:32:52 PM
Quote from: Jason on September 22, 2008, 12:04:59 PM
^ Also try MetJax.com. There is quite a bit archived over there, as well as the photo and downtown sections here.
Welcome BigHache
Thanks Jason. I'll take a look.
Quote from: Lunican on September 22, 2008, 03:11:51 PM
Here are some good aerial shots of Jacksonville:
http://www.urban-photos.com/albums/66/Jacksonville_Florida
Lunican, thanks for the resource. Bill Cobb has taken some great photos there.
I have gotten a bit more vision for my project. I plan on keeping my model current, which means I will be archiving structures I've modeled as they get updated in real life. In addition, I would like to create period models showing the progression of downtown through the decades.
I wanted to keep myself busy and this seemed like as good a thing as any.
I so hope you get rich from doing this, some how.
Quote from: gradco2004 on September 23, 2008, 10:20:00 PM
I so hope you get rich from doing this, some how.
Hey thanks. That would be swell.
Quote from: gradco2004 on September 23, 2008, 10:20:00 PM
I so hope you get rich from doing this, some how.
And then use that money to build three nice towers to fill out the skyline!
Should check out the latest updates: http://www.jacksonville3d.com/
Quote from: Lunican on September 22, 2008, 03:11:51 PM
Here are some good aerial shots of Jacksonville:
(http://www.urban-photos.com/gallery/albums/city_galleries/jacksonville//normal_jax_11_2268.jpg)
http://www.urban-photos.com/albums/66/Jacksonville_Florida
Beautiful shot of downtown! :D
Check out the latest...
(http://www.jacksonville3d.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/jax_southbank03.jpg)
(http://www.jacksonville3d.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/jax_southbank04.jpg)
Source: http://www.jacksonville3d.com/
He's doing a great job..cool stuff.
Quote from: Lunican on September 22, 2008, 03:11:51 PM
Here are some good aerial shots of Jacksonville:
(http://www.urban-photos.com/gallery/albums/city_galleries/jacksonville//normal_jax_11_2268.jpg)
http://www.urban-photos.com/albums/66/Jacksonville_Florida
Wow Lunican; great aerials. Our City has a cauldron of possibilities skyline-wise downtown; the infrastructure is there...just need more infill. It's a shame we have beautiful buildings, both old and young, and most of them are sitting empty.
Heights Unknown
He is doing a great job; never viewed Jax in 3D. So does anyone know what the end result will be out of what he is already "groundlaying?" Will there be trees, roads, more dynamic sky, etc.?
Heights Unknown
Very impressive project!
Quote from: heights unknown on May 01, 2009, 05:41:46 PM
never viewed Jax in 3D.
Heights Unknown
Heights, its a different take, but Google Earth has the entire downtown Jax area from the Stadium to past Myrtle Avenue in 3D on its site. Using the tilt and altitude buttons, you can "lower" yourself between buildings and look down streets and around corners. Or, you can just "fly" like a bird over and around various buildings and structures. You can even make and save your own video tours. If you haven't already, download the free viewer and enjoy: http://earth.google.com/
It's proven itself to be a very time-consuming project, but I knew that going in.
I'm going for photo real in the end, to answer your questions Heights. These are just test progress renderings.
The project plan is actually two-phase: current and historic (c. 1926 is what I'm currently thinking). I'm already well into researching and gathering data for the historic phase, some of which will apply to the current models. I've been successful with obtaining copies of some construction drawings from the city, but it's a difficult task because I have to provide them with an address for the building I want and that's not as easy as it sounds. Some buildings were commonly addressed by the streets they intersected and not a street number, or I'm also finding (for corner buildings) they were addressed on the other street and not the one currently listed. Finding record of what that street number is has been research all in its own. I don't know how many records they'll be able to find for me but anything is more than nothing.
Not only for dimensional accuracy, but a big reason I'm interested in getting these drawings are they label material colors, which it's not possible to determine from b/w photos. The postcards I've been collecting are false colored so they're of minimal help.
Why am I doing this? I thought it would be fun and I wanted to do something big.