Is there any way for non-scholars to gain access to Rome Reborn 2.1?
The version now available via Google Earth has very few details and many historical inaccuracies. It doesn't look anything like the great pictures you can see on the Rome Reborn website... Or am I doing something wrong in GE?
From here:
http://www.vimeo.com/15808133"An interactive earlier version of this model, called
Rome Reborn 1.0 (9 million polygons) has been available at no cost since 2008 in the
Gallery of
Google Earth, where it is called "Ancient
Rome 3D." This present version (October 2010) is called
Rome Reborn 2.1. It has over 650 million polygons and
still a
work in progress. Before being released to the public as an interactive product capable of being explored in real time over the Internet, we need to review and correct the model archaeologically; and find a suitable technology platform for making such a massive model available to Internet users.
Work is underway to address both issues."
Ben