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Month: March 2010

  • Google Earth launches 3D buildings in South Africa

    The team from Google Earth have slowly started rolling out 3D buildings to South African cities ahead of the World Cup. So far they have rolled out to Pretoria, Bloemfontein & Port Elizabeth, as well as the Greenpoint Stadium in Cape Town.

    3D Buildings are really cool, as they give you a whole different perspective on the city that you are looking at in Google Earth. Pretoria seems to be the most up to date, and I’m pretty sure that in the next couple of months we will start seeing a couple more important updates from Google, including the much anticipated Google Streetview

    Here are a couple of the 3D Buildings in Google Earth from around the country:(click images for full size)

    Home to the best Rugby Team ever. My Blood is Blue :)
    Home of the worlds best Rugby team

    Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium – PE
    My Home town – P-Town
    Bloemfontein
    Greenpoint Stadium in Cape Town

  • Moses Mabhida Virtual Pano

    Last year I went on a tour of the Moses Mabhida stadium here in Durbs, before they were finished. One of the pics I managed to take was a Pano of the stadium. It is an awesome picture which shows an almost 360 degree view of the stadium.

    I have now been fortunate enough to get a sneak peek of the new software from the guys at Virtual Africa, that allows you to build a Virtual Panoramic tour of any pano picture taken. So you take your normal Pano shot, plug it into their software and then it allows you to have a Virtual tour of the shot. To see what I mean, check out the virtual tour of my Moses Mabhida Pano. You can zoom in to the image & scroll in all directions.

    To view the Virtual Tour in full, click here for the direct link.

    Very very cool. A big big thanks to Tinus from Virtual Africa for allowing me to try this out. Keep your eyes out for their service which will be launching soon soon :)

  • Supersport iPhone App

    The guys from immedia and Multichoice have released their latest iPhone app offering in the form of the SuperSport iPhone App (iTunes Link).

    The app, which covers all the news from the Supersport site, also includes a very cool “Live Scores” feature, which allows you to follow all the latest scores from various sport games happening live around the world. This is very cool for cricket or rugby games, where you would like a quick peek at the score while on the go. I used it over the weekend to catch up on the latest soccer scores while I was out at a friends house.

    The app also allows you to choice a specific sport category, and lets you see the news related to that sport. This means, if you would like to see news on just Formula 1 racing, you can do so, by choosing the F1 category.

    All in all, the app is a must have for sports fanatics, and is Free on the iTunes Store