NON-STATIC 3D MAP VIEWS

摘要

Some embodiments provide a mapping application for generating views of a three-dimensional (3D) map. The mapping application includes a geographic data module for identifying 3D map data for a portion of a 3D map. The 3D map data includes (1) camera captured images (CCIs) of a portion of the real world that the portion of the 3D map represents, (2) a first set of map elements in the portion of the 3D map specified to be textured with CCIs, and (3) a second set of map elements in the portion of the 3D map specified to be textured with non-CCIs. The mapping application also includes a rendering engine for rendering a view of the 3D map by generating effects for several map elements in the 3D map in order to make the several map elements seem animated in the view of the 3D map.