Ovi Maps grows photo-realistic 3D buildings (Demo)

Nokia has given Ovi Maps a major boost in the eye-candy department of Ovi Maps. We have seen 3D buildings before, but Nokia and C3 Technologies collaborated to scan entire cities down to the last detail and produce "photo-realistic" models.

I would not quite call it photo-realistic, but its certainly impressive. The new 3D models can be seen using the Ovi Maps 3D browser plug-in. Once you install it, you can check out 21 cities. The models were generated automatically using photographs of the cities taken from dozens of angles. C3 claim 8-12cm/pixel accuracy, though it seems much lower than that. Still, it looks amazing.

Demo Below!