I have tried to feature other UK virtual city models in the past, here's another attempt, this time at rainy Manchester...
The model is created by ARUP, a global firm of designers, engineers, planners and business consultants providing a diverse range of professional services to clients around the world. They have a long reputation in city modelling through their in-house research teams and the Manchester model is testament to this.
While I would like to gripe a bit about the lack of textured meshes, there are several things great about the work shown in the movie above, most notably the transport planning section shown half way through the movie. The model covers 4562 buildings and 15 spatial zones so understandably on a large scale such as this one roof structures and textured facades are somewhat lacking. Even so this remains a fine effort on modelling a major UK city in 3D and well worth checking out.
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