HAWX using satellite data for maps, not only can you
see your house from here but you can bomb it

post from Gaming Nexus on 27 August 2008 01:06:00 AM. © Gaming Nexus

by: Charles Husemann
NEWS - Ubisoft announced today that they have partnered with GeoEye to bring real world satellite and geospacial maps to Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. This means when you stop paying attention and turn your plane into a $40 million lawn dark you'll be doing so in a real world location. They've included some pretty groovy screenshots with the press release and I merged two of them together to show you how the images look in game.

Ubi isn't the first company to use real world data as Sony's The Last Guy will be using city maps for their levels.Comment

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