The two images of the Cathedral of Notre Dame above are from a University of Washington project where the model at the left has been created from hundreds of open vacation photos on flickr.
The image on left is also a more general model for the way knowledge and ideas emerge from the Internet. A student attempting to learn about, for example the Cathedral of Notre Dame, is no longer limited to a pre-cast summary in a textbook or printed encyclopedia. The student can assemble facts, opinions and stories about the famed cathedral until the model she ends up recreating and learning is far more accurate, detailed and current than her pre-Internet sources would have been.
Via Roland Piquepaille and SmartMobs
