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GEO World, October, 2006
Washington, D.C.-based EarthData International Inc. provided 3-D renderings of the collapsing World Trade Center towers for Oliver Stone's movie, World Trade Center. Stone used the imagery to recreate police officers' perspectives and help audiences comprehend the horror of being trapped in the underground inferno.
The renderings were created by integrating architectural blueprints of the Twin Towers with aerial-based light detection and ranging (LIDAR) terrain models and imagery acquired by EarthData in the days immediately following 9/11. The film's studio, Paramount Pictures, also used EarthData's 3-D model of Manhattan for scene planning in advance of filming and to visualize the film's final effects shots.
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