Smart City, Smart Phone - Berlin is Now Available in 3D for iPads and iPhones

Smart City, Smart Phone - Berlin is Now Available in 3D for iPads and iPhones PR Newswire BERLIN, October 4, 2012 BERLIN, October 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- 3D Model of Berlin as the "smartMap Berlin" App If you own a smartphone or a tablet, you can now put Berlin into your pocket - at least virtually, that is. The 3D model of Berlin, the German capital, is now available as the free "smartMap Berlin" app for iPhones and iPads. Adaptations for the "smartMap" in 2013 will include more functions, and plans are also underway for Android and Windows versions. The app has been developed by 3D Content Logistics, a start-up from the Berlin region, in close cooperation with the Business Location Center from Berlin Partner GmbH, the city's economic development corporation. With the help of 3D Content Logistics, Berlin is a step ahead of Apple on the technology front: In contrast to the 3D map service for the iPhone 5 that was released a few days ago, "smartMap Berlin" can securely and easily depict photo- realistic 3D images of the city on older iPhones and iPads from earlier generations. The software functions with low processing power and transmission bandwidth, which enables it to work on smartphones and in the 3G mobile network. And, unlike Apple, the start-up from Potsdam and Berlin Partner GmbH, Berlin's economic development corporation, were not satisfied with only showing the government quarter.