China Just Won SimCity With Censorship-Bypassing 3D Baidu Maps

I wonder if choosing this path would've cut down on the budget required to map out an entire area -- especially since having to edit each picture to censor stuff (license plates, the occasional logo) would be time consuming. Although it gives you privacy back ('magine if you're the guy caught streaking right when google took the pics), the difference is that you might recognise a street u've never been to better through real pictures.