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The Newly developed Virtual Reality NYC database contains Thousands and Thousands of photographs of almost every store, building, museum, parks and lots which are located on the main avenues and main cross streets of Manhattan, all carefully indexed. It is just unbelievable!

  IN FULL COLOR

 "A historic treasure that will be in use for generations to come"

The soon to be released Virtual Reality NYC database is super simple to use. With your mouse, simply point and click on the street that you wish to view. Immediately, you will see a photograph of almost every, if not every building on the street. Click and a particular building and it instantly enlarges!!


"Remarkable resource for the real estate and construction industry"

PLEASE NOTE: The soon to be released Virtual Reality NYC database covers the area south of 96 Street on the East Side and South of 125 Street on the West side. A new norther Manhattan CD-ROM is being developed and is expected to be completed later in the year. Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island is scheduled for release in mid 2003

Overview of what it is and what it does.

Q&A
(Questions and Answers)

How was it produced: The pictures were personally photographed by Frank Didik, the developer of this project, over a 6 month period. The photographs were shot, one building at a time, using digital cameras.

Does it cover every building in NYC? Presently, it covers every building in Manhattan, south of 59 Street on major avenues and major cross streets. In addition, a variety of photographs are shot down the smaller side streets. One major problem is the limited storage capacity of existing cd-rom's, which is 640 megabytes. The project, as it exists today, has in excess of 80 gigabytes of photographs. As a result, the photographs presently on the cd is heavily compressed. It is expected that by the end of next year, new, super capacity dvd's will hold up to 20 gigabytes of data. This will allow a greater number of photographs to be incorporated, as well as higher quality.

Can I use the photograph is magazines, newspapers, catalogs, news stories or ads? What are the costs? All of the photographs on the CD will be publishable, on a non-exclusive basis, for a set fee. The fee will depend on a variety of factors including the circulation or viewership of the medium, if the photograph is being used on a front, back or inside cover and if the medium is a daily or monthly or is being used for a catalog, annual report or mailer. The exact rate schedule, which is subject to change, will allow for a one time use. A unique feature of our system is that royalty payments for the photograph will be able to be paid over the internet via credit card, anytime day or night (unless the photograph is being used for a special purpose, that is not covered on the payment page. In that case, the user will have to call our 24 hour telephone number or will have to send an email, for a price quote.).
As remarkable as this product is, who can benifit from it? Everyone. This includes real estate professionals, insurance professionals, lawyers, historians, the press including newspapers, book publishers, magazines and other mediums, investors, police, fire departments, building officials, title companies, architects, apartment seekers, public and city planners, tourists, shoppers, local government officials and almost everyone else.

 

Virtual Reality comming soon... The Ultimate goal of this project is to create a seamless, virtual reality environment for the 51 largest cities on this planet. In the future, with our patented system, the user will be able to "drive", with their mouse, down any street, look at any building and, with a click of the mouse, see a list of all businesses and tennants in the building, including what they produce, their phone number and more. In addition, the user will be able to click on the business or tennant and go dirrectly into their website. We will charge a small percentage of any item purchased over the net. We beleive that this fee will be comperable to current credit card charges (2-5% of the total sale).

Photograhs copyright by Frank X. Didik, All rights reserved. United States and foreign patents pending or granted.

Terms and conditions of license

Is your Building or Store Shown? Order a link to your website so that people browsing the CD can quickly click right into your store or building!

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Do you need a photograph of a New York City street scene or building for advertising, editorial use or personal use? Chances are that we have it on file and can quickly email it to you or send you a cd-rom or print. Please contact us outlining your needs. If you are a member of the media, you can request a special 24 hour telephone number in which we can supply you with immediate photographs anytime, day or night. All photographs provided are subject to our Terms of Usage.

You can reach us by e-mail at Mail@NewsMan.org

Consider what people have been saying about the new soon to be released Virtual Reality NYC database:

"A historic treasure that will be in use for generations to come",

"A must for anyone interested in architecture",

"Remarkable resource for the real estate and construction industry"

"long over due for the tourist industry"

Interesting Professional New York City Real Estate related links:
NYC Real Property Database CD-ROM Information on every property in all five boroughs of New York City. Over 1 million records.
Historic photographs of most buildings in NYC from 1936-41 These photographs were shot as a WPA project and shows amazing views of New York City in the mid to late 1930's.
Nassau County
Suffolk County Nassau and Suffolk Counties are contained on a single CD-Rom disk (2 for 1) and contains information on almost all properties in the two counties.
Westchester County
Rockland County Westchester and Rockland Counties are contained on a single CD-Rom disk (2 for 1) and contains information on almost all properties in the two counties.
Orange County
Putnam County
Sullivan County Orange, Putnam and Sullivan Counties are contained on a single CD-Rom disk (2 for 1) and contains information on almost all properties in the three counties.
Ulster County
Dutchess County Ulster and Dutchess Counties are contained on a single CD-Rom disk (2 for 1) and contains information on almost all properties in the two counties.