Path planning in a 3D environment created using real world data

This document, demonstrates that web maps can be used to create a 3 dimensional environment model and a path finding mechanism can be developed to find path in this environment. Innovative feature of this work is that any place on Earth can be recreated and simulated as 3 dimensional model. Map and height data are obtained through the internet and the data is used to create environment model procedurally. Then, objects that can be obstacles to an artificial intelligence agent are determined and a path finding model is procedurally generated. In tests, it is demonstrated that two different artificial intelligence agents (mobile robot and UAV) can find shortest path depending on their features.