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Two new 3D cities added to Google Earth

September 3, 2009

Google has just released two new 3D cities into Google Earth — Dublin, Ireland and Cardiff, Wales.
Make sure your “3D Buildings” layer is turned on inside of Google Earth, then fly over and check them out.  Below is a short video showing them off.  They look great!

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New StreetView and 3D cities released

August 17, 2009

It’s been a busy day for Google.  Earlier in the day they unveiled Helsinki, Finland in 3D, and the coverage is quite comprehensive.  Google Earth Blog has the details.
Also, as pointed out by Google Maps Mania, StreetView imagery has been released for a few countries.  This update includes a few major cities in Portugal (Porto [...]

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Big update to Google Earth coming in 8 days?

January 25, 2009

According to a few sources, Google is releasing a new version of Google Earth at the California Academy of Sciences on February 2nd.  Because the location of the event happens to be an aquarium, planetarium and natural history museum, that’s leading many to think that we may finally see the long-rumored “Google Ocean”.
It would be [...]

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A few new 3D cities in Google Earth

November 14, 2008

As reported by the Google Earth Blog, there are a few new 3D cities in Google Earth — Pittsburgh, PA and Seattle, WA.  There may be others, but those are the two that have been found so far.
I’ll keep poking around see if any other cities have fresh 3D imagery in them.  Here’s a shot [...]

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A few more 3D cities in Google Earth

October 17, 2008

Just a few weeks after they added a bunch of new 3D cities to Google Earth, there appear to be a few more.  As of right now, according to the Google Earth Blog, the new cities are Los Angeles and San Diego.  As with the other cities, these two are absolutely stunning.
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Tons of new 3D buildings in Google Earth

October 1, 2008

As reported by the Google Earth Blog, Google Earth is now featuring thousands of new 3D buildings.  Some of the updated cities include:
 

Atlanta
Chicago
Jacksonville
Miami Beach
Nashville
Philadelphia
San Diego
St. Petersburg

There are also new buildings in a  variety of European countries.  There are probably others as well, so please let us know in the comments if you find any.

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Virtual Earth map control 6.2 coming in a few weeks

September 10, 2008

According to Nate Irwin, version 6.2 of the Virtual Earth map control is coming on September 22nd.  This new map control brings a lot of great features to the table, including landmark-based directions and real-time weather in 3D.
Here’s my big question, though — where’s the new imagery?  Unless I’ve missed something, they haven’t added any [...]

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More new 3D buildings in Google Earth

June 11, 2008

Google Earth Blog has revealed some extra 3D buildings that were recently added to Google Earth.  Some of the cities with new models are:

San Diego, CA
Chicago, IL
Dallas, TX
Sydney, Australia
Tokyo, Japan
????????
Christchurch, New Zealand

Since there wasn’t an official list provided, there may be more out there.  If you notice any other areas with new buildings, please let [...]

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More details about yesterday’s Virtual Earth update

May 1, 2008

We mentioned it yesterday, but now we have details of the imagery update in Virtual Earth, thanks VE: An Evangelist’s Blog.
I had hoped to see more of their awesome “version 2.0″ 3D cities added, but no new ones were added this time.  Still, it’s a very impressive update!
Here’s part of the list:
Microsoft Ultracam Orthos

Pueblo, CO

Wilmington, [...]

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Some background on how Virtual Earth creates 3D buildings

March 31, 2008

The Virtual Earth 3D blog has a post today that explains in detail how they create each 3D city.  From the article:
Microsoft’s acquisition of Vexcel Corporation, a 20-year old provider of remote sensing solutions, provided the Virtual Earth team with a broad background in photogrammetry, geospatial data production, and digital elevation model (DEM) generation and [...]

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