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Disney World 3D has finally arrived in Google Earth

June 4, 2008

It’s a few weeks later than we expected, but Disney World is now 3D in Google Earth — and it’s impressive!  They’ve included the Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Disney Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom and Disney Resorts. There are actually two parts to this: The normal 3D buildings layer will add all kinds of visual goodness, such [...]

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Miami is now “version 2″ in Virtual Earth

June 3, 2008

About two months after the first four “version 2″ cities were released, Microsoft has just unveiled Miami 2.0.  Like the other four cities, it features a massive increase in the number of buildings, along with a whole bunch of 3D trees.  According to the Virtual Earth 3D blog, Miami now has 46,344 3D buildings (up [...]

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Trees and Highway Overpasses

April 12, 2008

I’ve long felt that two things would need to happen to get to the next level in 3D imagery — trees and highway overpasses. Since one of the neat features in Google Earth is the ability to fly a route, having proper overpasses would make things look much better.  The latest version of Virtual Earth [...]

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