Google Building Maker it makes it easy for anyone to create 3D models of the buildings in their town or from across the world, to showcase in Google Earth. However, the tool relies on aerial imagery for the area that it covers, meaning that it's not available in all cities, in most cities in fact, of the world.
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6 October 2011
06:10 GMT |
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Google is once again expanding the number of cities supported in Building Maker, its online tool for 3D building models. It's adding five cities in Argentina and one more in Canada, enabling passionate volunteers from those places, or from anywhere in the world, to start recreating the cities in three dimensions... |
15 June 2011
10:47 GMT |
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Google continues to expand the availability of its simple Building Maker tool. Google Building Maker enables users to create 3D models of the buildings in their town or in plenty of other places around the world with the aid of aerial photography.The tool is now available in 116 cities with the addition of seven new ... |
6 May 2011
10:21 GMT |
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Google is again expanding the number of cities it supports for its Building Maker tool. The tool enables users to quickly and easily create 3D models of the most interesting buildings in their towns, and from around the world, which can then be included in Google Earth and Maps for everyone to enjoy."Today’s Go... |
15 December 2010
06:40 GMT |
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Google is on a mission to recreate the world in 3D for its mapping products. That's no small feat, luckily Google can rely on the help of volunteers who, using tools like the Google Building Maker, can easily model their towns for the world to see. And Building Maker is now one year old. "October 13 is... the fi... |
14 October 2010
05:53 GMT |
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Google Building Maker has been a very useful tool since its introduction, enabling users to create 3D models for Earth and Maps, using the simple web interface and imagery from Google. Until now, users had a choice to use the aerial imagery and recently, to add their own photos to use for textures. Now Google is intr... |
25 August 2010
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Google wants as much 3D content for Google Earth and Maps as possible but the number of talented 3D modelers willing to devote their time for this is limited. Last fall the Google Building Maker tool was introduced to simplify the process and to give everyone a chance at recreating the buildings in their town for Goo... |
28 July 2010
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If you’ve been using Google Earth lately, or maybe the new Earth view in Google Maps, you’ve noticed that there are plenty of 3D models for buildings and landmarks. They’re a welcomed addition to an otherwise static and ‘flat’ world. Well, you’re about to see even more of them, as ... |
6 May 2010
09:32 GMT |
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Google's '3D modeling department' has been working overtime lately with a big number of updates, features and even competitions being revealed in a short period of time. The Building Maker web tool is now available in eight more cities and 25 new languages, Google says, and, as a reminder, the Model Yo... |
24 February 2010
10:38 GMT |
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Two dimensions just don't cut it anymore for Google and now it’s all about 3D in Google Earth. The company has set out to recreate every city on Earth in three dimensions, or at least try, and has enlisted the help of its users to achieve this. Last month, it launched a competition to spur more people into addi... |
8 January 2010
05:38 GMT |
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Google Maps is great for practical information, and satellite imagery can be very useful and fun in many cases. Adding a third dimension though can make things a lot more exciting, so Google is pushing to get more 3D models for Google Earth with a new competition dubbed “Model Your Town.” The name says i... |
2 December 2009
05:45 GMT |
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Google Maps has evolved almost beyond recognition since it was first launched but the search giant is far from satisfied. Having a 2D world to explore and play with is nice but a fully tridimensional one is so much better. Not content with just having some amusement park or famous buildings in 3D in Google Earth, the... |
14 October 2009
02:56 GMT |
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