Google offers 3D Services to Small Cities - FREE too

Posted on March 6th, 2008 by Theron Hatch

Google announced yesterday the launch of a new tool that will dramatically change the virtual landscape of the company’s Google Earth product. Cities in 3D is the latest of several free offerings from Google designed to encourage content sharing — this time, people in small to medium-size cities across the nation and around the world will have the opportunity to swap more content.

If your local government is like many around the world, you’ve invested in developing a 3D model representing buildings in your city’s downtown–perhaps your entire jurisdiction. Or, maybe you haven’t yet produced a 3D model, but you’ve collected the geospatial data necessary for producing a model. With Google’s Cities in 3D Program, your local government can share this 3D data with the public by adding a model of your city to Google Earth.

I first saw this story in Government Tech ezine. More info is available at Google’s sketch up site.Did I mention its free? Go here to learn more about it.

Filed under: Data, Google, Google Earth, Maps

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