Cities in 3D Program

Last week I had a phone call meeting with Google! It was pretty exciting to actually speak with someone from Google. The reason I had the conversation with them was to discuss the data that we had at the City that we could share with them. The purpose as you can see in the video is to have the 3d city show up in google earth, only not quite as grand as the large cities. We are currently working on developing a 3d model of our city.

Other data that we will share with Google is the aerial photography and digital terrain data. Google Earth and drafting software (Civil3d, Microstation, etc.) are becoming more compatable with each other, so the more accurate data that can be found on Google Earth, the better.

Here is a link to the Cities in 3D program if you are interested:
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwh/citiesin3d/index.html