Trekkers

  • Subscribe to our RSS feed.
  • Twitter
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • Facebook
  • Digg

Thursday, 1 November 2007

Your town in 3D

Posted on 15:23 by Unknown
Posted by Bruce Polderman, Business Product Manager



















We've all heard that big things come in small packages. Well, in the small town of McMinnville, Tennessee, a group of visionary folks are planning something pretty big: a community-wide effort to develop a 3D model of their town in Google Earth -- the first of its kind in the state. The project, dubbed 3D Downtown, is being led by a non-profit organization called Main Street McMinnville and includes volunteers from the State Department of Economic and Community Development, the City Planning office, the Chamber of Commerce, the local College and Technology Center, and a host of local businesses.

This coming Friday at 9 a.m. sharp, Main Street McMinnville will host a modeling training session to officially kick off the project. Local volunteer modelers have signed on to participate; participants from Google will also be on-site to lead the training of the Google SketchUp Pro and Google Earth Pro software that we've donated to help the effort. We hope this local endeavor will inspire members of other communities to coordinate 3D modeling projects of their own. Like McMinnville, many towns are faced with the challenge of balancing the need for growth with historic preservation, while seeking more effective ways to engage the community in a dialogue. The introduction of realistic yet virtual representations of towns could help facilitate solving these issues. From design professionals and urban planners to city agencies and people responsible for economic development, anyone and everyone can access and use our tools.

If you'd like to develop a 3D model of your own, you can use our free, downloadable modeling tools via the Google SketchUp website. For larger modeling projects, we offer SketchUp Pro and Google Earth Pro software. We encourage communities that are limited by funds or resources to apply for SketchUp Pro licenses. We look forward to seeing your town in a whole new dimension!

Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook
Posted in | No comments
Newer Post Older Post Home

0 comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Popular Posts

  • Tracking Santa: the backstory
    [Cross-posted with the Official Google Blog ] When I look back on four years of tracking Old St. Nick on Christmas Eve, I can't help but...
  • Diving into the Great Barrier Reef
    [Cross-posted from the Official Google Australia Blog ] Australia is home to many geographical treasures, and the Great Barrier Reef has to ...
  • Imagery for Myanmar (Burma)
    Posted by Matt Manolides, GIS Specialist; Dylan Lorimer, Strategic Partner Manager; and Chikai Ohazama, Product Manager In the aftermath of ...
  • Don't forget: Academic Developers Conference
    A  reminder  to all of you interested in cutting edge applications for Google Earth and Google  Maps: Google is co-sponsoring a conference w...
  • More transit agencies get on board
    Summer is my favorite season. It's warm and sunny, there's plenty of fresh fruit as a treat for my sweet tooth, all the extra daylig...
  • A fitting send-off
    Posted by Andy Connolly, Visiting Faculty, University of Washington As Stefan Geens noted on Ogle Earth , the sky can provide real fireworks...
  • New Rumsey Historical Maps and new ways to view them
    Posted by David Rumsey, Founder, David Rumsey Map Collection With the recent addition of over 100 new historical maps, there are now 120 map...
  • Organizing more than one world's information
    Posted by Michael Weiss-Malik, Software Engineer We like to think big. Vastly hugely mind-bogglingly big (to paraphrase one of my favorite ...
  • Virtually experience the Inauguration
    Earlier today, we posted some tips about how to use Google Maps to be prepared for tomorrow's Inauguration. Well, for those who aren...
  • First Google Earth layer update of 2008
    Posted by Wei Luo, Senior GIS Specialist Happy New Year! We're starting things off with a number of exciting updates. With help from a t...

Categories

  • gadgets
  • Map Maker
  • Mobile
  • Outreach
  • Quiz
  • real estate
  • Street View
  • Tip of the week
  • Transit

Blog Archive

  • ►  2009 (11)
    • ►  January (11)
  • ►  2008 (257)
    • ►  December (17)
    • ►  November (16)
    • ►  October (27)
    • ►  September (33)
    • ►  August (16)
    • ►  July (20)
    • ►  June (17)
    • ►  May (25)
    • ►  April (30)
    • ►  March (16)
    • ►  February (25)
    • ►  January (15)
  • ▼  2007 (137)
    • ►  December (19)
    • ▼  November (27)
      • The countdown begins
      • Update on Street View via search
      • Location, location, location
      • Import your KML, KMZ, and GeoRSS files
      • My Our Maps
      • Another way to take in the view
      • Explore new terrain
      • A breath of fresh air
      • Armchair parade watching
      • Think globally, mark locally
      • Teaching a thing or two
      • Map of the day: My Maps for teaching Physics and L...
      • Sky in the classroom
      • Viva la via!
      • Google Maps comes to Switzerland
      • Google Transit trip planning in Europe
      • Architect ideas with Project Spectrum
      • Geography Awareness Week
      • Map of the Day: San Francisco Bay Oil Spill
      • Transit routing up north
      • New layers in Google Earth
      • Tracking human development in Google Earth
      • How's the weather?
      • Google on the go
      • Sunlight Foundation sheds political light on Googl...
      • Your town in 3D
      • Introducing the MDG Monitor
    • ►  October (26)
    • ►  September (13)
    • ►  August (14)
    • ►  July (13)
    • ►  June (11)
    • ►  May (14)
Powered by Blogger.

About Me

Unknown
View my complete profile