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July 21, 2006
Vancouver in 3D for Google Earth
Just got an E-mail from Steven at Computamaps who has posted a fabulous 3D model collection representing most of downtown Vancouver in 3D 
. You will need to use Google Earth 4 Beta to see these models as they are not only colorful, but some of the buildings are textured with more details. According to Steven, the model collection has over 5000 objects, but the size of the download is only 1.2 Mbytes. They have fully modeled the Science World building, One Wall Center, Morris Wosk (site of GeoWeb 2006 where they are officially announcing this new model collection), and many more. Steven says this model collection "shows off the power of combining SketchUp and GE to render the urban environment."
Computamaps also modeled the recently released downtown Cape Town in 3D. Great work guys! Anybody can begin creating 3D models using the free Google Sketchup and upload them into Google Earth or the 3DWarehouse. Keep it up, the rest of the major cities of the world will gradually be made availabe in 3D as well.
Posted by FrankTaylor at July 21, 2006 2:53 PM
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Posted by: Rob at July 25, 2006 5:39 AM
WOW! What can I say. I'm moving there later this year and have had this image as my desktop inspiration for the past year ... http://www.12voltbar.com/images/canada/yvr_from_east.jpg
THANKS FOR THE WONDERFUL WORK!
Posted by: Tommy Afrika at July 26, 2006 11:41 AM
One of the best cities in the world to live, if not the best.
Posted by: Vancouver Escorts at May 10, 2007 6:16 PM
Certainly a beautiful city, you have the mountains so close and the sea even closer. Not many places have that.
Posted by: Escort Vancouver at October 14, 2007 3:04 PM
It is not very often that I am able to see the city from a bird's perspective, so I appreciate this new project very much. I can say that it is even more beautiful from above.
Posted by: Vancouver real estate at October 18, 2007 5:59 AM
Is there any way that we could get a copy of this file in dwg, dxf, or skp format?
It would be much appreciated.
cheers!
Posted by: Rafael at August 11, 2008 5:08 PM
i am an architecture student at UBC and i would really appreciate a copy of this file in dwg, dxf, or skp format as well. the model would be used for educational purposes only- the vancouver sketchup model i have is from years ago and is completely outdated.
thanks!
Posted by: UBC Arch Student at September 18, 2008 6:34 PM
I love this, i plan on moving there for a year to go to VFS, so ive been studying up on the city, just lovely!
Posted by: heather at January 2, 2009 1:44 PM
Getting these models into real estate searches would be great for buyers to picture the situation of a property.
Posted by: Burnaby Realtor at July 29, 2009 2:02 AM
The thing that's really amazing about this map is that a bunch of people drew all those buildings for Google for FREE. Calgary, where I live, has 3D building views in Google as well, and one of my um...clients explained that there's basically a bunch of people that draw 3D buildings for Google as a hobby. The models are incredibly detailed... like you can zoom in and look at the individual window panes in the new version of Google Earth. Crazy!
Posted by: Calgary Escort at January 12, 2010 12:47 AM
This is nothing compared to google street view's images, which are already available in my realestate search engine.
Posted by: Burnaby Real Estate at February 2, 2010 12:27 AM
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This looks great. The different colours remind me of the SimCity a few years ago (green for residential etc). Perhaps someone will write a similar game using a real world city?