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November 2, 2008
New York City Marathon 2008 in Google Earth
Since today is the ING New York City Marathon, some of you may want to follow along in Google Earth. First, we have a map of the route 
which comes from MapMyRun.com. If you turn on the 3D Buildings layer you will see many of the buildings of New York, and even the bigger bridges mapped in 3D.
In addition, someone has created a "3D driving simulator" which lets you find shortcuts for the New York Marathon. Better yet, it lets you drive a truck around the Marathon course using the Google Earth plugin. You use the Google Maps window to approximate the route of the marathon, and then drive the little truck in the plugin complete with the 3D buildings. (NOTE: The GE plugin is currently only available in Windows). This simulator is courtesy of the driving simulator demo from the Google Earth plugin gallery. via GoogleMapsMania
Posted by FrankTaylor at November 2, 2008 9:34 AM
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