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June 10, 2010
New 3D buildings in Rotterdam, Catalunya, Boulder; also at MIT
Google's Cities in 3D program is doing a lot of great things. They've helped a number of cities develop some nice 3D buildings, including Fredericton, Canada and McMinnville, Tennessee.
Now some additional buildings have been added to a few cities: Rotterdam (The Netherlands), Catalunya (Spain) and Boulder (Colorado, US).
Sadly, most (if not all) of these new buildings are the grey, untextured kind. Still, they're certainly better than nothing, and I'm sure we'll slowly see them gain texture over the coming months.
If you're looking for some nicer-looking buildings, check out the new models at the MIT (Massachusetts Institiute of Technology) campus. Browse them in the 3D Warehouse, or use this KML
to fly directly there. Concept3D built the models, and did a great job with them!
If you've recently had some noteworthy 3D models published in Google Earth, leave a comment below or contact us and let us know about them.
Posted by mickmel at June 10, 2010 7:56 AM
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Posted by: Andrew at June 10, 2010 8:37 AM
Check out Utrecht (the Netherlands) in 3d im making progress, almost 300 models accepted
Posted by: fingerz at June 10, 2010 11:40 AM
Catalunya is not a city, but a region in Spain. Its capital is Barcelona, maybe it's there where the buildings were added?
Posted by: Aicher at June 10, 2010 5:14 PM
Is it just me or are those Concept3D MIT models no longer available for download/viewing from 3Dwarehouse?
Posted by: Alfski at June 10, 2010 6:57 PM
Since when is Catalunya a city???
Posted by: Watta Foque at June 11, 2010 2:19 AM
I was basing the Catalunya statement from the 3DWH Twitter account:
http://twitter.com/3DWH/status/15802423750
Perhaps they added buildings to a few different cities in that region. I see some in Igualada, and (like Aicher said) perhaps some in Barcelona are new as well.
Posted by: Mickey at June 11, 2010 12:32 PM
It is "Catalonia" in English, not "Catalunya".
Posted by: Aloriel at June 14, 2010 7:55 AM
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Cool new MIT models! So I guess some of my MIT BuildingMaker models are finally about to be replaced *glum*