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3D Android statues at Google headquarters

January 18, 2012

As you may have noticed over the years, we’re big fans of Google Android. Google Earth is phenomenal on recent devices (3D buildings on the tablets and on the Galaxy Nexus). Each release of Android is given the name of a tasty treat — Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb and Ice Cream Sandwich. As each version is released, Google erects a statue in front of their headquarters of the most recent treat.
GEB reader ‘Arek’ felt that those statues deserved to be shown in Google Earth, so he modeled all of them and they’ve just been accepted into the main [3D Buildings] layer in Google Earth. They look great!

treats.jpg

To see them for yourself, simply fly over there by using this KML file. Be sure you have the [3D Buildings] layer enabled. You can also view the collection that Arek created in the Google 3D Warehouse.
Of course, even better is viewing the 3D Android statues on an Android device, so here you go!
android-buildings.jpg

Great work, Arek!

About Mickey Mellen

Mickey has been using Google Earth since it was released in 2005, and has created a variety of geo-related sites including Google Earth Hacks. He runs a web design firm in Marietta, GA, where he lives with his wife and two kids.

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