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Thanks to GEB reader ‘ehog’ for letting us know that Győr, Hungary got the new 3D mesh recently.

Google first announced their method of generating 3D via stereophotogrammetry from aerial imagery in June 2012. As part of the announcement Google said that they expected this new technology to cover “communities of over 300 million people” by the end of the year. A year later, in July 2013, they were doing quite well and we counted around 150 cities with the new imagery. Progress continued, and in August 2013 Google announced that from October of that year they would no longer be pulling models from the Trimble 3D Warehouse as they wished to focus on more scalable methods.

This year we have covered the release of 3D imagery for Tokyo, and other Japanese cities, Christchurch, New Zealand, and London.

However, there has been no easy way to find the new automatically generated 3D areas that Google is adding to Google Earth. Google has not, as far as I am aware, ever released a KML with the locations as it often does for new satellite imagery.

Google has a list that can be found here. However, it is far from complete and even has some incorrect entries such as Forli, Italy which does not have the new imagery. It doesn’t even have some well known locations such as London, UK, which do have the new imagery.

The Wikipedia page for Google Earth also has a list of the new 3D areas, although it relies on helpful people noticing new areas and updating the list, and it, too, is not completely accurate. It does not, at the time of writing, include Győr, Hungary, and does not have all the entries from the Google list, such as Olbia, Italy, for example.

3D Mesh Map

So, we decided to create a KML file combining all the locations from the Wikipedia page, and the list from Google, and a couple of extras that aren’t in either list. And here it is!

We have included locations as given in the two lists, as well as the regions covered by 3D. We have made the KML a network link so that we can continually update it as we discover new areas.

Note that we have not included places that have the older type of automatically generated buildings that load as individual buildings. The newer method loads as a single mesh covering a whole area. Also note that the older type of 3D model does not display in ‘Earth Mode’ in the new Google Maps.

The best coverage is in California, and the worst is in Africa and Asia. Alaska is, I think, the only US state with no locations covered, but with its largest community, Anchorage, having an estimated 298,610 residents in 2012, maybe it didn’t quite make the cut.

If you know of any places not in the KML, please let us know in the comments below.

About Timothy Whitehead

Timothy has been using Google Earth since 2004 when it was still called Keyhole before it was renamed Google Earth in 2005 and has been a huge fan ever since. He is a programmer working for Red Wing Aerobatx and lives in Cape Town, South Africa.

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    • Timothy Whitehead says

      Thank you, a new country!
      I have added it to the map, right click on the network link and select ‘refresh’ to see updates.

    • Timothy Whitehead says

      I have added it to the map, right click on the network link and select ‘refresh’ to see updates.

    • Timothy Whitehead says

      Thank you, I don’t know how I forgot Győr, after mentioning it in my post!
      I have added both to the map, right click on the network link and select ‘refresh’ to see updates.

    • Timothy Whitehead says

      Thanks.
      I see all the World Cup stadiums have coverage of various sizes. I will be adding them.

      • Jonathan Rosas says

        In Natal, When 3D Cities imagery is active, The Arena Das Dunas, in Natal, it does have a odd effects and disappears and now is under Construction and is not finished, before the Arena Das Dunas was completed but now is Under Construction.
        In Manaus, Brazil, the delimiting line from 2D to 3D imagery is missing, in Manaus, the Only 3D Zone is the Arena Amazonia and their Arena.
        In Porto Alegre, before the Beira Rio Stadium was Finished, and now is Under Construction.

  8. bubollofo says

    I wonder why Google avoids capital cities and important tourist places like: Prague, Berlin, Milan, Venice, Barcelona, Vienna, Warsaw, Washington DC, Frankfurt (Main), Hamburg, Amsterdam, Milan, Monaco, Stockholm, Grand Canyon Village – but has time to fly and gather photos over small cities in Romania or Hungary (no offence 🙂 and even there we don’t have 3D mesh of Budapest. In what order do they do it? Where is the logic?

    • Chris says

      Does local sponsorship i.e. money play a part, plus local feelings about intrusion into privacy such as Street View has found in Germany and Austria?

    • ehog says

      Maybe they need more time to process the imagery, beacuse f.ex. Budapest (and its agglomeration) is approximately 4-5 times bigger than any other cities in Hungary. But I really don’t know, why Google captured Sighişoara, in Romania, that city has only 30000 residents…

    • Ryan K. says

      I would be nice if Google did a little explaining on the behind-the-scenes on their Lat Long Blog. I am totally perplexed about this.

  9. Chris says

    Timothy – a very helpful and welcome post. Good to see GEB moving into practical subjects like this. Have you edited Wikipedia including a link to your KML?

    • Timothy Whitehead says

      No I have not. You are welcome to do so, and anyone is welcome to update the Wikipedia list with information from our KML.

  11. Ryan K. says

    How did you manage to find the actual boundaries of the 3D areas? That seems like a lot of work to delineate all of them unless there was already some dataset available. Regardless, I’m still glad it’s included.

    • Timothy Whitehead says

      It was a lot of work. But given the positive responses so far, I think it was worthwhile.

  12. Anxo says

    Here you have some places I miss in the KML:
    Spain: All the area between Sant Feliu de Guixols and Palamós (both included)
    France: La Rochelle and Clermont – Ferrand

    • Timothy Whitehead says

      Thanks. I have added the Spanish area. The French locations are the older type of 3D buildings.

      • Anxo says

        Hey Timothy!, you’re right about the french locations!, but believe me!, I’m 100% sure that they were the new 3D type some weeks ago, I’ve even delimite the area!, it’s quite weird… maybe they were only testing?

        Anyway, thanks for this nice klm!

  14. alfski says

    Nice work Timothy. Thanks for doing the poly outlines. I did a map of these for Australia, but it only needed 4 places outlined!

    Missing… Big Bear Lake, CA.

    Also, Santa Cruz, Yuba City and Truckee, CA are showing as white filled polygons.

    I don’t suppose you could do a layer, which just has the poly outlines and not the labels?
    Only because the compete with the normal Labels.
    Or may re-organise the layer into “Outlines” and “Labels” so we can easily check/uncheck one or the other? Just a suggestion.

    Andrew

    • Timothy Whitehead says

      Thank you.
      I have implemented your suggestion. It makes it a little harder to look at all the items for one country / state, but it certainly is nice to be able to see only the regions.
      I hope I didn’t loose any places in the process.

      • alfski says

        very nice!

        I assume the idea is to maintain this in sync with the current 3D Imagery layer in Earth.

        You may want to record a “last checked” or “added on” date in the Info section?

        Having time ranges with the layer would be cool so you could see how the 3D Imagery has grown over time. It’s probably too late for the community to do this now.

        May want to investigate sharing this thru Google Maps Engine https://mapsengine.google.com/map/

  15. tomtom says

    This is a very helpful kml. Thanks.
    One question: Nuremberg is still not avialable…. I saw a few mouths ago, I found also in the GE buildings in 3d list at Wikipedia (still in the list), but its missing…. 2d again since 2 mounths. Do you know maybe why?

    • Timothy Whitehead says

      It has the older style of 3D buildings. I suspect someone just made a mistake when updating Wikipedia.

      • jebster says

        Nuremberg had auto-generated mesh back in July. The same was true for La Rochelle, Clermont-Ferrand and Nashville. Google seems to withdraw some areas after they’ve been added. Nashville has been withdrawn twice.

  16. bubollofo says

    Since we – “the googeearthblog community” 🙂 now have the most accurate and out to date list of areas covered by 3D mesh (even better than Wikipedia) don’t let this post disappear (behind next articles). Since we want people to constantly report new 3d areas – let’s make it a front page link!!! (like HOME ABOUT CONTACTS etc…)

  18. jebster says

    The Farmington-Novi area northwest of Detroit has auto-generated imagery, as does the Humble-Spring
    area north of Houston.

    • David Timpe says

      My sister and brother-in-law used to live on Westerleigh Rd. in Farmington Hills. Last I checked, it was still flat (Detroit’s 3D pretty much stops at 8-Mile). So this is fairly new. Much of the Northern suburbs are still flat.

  21. alfski says

    The poly outline is missing a chunk of 3d imagery on the peninsula just West of North Richmond (North Bay Area, SF).

    • Timothy Whitehead says

      Thanks. Fixed. That’s an odd strip of data that must have been done separately from the rest.

  22. Anton Rudolfsson says

    Like “bubollofo” said. We should not let this post disappear. Finally we have a complete list of all cities with the new 3D-imagery. I tried this for myself last month but with cooperation between many people we will have a “completed” list that can be updated as soon we see any new 3d-imagery 🙂
    Dont let this KML be lost!

  25. bubollofo says

    Oslo now has bigger coverage than before. PS. I have big blur over half of Oslo city center in my Google Earth (but not in Google Maps) – is just me? Its the only city with this problem. Any tips?

    • jebster says

      Unfortunately, it’s not just you. It appears to be be the Landsat base imagery showing through where there should be 3d imagery. The same phenomenon occurs in two small areas just west of Beaumont, California.

    • David Timpe says

      I presume I see what you see in Oslo. I haven’t seen anything quite like that elsewhere, but I do occasionally run across spots where the 3D imagery only begins to render, then stops before completing the job. One such area that I can point to is along the Western shores of Lake Lansing, in Michigan (where the amusement part used to be). It’s east and a little north of East Lansing. One tile just never gets beyond the initial rendering phase. It’s surrounded by normal 3D, and not at the edge of the automatically-generated area. The surface of the lake seems to also be treated as a depression.

    • Timothy Whitehead says

      Thanks. I too am seeing the blurry patch, which can’t have been there when I did Oslo before, so it must have happened when they expanded the area.

  27. Timothy Whitehead says

    I also found odd effects at 48° 8’52.61″N 122°13’53.62″W down the top left side of the Everett / Seattle area. When you are zoomed out, there is clearly 3D imagery, but as you zoom in, some of the 3D imagery disappears. I have not yet checked whether it is only on my computer.

  34. Uri says

    They added Milan, Piacenza, Pavia and Syracuse in Italy, and Auxerre, Montpellier, Carcassonne and Strasboug in France

    • Timothy Whitehead says

      I saw the update on the Wikipedia page, but none of those locations appear to be the new type of 3D mesh. Are you referring to the older type of automatically generated buildings, or did they add them temporarily and remove them again, or has the update not reached all users yet?

  40. Timothy Whitehead says

    I will be adding Bordeaux, France, the first location I have actually found on my own!
    And Clermont-Ferrand, Albi, Roanne, Tarbes, Vannes, all in France.
    Antwerp, Belgium.

    • Anton rudolfsson says

      This is cool because this means Google are updating irregularly. Yesterday I was looking in Bordeaux and Antwerpen and at that time there were no 3D-imagery in those cities.

    • Timothy Whitehead says

      Thank you.

      I have also found Esbjerg, Denmark and Argostolion, Greece. There is probably a lot more we haven’t found yet!

      Cuenca and Jerez, Spain.

      Laval, France.

      Gujan-Mestras, La Rochelle, Quimper, France.

      Schweinfurt, Germany.

      La Roche-sur-Yon, France – From Wikipedia
      Alexandria, LA, USA – From Wikipedia

      Cholet, France

  45. Anton Rudolfsson says

    Goiânia, Brazil. I dont know whether there are new imagery or not. Maybe we have missed it from another update.

  50. Frank says

    The northern part of Sardinia (Italy) has been updated, looks like a quite large area containing La Maddalena, Palau, Cannigione and others.

  51. Frank says

    San Francisco got new mesh and the area increased a bit, covering now also Bonita Cove and Rodeo Cove

      • Frank says

        Dont know, I just realised its new in the northern parts of city centre (from Golden Gate Park towards north), quality seems to be improved. Southern parts still have the “old” mesh. I dont think there is a possibility to switch between old and new. Google doesnt seem to inform much about, unfortunately…

  53. bubollofo says

    haha…they didn’t even cover all Western-European capital cities – but they did San Francisco second time – google logic.

    • jebster says

      Someone in Mountain View is paying attention – Berlin has been added. I’m a bit surprised; I thought Warsaw and Stockholm would appear first, since there was oblique imagery for those cities in Google Maps last summer, and there wasn’t for Berlin. The coverage area for Berlin is good, too (unlike London).

    • Florin Arnautu says

      Why are you only focusing on western european cities an criticise the fact that there were mapped eastern euopean cities before some of the “western”. What is your criterion of priority? Ignorance is a desease. Maybe the most severe 😉

  55. Frank says

    Don’t know how you figure out new areas, but my “trick” is to be in a viewing distance of 30-50 km and then constantly turning on and off the 3d buildings layer while slowly moving with the space navigator (you also could move the globe and keep it constantely rolling while turning the layer on and off). As Google is using different ground imagery for the 3D mesh, you can easily see if there is one.

    • Sebastien says

      That’s a good trick.
      In addition to your trick, I use a kml file with a 120° super wide field of view. With it, you can see a lot more at a time.

        • Sebastien says

          It’s very easy: record a tour via the camcorder icon in the upper bar. This tour doesn’t need to move or even last a second, just start and stop it. Save it to the GE side bar normaly. Save the tour by right-clicking it to your desktop as a KML file (not KMZ), then open the kml file with Notepad. Just replace in this line below the 59 value by 119 (keep the .999999999999) and save.
          59.99999999999999

          For tasks where a wide view is usefull like in this thread, I use 119°.
          For everyday navigation, I found 89 to be pleasant. Everything above can mess with your brain 🙂

    • Timothy Whitehead says

      What I do is draw a polygon over the whole continent with a yellow fill and 50% opacity. Then when you are over a 3D area and low enough altitude, it shows through the polygon very clearly. However I need to be at an eye altitude of under 10km so your method may allow faster coverage.

  58. Anton Rudolfsson says

    Osaka (Japan) has the new 3D-imagery. I am not sure whether it was added now or weeks ago.

  62. Frank says

    The newly added northern parts of San Francisco have been why-so-ever removed.
    The same happended to Nuremberg (Germany) some weeks ago, before it reappeared this week.

  75. Johann says

    Hey, my fellow 3d-mesh obsessed. Does the KML file with the mesh covered areas automatically update itself whenever the author changes/adds something or how does that work?

    • Timothy Whitehead says

      I didn’t set any automatic refreshing in the KML so I think you have to right click and select ‘refresh’ to get the latest.

        • Timothy Whitehead says

          Right click on the line that says ‘Map of places with autogenerated 3D Imagery’ and then click ‘Refresh’ in the menu that appears.

  79. Anton Rudolfsson says

    Hamar (Norway)
    It looks like Google think this particular area in Norway is very important!

    • Johann says

      I seriously do not understand why they do what they do. Why Hamar? Why not Helsinki, Warsaw or Prague?

  90. Anton Rudolfsson says

    Thousand Oaks, CA
    White Center / Bryn Mawr-Skyway / Newcastle, WA
    Tucson, AZ (extended areas)

  91. Johann says

    Not sure if of anyone’s concern but there’s a part south of the center of Seville, Spain without the 3d mesh but with the older type of 3d-buildings.

    • Johann says

      It actually makes a perfect square. You can spot it better by turning on and off 3d buildings really quicky.

  93. ChrisAjayi says

    A large area north of Atlanta including Roswell is now modeled with the new mesh. As is Shizuoka, Japan.

  104. Johann says

    Hey, so I just now saw something kinda funny and interesting.

    You might already have found out yourself but you might not so I’m trying to explain it here.

    I don’t know if it only occurs to me but I don’t have the fastest internet connection and when I zoom in really quickly using the right click on my mouse it looks like the areas right next to where the 3d mesh outline ends are still starting to load more 3d buildings but almost instantly after, it disappears and it goes right back to normal satellite photos.

    Makes me think that those areas around the now available and published 3d mesh are also “available” but not published by Google yet. I saw that when checking out my house in Coswig, Germany, which is right next to Dresden, and misses being covered in 3d by only a kilometer or so…

    I don’t know if you got what I was trying to say, I lived in the U.S. for a year but my English still isn’t the best but if you did you should check it out.

    Just thought I’d share that here,

    Greetings,

    Johann

    • Johann says

      It looks like a VERY VERY blurry 3d mesh but then goes back to being a satellite photo.

      Just in case you weren’t getting it.

      Sorry for spamming so hard today

  106. Anton Rudolfsson says

    Here are all areas with new 3D-imagery (from Google’s map) that have been added:

    EUROPE

    GERMANY: Hamm, Hildesheim, Bamberg, Hannover

    SWITZERLAND: Schaffhausen

    FRANCE: Narbonne

    Italy: Sanremo, Trento, Udine, Latina, Aosta, Bolzano, Crotone, Catanzaro
    Southern part of Province of Varese
    Northeastern part of Province of Milano
    Western part of Province of Como
    Southeasten Part of Province of Novara

    Norway: Tønsberg, Sandefjord, Larvik, Harstad

    Sweden: Borås

    Finland: Jyveskylä

    Spain: San Roque

    Romania: Sibiu

    USA

    California: Fairfield, Vacaville, El Sobrante, Pinole, Rodeo

    Arizona: Yuma & Fortuna Foothills

    Tennessee: Germantown

    Mexiko: Tijuana

  109. Anton Rudolfsson says

    Europe:
    Norway: Jorstadmoen, Lillehammer (Extended area)
    France: Artiguelouve, Pau (Extended area)

    USA:
    Nevada: Black Rock City
    Arizona: Chino Valley, Prescott (Extended area)
    Texas: Southton, San Antonio (Extended area )
    Louisiana: Lafayette
    Alabama: Fort Mitchell, Columbus (Extended area)
    South Carolina: Lancaster
    Pennsylvania: Du Bois

  111. Anton Rudolfsson says

    Nashville (TN) and surrounding areas has appeared on Google’s map as several dots. However, they are not in 3D yet so you guys can keep an eye on that area!

  123. Frank says

    Already mentioned by someone, but still not in the kmz: Santa Barbara CA. BTW: Thank you Timothy, great work!

    • alfski says

      Hi t0tep, this post is not for REQUESTING imagery. But simply for listing location which ALREADY have Google’s 3D Imagery. Thanks.

  136. bubollofo says

    and from Frejus – west (along the sea) to Cavalaire-sur-Mer (including inter alia: Saint-Tropez, Port Cogolin, Sainte Maxime)

  141. Johann says

    Huge area east of Vancouver, Canada including the cities of Maple Ridge, Langley and White Rock

  159. Johann says

    The new “outlines” are not very efficient. In fact, it covers what I’m having the KML file for… I think it was better as it was before

    • Timothy Whitehead says

      The old style outlines are still available. Just click on ‘Sorted by country’. I may switch that to being the default depending on feed back from readers.

      • Sebastien says

        That’s good to see both, though what is the point with filled area? It gives a sense of the current coverage, is that all?
        I think, newbies could get frustrated with your file if they don’t find the “sorted by countries” first.

  160. Johann says

    That’d be me. Can’t find that “sorted by countries”.

    And I share Sebastien’s opinion. I’m always up for something new. Maybe it’s better, though, to have the old stile as default.

  170. Frank says

    Extensions to Napoli reagion (Italy), including Pozzuoli and the islands of Ischia and Procida

  171. Nigel Coxon says

    Annoyingly, the 3D layer for Huddersfield doesn’t cover my house – literally stops the other side of the road!

  173. Anton Rudolfsson says

    Here are all areas with new 3D-imagery (from Google’s map) that have been added:

    Greece: Mikonos
    Bulgaria: Yambol
    Denmark: Vejle
    Spain: Roquetas de Mar
    Italy: Pozzuoli (Naples), Ischia
    Japan: Sagamihara (Tokyo)
    Canada: Sainte-Catherine (Montreal)

    • Peter Leineweber says

      Yes, Vejle (Denmark) was in 3D for a short while, but for now it is gone again. Only a very blurry satellite image is left

  174. Johann says

    You might wonna fix that outline in Mikonos, Greece

    The area around the airport doesnt have the mesh, strangely so.

  176. Chris Ajayi says

    Updated Imagery and Expanded Coverage for:
    Boulder City now covers the Hoover Dam
    Reno, NV
    St. George, UT

  177. Johann says

    Just realized that the “new” 3d mesh in Vienna must be more than two years old. You can see the DC Tower Skyscraper barely under construction although it was finished October 2013! Crazy that it took them so long to release it.

  178. Johann says

    Also – and I don’t want to make something like a picky impression on you guys but – as a German I just wanted to say that in the coverage area of Mannheim in Germany there’s also a placemarker set for the cities of Speyer and Weinheim. However, I can promise you those cities are nothing but suburbs that were lucky receiving coverage, instead the cities of Ludwigshafen and Heidelberg are in fact well known German major cities that do deserve to have a placemarker. I know that Speyer and Weinheim are also mentioned in the Wikipedia article but just like I said, I don’t see why.

    The reason why I say this is because I love this KML file and I can’t imagine my Google Earth without it because I find Google’s 3d mesh awfully fascinating and I am always looking for a way to improve the file by posting on this page.

    And last but not least, I wanted to ask wether, when I see some incorrect outlines, if you want me to tell you like I did when I saw it in Mikonos, Greece. I saw a couple missplaced ones before and I didn’t say anything because I didn’t want to seem like the grumpy offensive German stereo-type. lol

    have a good one

  181. ChrisAjayi says

    Oxnard, CA
    Bellingham, WA
    Cedar Rapids, IA
    Peru, IL
    Liverpool, England
    Portsmouth, England
    Londonderry, Northern Ireland
    Dundalk, Ireland

    And probably more!

  182. Anton Rudolfsson says

    Sweden: Örebro
    Norway: Hortens kommun, Haugesund, Sylling, Tranby
    Germany: Bayreuth
    Italy: Venedig

  210. Anton Rudolfsson says

    Half Moon bay / Moss Beach / El Granada (San Francisco mesh)
    Eastern part of Mesa / Apashe Junction / Gold Canyon (Phoenix mesh)

    Unfortunately, I see many parts of 3D-imagery areas all around the world that have been removed. For example Great Neck, NY. I suspect that Google have updated those areas and hence those changes. If someone figure it out what is happening, please tell me!

  211. Johann says

    Bergisch Gladbach in the Cologne area has over 100,000 people living there. Definetely worth being added as placemarker.

    Also the Northern and Eastern part of the Adelaide area in Australia has been removed by quite a bit.

  219. Johann says

    Plsen, Czech Republic
    Katowice, Poland (NEW COUNTRY)
    Trier, Germany
    Siegen, Germany
    Scafati, Italy (extending Naples area)
    Blois, France
    Iasi, Romania

  232. Johann says

    Hey Timothy,
    The KML file is not working for me anymore. Already re-downloaded it.
    The features simply don’t show up.

    The file icon has a red circle in front of it that is usually green, I think. But my internet connection is working.

    Do you know how I can fix this?

    Have a nice weekend!

    -Johann

    • Johann says

      Milwaukee still has the old type of 3d buildings for me. Maybe they were just testing.

  244. ChrisAjayi says

    Ontario and Fontana, Auburn Lincoln and Roseville, Vallejo, all in California
    Expansion to the St. Louis Imagery

  259. ChrisAjayi says

    Update and expansion to Hartford, CT
    Oak Island, Ocean Isle Beach, NC
    Dentsville, SC
    Calhoun, GA
    Seguin, TX
    Hallsville, TX
    Iowa City, IA
    Sevierville, TN
    Douglas, AZ
    Rio Rico, AZ
    Show Low, AZ
    Moses Lake, WA
    Maple Valley, WA

  262. Vladimir says

    *Cosenza, Italy
    has an extended urban area that goes till Marano (West) and Montalto Uffugo / Settimo (North)

    I wish you can add all
    thanks

  264. Anton Rudolfsson says

    According to Google’s map:
    El Ejido (Spain)
    Dornbirn, Bregenz (Austria)
    Nishi, Kako, Tarumi and other cities in the area (Japan)
    Discovery Bay (San Fransisco, California)
    Spanish Springs (Reno, Nevada)

    • mc says

      Can confirm Coimbra, though it’s not showing in the kml (nor Valladolid) – guess it’s getting increasingly harder to keep up with the updates.

  284. ChrisAjayi says

    Warren, MI, Muskegon. MI
    Carson City, NV, Henderson, NV, North Las Vegas, NV
    Green Bay, WI
    Decatur, IL
    Gulfport, MS, Biloxi, MS, Pascagoula, MS, Bay St Louis, MS
    Expansion to Cincinnati, OH
    Update and Expansion to Boston, MA

  286. ChrisAjayi says

    Amarillo, TX, Allen, TX, Frisco, TX
    Eureka, CA, Mckinleyville, CA
    Expansion to Baltimore, MD
    Williamsport, PA

  303. jonahtornado says

    Is there any way of knowing when an area will be in 3D? I’ve been waiting for about a year for the expansion of the Connecticut coverage to include Bridgeport , New Haven, and Meriden. It hasnt happened yet. Im waiting

    • Johann says

      Unfortunately we don’t know. Seems like Google is keeping that a secret. There’s no “behind the scenes” that tells us what cities/locations are in progress or “coming soon” as far as I know.

  304. Anton Rudolfsson says

    Please be patient! It take some time to add all those cities to our KML-file.

  349. Manolache Alexandru says

    Arlington, Texas
    Grand Prairie, Texas
    Dalworthington, Texas
    Mansfield, Texas
    Cedar Hill, Texas
    Duncanville, Texas
    Euless, Texas extended area
    Forth Worth, Texas extended area.

  383. Manolache Alexandru says

    Dallas, TX updated and extended area
    Cockrell Hill, TX
    Irving, TX
    Grand Prairie, TX
    University Park, TX
    Farmers Branch, TX
    Coppell, TX
    North Branch,TX
    Richardson, TX
    Euless, TX updated and extended area.
    Arlington TX extended area.

  385. ChrisAjayi says

    Brainerd, MN
    Jackson, MI
    Portsmouth, OH
    Pottsville, PA
    Bloomsburg, PA
    Beckley, WV
    Crestville, FL
    Leesburg, FL
    Winter Haven, FL
    Parkton, NC

  395. Jackson says

    Is it just me because if you go to north platte, Nebraska only the convention center is in 3d. I think it only works on a smartphone or tablet. But ya has anyone been experiencing this too?

  396. Jonathan Rosas says

    Hey Timothy! You can add Panama City (The Whole Metropolitan Area) Some cities of Panama Oeste like Chorrera, Arraijan and Capira, Coronado and Chame.
    Colon and The Whole Panama Canal Trail.

    • Timothy Whitehead says

      Hi Jonathan, This post is for letting us know about new 3D that is already in Google Earth and not for requests.

    • Jackson says

      The blur hasn’t gone away for me. Do you mean with the 3d mesh it has been fixed or with the imagery? Or both?

  400. Frank says

    In version 7.1.2 it was also still blurred for me. Updated to 7.1.4 and now its fixed 🙂

  401. Anton Rudolfsson says

    According to Google’s map:

    American Fork (Salt Lake City updated), United States
    Los Palacios y Villafranca (Sevilla updated), Spain
    Toyota (Nagoya updated), Japan
    Mito, Japan
    Maebashi, Japan

  436. ChrisAjayi says

    Midland and Saginaw, MI
    Plattsburgh, NY
    Keansburg, Rumson, Middletown, NJ
    Spartanburg, SC
    Spring Hill, FL
    Schertz, TX

  438. ChrisAjayi says

    Columbia, TN
    Berea, Richmond, KY
    Watertown, Johnson Creek, Jefferson, Fort Atkinson, Whitewater, WI
    Santa Maria, CA

  465. Jonathan Rosas says

    The blurry glitch in oslo is now fixed?
    I have went to oslo in google earth and looks like that already is fixed and corrected the 3d mesh

  468. Leonardo says

    Hi Timothy, you can add please Lima Peru, located in South America, I hope your answer

    • Timothy Whitehead says

      Hi Leonardo, we are not part of Google and do not add the 3D imagery ourselves. We are just monitoring what Google adds.

      • Leonardo says

        Thanks for replying, then, if the list of cities in Wikipedia is updated, and suppose “Lima Peru” auto-generated appears, you are upgrading to 3D images of the city ?, if I’m wrong, correct me

        Sorry for the bad English, I hope you understand, Greetings

        • Johann says

          We are not Google. We only monitor when we see that cities got updated in 3d. Both this list and the list in Wikipedia are having the cities added AFTER they’ve been spotted in Google earth. You CANNOT make request. No one can. The process of adding cities happens behind closed doors of Google and we do not know when they are added.

          Hope this helps your understanding,
          Greetings,
          -Johann

          • Leonardo says

            Hello Johann, thank you for responding, I think I understood, that means that no one knows about it, when or at what point will update the cities from different countries to 3D images, thank you very much, and I removed the doubts, Greetings!

  469. ChrisAjayi says

    Butler, PA
    Bluefield, VA/Princeton, WV
    Dallas/Hyram, GA
    Raymond, MS
    Yuma, AZ updated and expanded area
    Albany, GA updated and expanded area

  470. Manolache Alexandru says

    Cocoa, Florida updated and extended area.
    Titusville, Florida updated and extended area.
    Cocoa West, Florida
    Rockledge, Florida
    Merrit Island, Florida
    Cocoa Beach, Florida
    Cape Canaveral, Florida
    Port Canaveral, Florida
    Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida

  471. Manolache Alexandru says

    Ocala, Florida updated and extended area.
    Silver Springs Shores, Florida
    Belleview, Florida
    Summerfield, Florida
    Ocklawaha, Florida
    Zuber, Florida
    Martin, Florida
    Anthony, Florida
    Adams Hammock, Florida
    Marion, Florida

  476. Manolache Alexandru says

    According to Google’s map:

    Zlin, Czech Republic
    Saint-Etienne, France extended
    Ghent, Belgium extended
    Charleroi Belgium extended
    Vitoria-Gasteiz Spain extended
    Logrono Spain extended
    Albany New York, USA extended
    Lynchburg ,Virginia, USA extended
    Florence ,Alabama, USA extended
    Tallahassee ,Florida,USA extended
    Mt Plymouth ,Florida, USA
    Sheboygan ,Wisconsin, USA extended
    Mankato ,Minnesota, USA extended
    Joplin ,Missouri, USA extended
    Indio, Cathedral City, Palm Springs ,California, USA extended

  477. Arawak says

    Have a look at 3D Warsaw, Poland. Its central part is pretty well modelled, but the model does not cover even all downtown and on the edges difference in ground level reach 10 meters and more. 3D photo edges going across densly build-up areas with such error in elevation are horrible :-/

    Question is: which model is correct: the general (old) or the 3D photo (new one)? I made a short research and there is no such issue with other cities in Europe.

    • Johann says

      There seems to ba a common missunderstanding.

      Timothy does NOT create the 3d models himself, this blog-post is only there to monitor which cities have been added by Google. The comments you see above are not requests, they are simply to let Timothy know what cities have been newly updated to Google Earth so he can add those to the KML file which he has created. I recommend reading the whole post.

      This is blog is also not operated by Google.

      Requests for 3d areas CANNOT be made.

      Greetings,
      – Johann

  479. venkatesh says

    how to calculate the entire saurface area for the building (including, height ,elevation and 3d modelling)

  483. ChrisAjayi says

    Canton, OH
    Des Moines, IA
    Norman, OK
    West Bradenton/Longboat Key, FL
    Venice/Boca Grande, FL
    Vineland, NJ

  491. ChrisAjayi says

    Gainesville, FL
    Palm Coast, FL
    A partial amount of Punta Gorda, FL
    Lakeland/Sun City Center, FL
    Lawrenceville, GA

  493. ChrisAjayi says

    Abilene, TX
    Wichita Falls, TX
    West end of Tulsa, OK
    Lincoln, NE updated and extended area
    Lakewood, WA
    Frederickson, WA
    Orting, WA

  504. ChrisAjayi says

    Gastonia, NC
    Concord/Huntersville, NC
    Gainesville, Lawrenceville, Loganville, GA
    Holly Springs, GA

  514. ChrisAjayi says

    Babylon, Brentwood, NY
    Port Charlotte/Punta Gorda, FL
    Tyler, TX
    Plano, TX
    Edmond, OK
    Kennewick, WA
    Provo/Spanish Fork, UT
    St. Charles, MO

  517. ChrisAjayi says

    Fresno, CA updated and expanded area
    Canton/Madison, MS
    Albuquerque, NM Updated and expanded area

  520. Frank says

    Sorry, my fault, please ignore the last two postings, except of the removal of Tacoma (WA)

  524. jonahtornado says

    (36.15N, 115.28 W) Las Vegas
    (43.64N, 116.39W) Boise, ID
    Do you know how to get these places to load? They are blurry on Google Earth

  529. Jonathan Rosas says

    Hey Timothy, Notice and Reply me when a City of India goes 3D. I have read about India Soon Will go 3D

  560. Uri says

    north and west of Madrid : Pozuelo, Majadahonda, Fuenlabrada, Alcorcon, Leganes, Boadilla, etc….

  578. Jonathan Rosas says

    Crotone was removed due to wrong height with odd effect “city underwater” when creating a 3D map of this city, in Italy

  593. Andrew Leahy says

    Timothy are you still making updates to the KML? Perhaps there’s a way we can crowd-source the outlines. Submit kml polygons to a shared google sheet or something?

  594. Pere M. Mollet says

    New autogenerated 3D Imagery have been added into Tarragona Area in Spain. It’s a larger area than previous 2013 area.

    • Timothy Whitehead says

      Sorry for the delay. It has not been abandoned. I’ll discuss it with Anton who has been doing the outlines and if he needs assistance I will either do some myself or ask if any other readers wish to assist. Keep in mind that most of the new areas are extended areas which take longer to draw because of the timeline.

      • Johann says

        Glad to hear that! Take your time, I guess most of us just feared that you guys stopped working on the kml

      • Anton Rudolfsson says

        Hi! I am working on the outlines! I have a job and at the same time I am studying. But I try my best to finish the outlines!
        /Anton

  603. Johann says

    Latino, Madrid, Spain is a huge part in the middle of the 3d area of Madrid that is not in 3d

  614. ChrisAjayi says

    Corinth/Lake Dallas, TX
    New Port Richey, FL
    Westerville, OH
    Wheaton, IL
    Mukwonago, WI
    Farmington/Bloomington, MN
    Lebanon, PA
    Lewisburg/Selinsgrove/Sunbury, PA
    Woonsocket, RI/Framingham/Milford/Franklin, MA
    Kingsport, TN
    Franklin, TN
    HattIesburg, MS

  624. ChrisAjayi says

    Bedford Hills, NY which appear to have a glitch where squares of 3D go missing when you become closer.

  646. ChrisAjayi says

    Worcester, MA
    Chicago Updated and expanded area
    Somerville, NJ
    A strip near Circle Pines, MN
    Mabelvale, AR
    Putnam, CT
    Burlington, VT updated
    Charleston, SC

  667. Manolache Alexandru says

    Saronno, Italy
    Cascina Selva, Italy
    Introini, Italy
    Resegone-san Prino, Italy
    Cascina Emanuela, Italy
    Solaro, Italy
    Cascina Colombara, Italy
    Bellusco II, Italy
    Mezzago, Italy
    Orobona, Italy
    Verderio, Italy
    Robbiate, Italy
    San Marcellino, Italy
    Monza, Italy updated and extended area.

  676. ChrisAjayi says

    Richmond Hill, Ontario Canada
    Champaign, IL
    Milwaukee, WI Expansion
    Lowell, MA
    Norwood, MA
    Winter Park, FL
    Estero, FL

  701. Johann says

    Maddison, WIsconsin

    Hey btw:
    Since no one seems to be updating anymore I am now drawing the outlines myself but so far only for myself. Does anyone know how to share the folder with the outlines?

  702. Jonathan Rosas says

    Hey Timothy:
    I will draw the outlines myself to export to the kml file. How to export my drawn outlines to the kml file?
    Does anyone know how to share the folder with the outlines? Please Reply.

    • Timothy Whitehead says

      Hi Jonathan, if you wish to do some outlines, all you need to do is draw the outlines and send them to me as a KML and I will insert them in the master KML file. For new areas, all I need is the outline. For expanded areas it gets a bit more complicated as we keep track of both the total new area covered and the expanded piece. I would suggest you start with the most recent ones and work backwards as Anton may have already got some of the older ones done.

      • Jonathan Rosas says

        What color of the outline i have to draw?
        Red, Orange, White Orange, White, Blue or Black or any color to export to KML file. Please answer me

        • Timothy Whitehead says

          It doesn’t matter. It will become the correct colours when it goes into the master KML file.

          • Jonathan Rosas says

            Once i have done the outline kml file, how to send to the master kml file? I have to send what via?

  703. Jonathan Rosas says

    Hey Timothy, i have drawn the Pretoria, South Africa 3D Outline, the outline is ready to export. Now is ready to get added into the master kml.

  704. Jonathan Rosas says

    My first Outline was successful, ¡and it appears in the Kml!. Thanks for your help

  705. Jonathan Rosas says

    I have sent three .kml files outlines: The outlines of Cebu, Philippines; of Manaus, Brazil; and North Plattle, Nebraska, United States.

  706. Frank says

    I have done Niigata, Japan and Civitavecchia, Italy and sent it to Timothy.
    Maybe we can organize drawing the missing KMLs by date or region? (via Doodle??)

  707. Frank says

    Dear everybode,
    I did some work and collected all entries of which I think they are still missing.
    Lets join our work and collaborate to that wonderfull collection.
    Please look here:
    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15AcvWuZC6qxNxOMLhWJMYuadAlHo4hLTlECAhrqs5Sw/edit?usp=sharing
    If you would like to draw some cities, please mark in the sheet (maybe with your name) to avoid double efforts. Lets send the KMLs to Timothy. Hope that can work, please correct me if somethings wrong.
    Best regards
    Frank

  747. Manolache Alexandru says

    Hi, Timothy in outlines sorted by country Brampton, Canada is gone
    Hi, Timothy in outlines sorted by country Vaughan, Canada is gone
    Hi, Timothy in outlines sorted by country Nashville, Canada is gone.

  748. Abomb says

    Here are two that I’ve noticed that are new and not in the current .kml,

    Zion National Park in Southern Utah. (This one is just plain beautiful, the amount of detail is quite impressive)
    Grand Canyon Skywalk northwest of Peach Springs, AZ on the rim above the Colorado River. (hope the entire Grand Canyon gets this some day, but I’m not holding my breath. It would make backcountry trip planning a lot of fun as far as off trail routes are concerned).

    • Jonathan Rosas says

      Canyonlands National Park, Utah is not 3D, but Arches National Park is included in Moab 3D Outline

      • Timothy Whitehead says

        Yes, I incorrectly thought Canyonlands National Park extended further north-west than it does.

  763. AbuLeffe says

    This is becoming extremly heavy to scroll. Is it possible to close comments, and open part 2 as a new post, preferably with the spreadsheet at top?

  764. Álvaro says

    Zaragoza, Spain updated and extended area.
    Oropesa de mar, Spain updated and extended area.
    A Coruña, Spain updated and extended area.

  768. Manolache Alexandru says

    Hi, Timothy in outlines sorted by country Brampton, Ontario is gone
    Hi, Timothy in outlines sorted by country Vaughan, Ontario is gone
    Hi, Timothy in outlines sorted by country Nashville, Ontario is gone.

  780. Manolache Alexandru says

    Hi, Timothy Richmond Hill, Ontario is gone
    Nashville, Ontario is gone.
    Ghent, Belgium is gone.
    Charleroi, Belgium is gone
    Biddeford, Maine is gone
    A Coruna, Spain is gone
    Burlington, Vermont is gone
    Indio, California is gone.