Google World Builder
The recent release of Google Sketchup 7.1 gave us powerful tools to easily create accurate models of urban contexts, with the integration of Street View for textures and better geo location of models.
And yersterday, Google released World Builder, a web based tool that enables users to easily model the buildings of 50 cities.
As you can see on the video it is very simple: you choose a regular volume to start with, and you adjust the width and height in views of the terrain from different angles, and voilá! you just modeled a part of the city, available for everyone at Google Earth and 3D Warehouse.
You can see the latest buildings modeled by users at 3D Warehouse… and if you refresh the page you will see how fast this is being populated.
Thank you Google :)
Hey it is cool, and google gets free workers to create their big 3d building database this way :-)
Wow, now you can watch lots of cities from many angles ! Thats awsome! Super aerial photos for everything!
2:06 AM Oct 15th
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2:11 AM Oct 15th
RT @anamaria_p Google World Builder #Google Sketch up & Google Maps http://bit.ly/fNLil
3:48 AM Oct 15th
RT: @archdaily Google World Builder http://bit.ly/3XbLY9
10:06 AM Oct 15th
RT @emahfuz Google World Builder http://bit.ly/3XbLY9
2:05 PM Oct 15th
RT @nicholaspatten Google World Builder. http://bit.ly/2SdN0Q // Awesome!! Thanks for the share.
2:06 PM Oct 15th
Too cool! RT @nicholaspatten: Google World Builder. http://bit.ly/2SdN0Q
4:28 PM Oct 15th
RT @guidoux @emahfuz Google World Builder http://bit.ly/3XbLY9
5:40 PM Oct 15th
way cool – I just turned Chicago into a 60s hippie commune! RT: @danmcdonough: Too cool! Google World Builder. http://bit.ly/2SdN0Q