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Put your town on the 3D map: Google Model Your Town Competition
December 1, 2009
[Cross-posted from the
Official Google SketchUp Blog
]
People build 3D models for all sorts of reasons. One of them is geo-modeling – making photo-textured models of real-life buildings that appear in Google Earth. For some, geo-modeling is a hobby; they get a kick out of building something that provides a real benefit to the people in their community. Local geo-modelers are the unsung heroes of the virtual world - no longer.
Our first-ever
Google Model Your Town Competition
is by far the biggest 3D modeling challenge we've ever launched. It's open to just about everyone (not just students), just about everywhere in the world. Form a team, model buildings (using
SketchUp
or
Building Maker
) and upload them by the end of February 2010.
You can model as many structures as you like – which types of buildings you choose to include is entirely up to you. The important thing is that your choices say something about the character and history of your town. You can even include links to videos and photo albums in your entry; this is really more of a 3D portrait contest for communities.
If your town wins, a bunch of us from the SketchUp team will visit, throw you a party and do our best to make you look like the local hero that you are. There are other prizes, too – check out the
competition website
for details, and start rounding up teammates!
Here's some inspiration (just to get your creative juices flowing):
Posted by Allyson McDuffie and Aidan Chopra, Google Geo Team
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