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Announcing the Google Model Your Town Competition winner
May 14, 2010
[Cross-posted with the
SketchUp Blog
]
On April 1st, we announced the
five finalist towns
for the
Google Model Your Town Competition
and asked the public to help pick the winning town. For the past month, participants reviewed the 3D models, explored the buildings in Google Earth and watched videos of the 3D towns.
Well, we’ve tallied the votes and we’d like to congratulate our 2010 winning town:
Barranco - Lima, Peru
!
Jorge De Albertis Bettocchi, a 38 year-old corporate business attorney, modeled the
Barranco District
of Lima. He entered the competition to generate pride among his fellow citizens and created his 3D models to serve as a tool for tourism, promotion, investment and preservation of Barranco’s historic architecture. Jorge also created a blog,
Barranco 3D Project
, that includes descriptions of his models, his modeling process, community involvement and press videos.
Jorge is also a musician who plays the keyboard, has a small recording studio, and has participated in the production of concerts in Peru. “I started creating SketchUp models in 2007 when I was asked to design a stage for a rock concert, and a concert-production partner recommended using SketchUp. Since then I have not stopped using it and it is the only 3D design program I have ever used.”
Jorge, you have impressed people all over the world with your SketchUp models. Congratulations to the Barranco community!
We’ll be awarding the local school district with US$10,000 and the SketchUp team is planning a visit to Barranco later this summer to recognize their efforts. Visit the
Google Earth Gallery
to download a 3D tour of Barranco, Peru and visit our
winners page
for more details.
Thanks to all those who voted to help us find the winning town. And thanks to all the modelers out there who submitted entries — we hope you'll continue to add 3D buildings to Google Earth!
Posted by Allyson McDuffie, SketchUp Team
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