Google Working On New 3D Maps

An important next step in improving all of these areas—comprehensiveness, accuracy and usability of our maps—is the ability to model the world in 3D. Since 2006, they’ve had textured 3D buildings in Google Earth, and today they are excited to announce that they will begin adding 3D models to entire metropolitan areas to Google Earth on mobile devices. This is possible thanks to a combination of our new imagery.

By Roland Hutchinson on Thursday 7th June 2012 10:24 am in Technology News