The newest version of Google Earth is able to show buildings in 3D (true 3D, texture mapped -- not just the ugly gray blocks). For example, now you can see many of the skyscrapers in New York as 3D models.

Soon the city of Hamburg in Germany will be in 3D.

See Ogle Earth blog for more.

Looks pretty awesome.

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A new version of Google Earth has been released.

Download Google Earth 4.0.2737 (14.3mb, exe)

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`Irony` actually does mean `metal like`...

Well, they didn't hurry -- 3D Hamburg is available now.

It was supposed to be the first city to become 3D, but Berlin and Dresden were faster.

These are worth watching. But be warned--they are really massive models!

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Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself. The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.
-- Richard Feynman