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"Google introduced Building Maker, a tool to allow users to make accurate 3D models of buildings, in October. The service provides users with aerial photographs that can be superimposed on 3D shapes in order to construct accurate models of a given place. If approved, these buildings can be used in Google Earth. It's a neat example of  what providing a community with the tools to execute a larger task can accomplish.\nIn a recent blog post, Google announced its biggest 3D modeling challenge to date: the Google Model Your Town Competition. Teams can work together to create 3D models of their towns, which they must upload by the end of February 2010.This video explains the process:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith the help of tools like Building Maker and SketchUp, teams can create 3D portraits of their own communities. The contest is open to everyone, and the winning team or individual will get $10,000 for their public school district (or international equivalent), tons of publicity, a visit from the Google team and an event in their honor.\nCheck out some user contributions here:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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