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Singapore Grand Prix Track in 3D

posted by lxnyce on Thursday September 25, @10:01AM   Printer-friendly   Email story  Permalink  Trackback URI  Slashdotthis  Diggthis  Del.icio.us
from the where-are-the-virtual-people dept.
The Google Earth Blog has an entry about this. I tried the KMZ and it looks really good once loaded. Almost on par with the work Disney did. Here is part of the Google Earth Blog summary : "The Singapore Grand Prix Formula 1 race begins tomorrow. The race goes right through the Marina Bay Circuit Park. If you've never been there, you can still get a very realistic feel for what the race will be like thanks to Google Earth! As mentioned last summer, the guys at Earth@Sg created a detailed 3D visualization of the race track as well as the surrounding buildings for Google Earth. There are also ways to tour the track built in. You have two ways to view the model:"
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