concept3D assists New York University’s Schack Real Estate Institute students in presentation to Mt. Vernon, NY planning commission
The concept3D ‘Brown Bag Session’ lunchtime training was launched today at Communication Arts Inc.
From ‘Brownfield’ to ‘Greenfield’ - Visualizing the World’s Largest Urban Solar Power Plant. Today, Exelon and SunPower announced plans to develop a 10 megawatt solar power plant in the south side of Chicago- the largest of its kind in an urban setting. Considering this monumental announcement, on Earth Day nonetheless, we decided to create a real-virtual view of the array using Google Earth, SketchUp and some other tools at our disposal.
As the GeoWeb evolves, vertical marketing becomes more relevant in presenting 3D, Web and Google Earth capabilities. This week, we illustrate the Long Beach Convention Center in 3D along with its surrounding attractions. One nice thing about this content, unlike 99% of Google Earth content, is that it presents the property inside and out.
Here are two easy ways to get information from Google Maps (maps.google.com) to Google Earth (standalone application). If you create anything while signed into “My Maps”, all you have to do is click the “View in Google Earth” link. If you are not signed into “My Maps” and you generate map information from a simple directions search, all you need to do is copy and paste the Google Maps link into the Google Earth search field.
Many readers let me know that the 3.5 million figure was primarily for Fargo (2,511,000) and Moorhead (1,172,000) but this flood picked its fight on the Red River Basin and the community that fought back was not defined or confined by any city border.
For my Minneapolis to Boulder leg (yes, I know it is a weird way to get to Boulder from Fargo), I mounted a camera on my dashboard and created a time lapse recording. Whoever said driving across the great plains was boring?
During a week in March volunteers in Fargo and Moorhead had produced an amazing 3.5 million sandbags to hold back the record flood levels. That is quite the feat and the numbers don’t need visuals to make an impact. However, since I live, eat, and breathe SketchUp I could not help exploring these numbers in my favorite visualization application.