Redesigned 'Your World in 3D' Site

Check out the newly redesigned Your World in 3D web site. According to Nicole at Google Geo, it's meant to demystify why and how users like me and you create 3D models for Google Earth.

Included are too many good things to mention (and all nicely organized). I liked the community calendar, the photo album of community events, the link to the Your World in 3D YouTube channel, and the 3D geo-models gallery.

So again, check it out. It's fun, cleaner, brighter, and new!

Newest Google Earth Super Modeler: TANTUNNY

Please welcome TANTUNNY, aka Weiyu Chen, to the ranks of the Super Modelers! He was chosen by the Google Super Modelers group for recognition as an above-and-beyond geo-modeling enthusiast.

TANTUNNY's 3D models for Google Earth are not only numerous and accurate representations of real-life places, they are also beautiful and evocative 3D images with a distinct "mood." (See example above).

Congratulations TANTUNNY/Weiyu!

* "Super Modeler" is a term coined in the Google Geo group and designates amateur 3D modeling enthusiasts who create 3D building models for Google Earth.

Anyone in the public can easily learn to be a geo-modeler! Exceptional geo-modelers are often recognized as "Super Modelers." The Super Modelers group chooses new members. Super Modelers are an informal group allied with, supported by, and even rewarded by Google.

Abbottabod House in Google Earth

This model of Osama bin Laden's hideout is included in my following 3D model collections: House and Hotel, 2000s