ARMCHAIR ARCHITECT

A new way to create 3D models for Google Earth.

BY COLIN BERRY

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Once you choose the city, a zoomable satellite map lets you choose the street and the very building you want to model.

I live in Los Angeles, but, like Tony Bennett, left my heart in San Francisco, whose charming Victorians, swooping hills, and rolling fog spark my fondest memories. So when I heard Google was releasing Building Maker, a tool for amateur designers like me to create geo-located 3D models of buildings in their favorite cities, I looked to see if mine ...

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