# Check out New York City in Google Earth!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-new-york-city-in-google-earth/360936>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 16, 2006, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-new-york-city-in-google-earth/360936 "2006-06-16T15:56:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-new-york-city-in-google-earth/360936/1 "2006-06-16T15:56:42Z")

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[The entire city is mapped out as 3-D buildings.](http://earth.google.com/earth4.html) It’s like your own personal interactive fly through of NYC!

It’s hard to decribe and best experienced.

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**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-new-york-city-in-google-earth/360936/2 "2006-06-16T16:05:26Z")

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Yeah, that’s the whole reason they put the tilt feature in. They have it mapped like that for most major cities, as well as geographical features like the Grand Canyon and the Himalayas.

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**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-new-york-city-in-google-earth/360936/3 "2006-06-16T16:24:09Z")

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Damn! I exist just a couple blocks out of the 3D zone in Waikiki.

They’ve also really updated the maps for Hawaii. Before the NW islands were just blurry specks but now you can really get in close and see them.

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**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-new-york-city-in-google-earth/360936/4 "2006-06-16T16:26:51Z")

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Wow, even individual houses have been given their own little one story box. With attention payed to odd shapes they might have.

Now I don’t want to go to work.