Model Your Town finalists announced: Cast your vote!
April 1st, 2010 | Published in Google SketchUp
OK folks -- it’s time to vote for your favorite 3D town. The submission phase of the Google Model Your Town Competition is over and the five finalists have been selected. Without further ado, they are (in alphabetical order):
Barranco, Lima, Peru
Modeler: Jorge De Albertis
Barranco’s collection of models
Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Germany
Modeler: Leonhard Pröttel
Braunschweig’s collection of models
Donostia - San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain
Modelers: Pedro Domecq Aguirre, Eneka Mujica, Gabriel Garcia, Jan Wesbuer, Fermin Saraseta
Donostia - San Sebastián’s collection of models
Dursley, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Modeler: John Wilkes
Dursley’s collection of models
West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
Modeler: Chris Sardinas
West Palm Beach’s collection of models
This overview video flies to each of the finalist towns:
On the voting page, you’ll find a separate one-minute video tour for each town, as well as a link to a KML file that you can use to see the models in Google Earth. Take a look at everything, decide which you think is best, then weigh in -- you have until May 1st, 2010 to cast your vote.
Congratulations to the finalists and to all of the teams who submitted entries. Choosing the top five certainly wasn’t an easy task. As you can see from this collection of the teams who entered, the competition was tough. Good luck!
Barranco, Lima, Peru
Modeler: Jorge De Albertis
Barranco’s collection of models
Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Germany
Modeler: Leonhard Pröttel
Braunschweig’s collection of models
Donostia - San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain
Modelers: Pedro Domecq Aguirre, Eneka Mujica, Gabriel Garcia, Jan Wesbuer, Fermin Saraseta
Donostia - San Sebastián’s collection of models
Dursley, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Modeler: John Wilkes
Dursley’s collection of models
West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
Modeler: Chris Sardinas
West Palm Beach’s collection of models
This overview video flies to each of the finalist towns:
On the voting page, you’ll find a separate one-minute video tour for each town, as well as a link to a KML file that you can use to see the models in Google Earth. Take a look at everything, decide which you think is best, then weigh in -- you have until May 1st, 2010 to cast your vote.
Congratulations to the finalists and to all of the teams who submitted entries. Choosing the top five certainly wasn’t an easy task. As you can see from this collection of the teams who entered, the competition was tough. Good luck!