https://rollerweblogger.org/roller/ Dave Johnson on open web technologies, social software and software development en-us Copyright 2026 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 07:02:22 +0000 Apache Roller 6.1.5 https://rollerweblogger.org/roller/entry/ncsu_in_3d Dave Johnson https://rollerweblogger.org/roller/entry/ncsu_in_3d Sat, 1 Sep 2007 13:02:05 +0000 General gis google ncsu <p>I was playing around with the new &lt;a href= &quot;http://earth.google.com/intl/en/userguide/v4/flightsim/index.html&quot;&gt;flight simulator in Google Earth and flying over Raleigh when I noticed the extensive and very detailed set of 3D models for the NCSU campus. Here&#39;s an overview that shows the brickyard, D.H. Hill library and <a href="http://www.ncsu.edu/facilities/buildings/harrelson.html">Harrelson Hall</a>:</p> &lt;img src=&quot;http://rollerweblogger.org/roller/resource/ncsu-3d-533x338.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Google Earth 3D view of NCSU campus&quot; style=&quot;margin: 10px&quot; /&gt; <p>The details are pretty amazing, with signage and steps and hand-rails. Here&#39;s an example that shows the stairs on the side of Reynolds the old basketball coliseum:</p> &lt;img src=&quot;http://rollerweblogger.org/roller/resource/reynolds.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;View of stairs of Reynolds Hall&quot; style=&quot;margin: 10px&quot; /&gt; <p>The work was done by &lt;a href= &quot;http://delta.ncsu.edu/news/announcements/item.php?id=40&quot;&gt;students competing in Google&#39;s <a href="http://contest.sketchup.com/entry.php">Build Your Campus in 3D</a> competition. Follow that link for a (tiny) video and you can also find a &lt;a href= &quot;http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?uq=01632339457160731034&amp;start=60&quot;&gt;catalog of all the student&#39;s work on the Google Earth site.</p>