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Google has launched something pretty cool over on their LatLong Blog. For the first time, they are featuring one of the largest construction projects in recent history, the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, on Google Earth.
The blog really hypes this up a great deal. Unfortunately, they haven’t posted any pictures or anything else that makes me want to go rush off and view the project…
You’ll be able to do things on Google Earth’s Bay Bridge that would get you arrested in real life – like climbing to the top of the Self-Anchored Suspension Span’s single tower, which offers breathtaking views of the Bay Area. To view the model, turn on the 3D Buildings layer in Google Earth.
The bridge is scheduled to be completed in 2013, so visitors are getting a sneak peak of this new Bay Area landmark. The solid sections of the bridge are already complete, while the transparent sections are under construction, and we will continue to update the model as the construction progresses. Now you can be among the first to “drive” across the new bridge and see a world class icon come to life.
Still, the project does sound like quite an undertaking. For those who don’t feel like waiting until 2013, this could be something to tide you over…that is, if the world doesn’t end on 12/21/2012 first.
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