Sometimes it is just fun to see what local talent are doing with web 2.0 tools. Chattanooga has several locals working together to put Chattanooga in 3D on Google Earth. This is something you have to see for yourself. You can check out the 3D warehouse for Chattanooga Buildings already on the map or see them on Google earth. Go to "Whose Doing What" if you want to see the buildings in progress and to find unclaimed buildings. Instruction for claiming a building can be found in "Whose Doing What" too. SketchUp is a free downloadable application. Straight forward tutorials show SketchUp being used on the SketchUp website. More tutorials can be found on YouTube and the SketchUpVideo's Channel. I hope Google is planning a mobile app for this. It would be entertaining on vacations to use my iphone and SketchUp to make my own 3D models.
