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3D photo-mesh cities

Recorded year2012

Apple Maps Flyover and Google Earth turn angled aerial photos into textured 3D models of whole cities you can fly around on a phone.

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.