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The first 3D buildings in Google Earth were created using 3D modeling applications such as SketchUp and, beginning in 2009, Building Maker, and were uploaded to Google Earth via the 3D Warehouse. In June 2012, Google announced that it would be replacing user-generated 3D buildings with an auto-generated 3D mesh. [26]
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This is a list of cities and other locations covered by auto-generated 3D imagery in Google Earth. In 2012, Google began incorporating 3D imagery into the mobile and desktop versions of Google Earth, with coverage of 21 cities in four countries released that year. By March 2015, 3D imagery covering more than 300,000 km² was available and by early 2016 had been expanded to hundreds of cities in over 40 countries, including every U.S. state and encompassing every continent except Antarctica.
In the listing below, each entry refers to a single contiguous area within the given country or subdivision that is entirely covered by 3D imagery. These areas may include numerous smaller settlements and neighboring areas, in addition to the principal location(s) indicated.
CanadaMexicoThe BahamasUnited StatesArgentina
•Buenos Aires •La Plata •Mar del Plata •Rosario •Salta •San Juan •San Martín / San Isidro / San Miguel •San Miguel de Tucumán •Santa Fe
Brazil
•Belem •Belo Horizonte •Brasília •Cuiabá •Curitiba •Florianópolis •Fortaleza •Goiânia •João Pessoa •Manaus (Arena da Amazônia) •Natal •Porto Alegre •Recife / Olinda •Recife (Arena Pernambuco) •Rio de Janeiro •Salvador •Santos / São Vicente / Guarujá •São Paulo •Vitória / Vila Velha
Chile
•Concepción •Santiago •Temuco
Austria
•Bad Ischl / Hallstatt / St Gilgen •Braunau am Inn / Athaler Siedlung •Dornbirn / Bregenz / Lustenau •Area bordering Bratislava, Slovakia •Graz •Herrnbaumgarten / Drasenhofen •Hirschegg / Warth •Innsbruck / Wattens •Klagenfurt am Wörthersee •Linz / Wels •Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer / Kaprun / Hinterglemm •Salzburg •Schärding / Freinberg •Steyr / Sierning •Vienna / Wiener Neustadt •Vils •Wolfsberg / Sankt Paul im Lavanttal
Belgium
•Antwerp •Bizet •Bruges •Brussels •Charleroi •Eastern Veldwezelt •Ghent •La Louvière •Leuven •Liège •Mons / Dour •Mouscron / Kortrijk / Estaimpuis •Namur •Ostend / Blankenberge / De Panne •The Three Country Point NL-BE-DE •Verviers •Waterloo
Bulgaria
•Area near Tutrakan •Blagoevgrad •Burgas / Kameno •Dobrich •Haskovo •Montana •Pleven •Plovdiv •Ruse / Marten •Shumen •Sliven •Sofia / Pernik •Stara Zagora •Varna •Yambol
Macau
•Macau Penisula •Taipa / Cotai / Coloane
Hong Kong
•Hong Kong Island •Kowloon Peninsula •New Territories: Sha Tin /Tai Po / Fanling / Tuen Mun
Japan
•Aizuwakamatsu •Akita •Asahikawa •Aomori •Atami •Beppu •Fujiyoshida •Fukui •Fukuoka •Fukuyama / Onomichi •Gobo •Hachinohe •Hakodate •Hamamatsu •Hanamaki •Higashihiroshima •Hiroshima / Kure / Otake / Iwakuni •Hofu / Yamaguchi •Iida •Iizuka •Imabari •Ishinomaki •Itō •Iwaki •Izumo •Kagoshima •Kanazawa •Kirishima •Kitakyushu / Shimonoseki •Kitami •Kochi •Kofu •Koriyama •Kumamoto •Kushiro •Kurume / Saga / Arao / Takeo •Maebashi •Matsue •Matsumoto •Matsuyama •Mito •Miyakonojo •Miyazaki •Morioka •Nagano •Nagasaki •Nagoya / Toyota / Gofu / Yokkaichi / Ise •Naha •Nakatsu / Yoshitomi •Nasushiobara •Niigata •Niihama •Nikko •Nobeoka •Oita •Okayama / Kurashiki •Ōmura / Isakaya •Osaka / Kyoto / Kobe / Himeji / Nara / Otsu •Oshu •Sakaiminato Sakata •Sapporo •Sasebo •Sendai •Shikokuchuo •Shizuoka / Yaiza / Fuji / Numazu •Shunan •Suwa •Takamatsu / Marugame •Takasaki •Togane •Tokushima •Tokyo / Yokohama / Chiba / Saitama •Tottori •Toyama •Toyohashi •Ueda •Ube •Utsunomiya •Wakayama •Yamagata •Yokote •Yonezawa
South Africa
•Bloemfontein •Cape Town •Durban •East London •Johannesburg •Newcastle •Gqeberha / Kariega •Pretoria •Rustenburg
Tunisia
•Sfax •Tunis / Ariana
Australia
•Adelaide •Albury •Bendigo •Brisbane •Bunbury •Bundaberg •Cairns •Canberra •Cessnock •Coffs Harbour •Darwin •Double Island •Geelong •Gold Coast / Tweed •Hawkesbury Area (Windsor, Richmond) •Hervey Bay •Hobart •Launceston •Mackay •Maitland •Maryborough •Melbourne •Mildura •Newcastle •Perth •Queanbeyan •Rockhampton •Rottnest Island •Shepparton •Sunshine Coast •Sydney (Central+South) •Toowoomba •Townsville •Wagga Wagga •Wodonga •Wollongong
New Zealand
•Auckland •Christchurch •Wellington •Hamilton •Tauranga •Nelson •Queenstown •Upper hutt •Lower hutt •Porirua
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•KML file of 3D imagery locations and boundaries
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