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Google Earth ate our town 17 Mar 2008
Here's a question for you: Which is the most Google-optimised town on the planet? Nope - it's not San Francisco. It's Nanaimo, British Columbia on Vancouver Island.
From Time magazine:
"The city's planning department has, over the past five years, steadily fed Google a wealth of information about its buildings, property lines, utilities and streets. The result is earth.nanaimo.ca, a clearinghouse of city data viewed through the robust and freely available Google Earth 3D mapping program. The site sorts and maps every business, from restaurants to car dealers, while a click of the mouse brings up the lot size for every property in the city, including the building permit number and zoning history. Homeowners can use the facility to find out specific information about their garbage collection schedule, while the city's 150-year-old downtown core is rendered in 3D and dotted with 360-degree panoramas."
Citizens can even log on to Google Maps and track Nanaimo's firefighters as they tend to emergencies around town!
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6 comments so far
Zidge 17 Mar 2008 11:01 AM
I wonder if having access to all this information is really useful...
David Stanley 17 Mar 2008 10:42 PM
It's great living in the Capital of Google Earth, although the platform could have been more user friendly. Still, the Information Technology Department at Nanaimo City Hall deserves full honours for this coup.
Doug Belcher 18 Mar 2008 12:25 AM
I find the maps very helpful and my clients love the ability to see the real estate listings from above. I have Google maps imbedded into my website for all my listings as well.
Douglas Belcher
RE/MAX of Nanaimo
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