Google Unveils a 3-D New York City in Google Earth

Why bother visiting New York, if you can do it in Google Earth without the smell of rotting fish?

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If you're considering a visit to New York City but you'd really rather be playing Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Google Earth has a sensible compromise: They've just released ultra-high quality images of New York stretched over a 3D map so you can swoop through the city like Superman. It's all a bit hallucinatory, as this video shows: 

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Obviously, you have to download the...