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Google Earth is a global mapping platform that can help you visualize your Main Street. Google SketchUp is a 3D modeling software that allows users to create and manipulate 3D models of buildings, landscapes, and other objects. In this article, learn about Google Earth and Google SketchUp and see how these tools are facilitating community vision and historic preservation.

Published in Main Street Now Journal. Written by Kent Morrison.

People participating in a downtown mapping exercise by putting pins in a large map

Covington, KY


Sunset image of Downtown Florence.

Downtown Florence, South Carolina © True Light Photography

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