Exploring March Madness in Google Earth
by Google Earth Blog on Mar.16, 2012, under 3D Models, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, California, Denmark, England, Germany, Google Earth News, Google Earth Tips, Google Sky, Google maps, Hawaii, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Natural Landmarks, Netherlands, Sightseeing, Street Views, USA
In the US, it's that time of year ago -- the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Millions have filled out their brackets in hopes of successfully guessing the outcome of the 67 basketball games occurring over the next few weeks.
As they did last year, Google has created some fun resources to display geographic information about the tournament in Google Earth.
To start, they've created a map of all the schools participating in the tournament. You can view the map in Google Maps or Google Earth (with this KML file
).
With many of the 14 tournament venues having 3D models, Google has created a video to show them off. Some of the stadiums are quite impressive!
My bracket is still holding together pretty well, though I expect the games this weekend will kill it. How is yours doing?
(via Google Lat Long Blog)