YouCity.com Launch 3D New York Map

A while ago we posted about ShangHai WangCheng Net Tech Co., Ltd and their maps of cities in China created in a unique 'sim city esk' point of view. The company has partnered with YouCity.com to explore the western market and have just announced the launch of their next generation 'hyper local social network website' based on a unique 3D virtual New York City platform at the 2009 Web 2.0 Expo.

The results are impressive, see our movie below:



Take a look by visiting http://www.youcity.com.

YouCity New York: Stunning 3D Map of Manhattan

You City: Sample Map of Manhattan from digitalurban on Vimeo.
A while ago we posted about ShangHai WangCheng Net Tech Co., Ltd and their maps of cities in China created in a unique 'sim city esk' point of view. The company has partnered with YouCity.com to explore the western market and have just released 3 demos maps of Manhattan.

The results are stunning (see the movie above) with the final version offering multi-angle viewing and an open api promised.


You can take the samples for a spin yourself by visiting http://www.youcity.com. Such maps certainly raise the bar on what will become the norm in city mapping over the next few years.