January 6, 2010
Google has announced the first international Google Model Your Town Competition and invites people to use free sketching tools to create a 3D portrait of their community and ensure its place on the 3D world map.
Prizes The winning individual/team will receive:
- USD$10,000 for the town’s public school district (or international equivalent)
- a visit from a Google team, along with an event in the winners’ honor
- a video profile of the winning team and their town, to be featured on YouTube
- a virtual tour of the winning town that will be added to the Google Earth website
- international publicity in the form of blog posts, tweets and other media
- additional coverage on Google websites
