Why does my town have FlyOver on apple maps?

[Subpixel]

When I first opened maps in iOS 7, I saw my house was in 3D to my surprise. I swiped around a bit and I now know my entire town is in 3D.

Isn't FlyOver just for massive cities? Did somebody come to our town and ask Apple to flyoverify it? Seriously, i'm so confused.

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[Mr.007]

How big is your town

[Subpixel]

How big is your town

like medium

[Mr.007]

Maybe medium is big enough for your town

[Menen]

Wait what 3D maps what is this

[Subpixel]

Wait what 3D maps what is this

yes

[Jake White]

what's the total population

[Subpixel]

what's the total population

952 landlines, all I know.

[dkamm65]

If Apple Maps is anything like Google Earth, the 3D models of building are done by users, not Apple. All it takes to have your town modeled is somebody living there determined enough to model and submit it.

[Subpixel]

If Apple Maps is anything like Google Earth, the 3D models of building are done by users, not Apple. All it takes to have your town modeled is somebody living there determined enough to model and submit it.

But here's the thing: it looks really computer generated, chunky, glitchy, and sometimes entirely forgeted up.

[Zeblote]

But here's the thing: it looks really computer generated, chunky, glitchy, and sometimes entirely forgeted up.

Then they do it automatically , a crappy extrusion from the sattelite/plane picture probably?

[Subpixel]

Then they do it automatically , a crappy extrusion from the sattelite/plane picture probably?

But the houses look good (you can still tell they're not made by hand though)

[Mr.jacksaunt]

...So basically just google earth?

[Titanium Man]

yeah pretty much like 90% of houses on google maps are 3d somehow