{"id":8044,"date":"2012-02-19T09:52:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-19T16:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/?p=8044"},"modified":"2015-11-17T12:09:01","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T17:09:01","slug":"lic-being-increasingly-modelled-and-mapped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/lic-being-increasingly-modelled-and-mapped\/","title":{"rendered":"LIC being increasingly modelled and mapped"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/LICgearth.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8045\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/lic-being-increasingly-modelled-and-mapped\/licgearth\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/LICgearth.jpg?fit=1686%2C970&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1686,970\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LICgearth\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/LICgearth.jpg?fit=500%2C288&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/LICgearth.jpg?fit=640%2C368&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/LICgearth.jpg?resize=500%2C287&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"LICgearth\" width=\"500\" height=\"287\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/LICgearth.jpg?w=1686&amp;ssl=1 1686w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/LICgearth.jpg?resize=125%2C72&amp;ssl=1 125w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/LICgearth.jpg?resize=500%2C288&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/LICgearth.jpg?resize=1280%2C736&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/LICgearth.jpg?resize=1391%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1391w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Noticed while browsing around inside Google Earth that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/tag\/long-island-city\/\">Long Island City<\/a> is being increasingly modelled, even more-so than Greenpoint or Williamsburg, which is interesting because you know, LIC is still &#8220;on the cusp&#8221; of becoming &#8220;cool&#8221;. Which either means the residents of this town have more time on their hands to produce 3D models and plot them in Google Earth, or the residents of this town give more concern towards how their town is perceived in both real and virtual worlds &#8211; either way it&#8217;s win-win for LIC!<\/p>\n<p>Some other areas of Queens are also being increasingly modelled and mapped:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_astoriacondos.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8047\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/lic-being-increasingly-modelled-and-mapped\/earth_astoriacondos\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_astoriacondos.jpg?fit=1686%2C970&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1686,970\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"earth_astoriacondos\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_astoriacondos.jpg?fit=500%2C288&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_astoriacondos.jpg?fit=640%2C368&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_astoriacondos.jpg?resize=500%2C287&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"earth_astoriacondos\" width=\"500\" height=\"287\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_astoriacondos.jpg?w=1686&amp;ssl=1 1686w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_astoriacondos.jpg?resize=125%2C72&amp;ssl=1 125w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_astoriacondos.jpg?resize=500%2C288&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_astoriacondos.jpg?resize=1280%2C736&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_astoriacondos.jpg?resize=1391%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1391w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nA clever marketing ploy, a recent condo development in north Astoria uploaded their model; I can already hear the broker saying, &#8220;Here, click this link to see your future bougie digs in Google Earth!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_woodsideblocks.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8050\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/lic-being-increasingly-modelled-and-mapped\/earth_woodsideblocks\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_woodsideblocks.jpg?fit=1686%2C970&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1686,970\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"earth_woodsideblocks\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_woodsideblocks.jpg?fit=500%2C288&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_woodsideblocks.jpg?fit=640%2C368&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_woodsideblocks.jpg?resize=500%2C287&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"earth_woodsideblocks\" width=\"500\" height=\"287\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_woodsideblocks.jpg?w=1686&amp;ssl=1 1686w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_woodsideblocks.jpg?resize=125%2C72&amp;ssl=1 125w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_woodsideblocks.jpg?resize=500%2C288&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_woodsideblocks.jpg?resize=1280%2C736&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_woodsideblocks.jpg?resize=1391%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1391w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nA nearby business\/warehouse district in Woodside also updated their area with scale models.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_coronablocks.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8048\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/lic-being-increasingly-modelled-and-mapped\/earth_coronablocks\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_coronablocks.jpg?fit=1686%2C970&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1686,970\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"earth_coronablocks\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_coronablocks.jpg?fit=500%2C288&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_coronablocks.jpg?fit=640%2C368&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_coronablocks.jpg?resize=500%2C287&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"earth_coronablocks\" width=\"500\" height=\"287\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_coronablocks.jpg?w=1686&amp;ssl=1 1686w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_coronablocks.jpg?resize=125%2C72&amp;ssl=1 125w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_coronablocks.jpg?resize=500%2C288&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_coronablocks.jpg?resize=1280%2C736&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_coronablocks.jpg?resize=1391%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1391w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSomeone even took the time to model these generic housing blocks, in south Corona.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_newshea.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8049\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/lic-being-increasingly-modelled-and-mapped\/earth_newshea\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_newshea.jpg?fit=1686%2C970&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1686,970\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"earth_newshea\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_newshea.jpg?fit=500%2C288&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_newshea.jpg?fit=640%2C368&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_newshea.jpg?resize=500%2C287&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"earth_newshea\" width=\"500\" height=\"287\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_newshea.jpg?w=1686&amp;ssl=1 1686w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_newshea.jpg?resize=125%2C72&amp;ssl=1 125w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_newshea.jpg?resize=500%2C288&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_newshea.jpg?resize=1280%2C736&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/earth_newshea.jpg?resize=1391%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1391w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nObviously a marketing ploy, regardless, I&#8217;ll <em>always<\/em> call it <strong>New Shea Stadium<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noticed while browsing around inside Google Earth that Long Island City is being increasingly modelled, even more-so than Greenpoint or Williamsburg, which is interesting because you know, LIC is still &#8220;on the cusp&#8221; of becoming &#8220;cool&#8221;. Which either means the residents of this town have more time on their hands to produce 3D models and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,15],"tags":[733,735,636,734,118],"series":[],"class_list":["post-8044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-geekathon","category-local","tag-earth","tag-google-earth","tag-long-island-city","tag-model","tag-queens"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/LICgearth.jpg?fit=1686%2C970&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6OfVu-25K","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8044"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15923,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8044\/revisions\/15923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8044"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=8044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}