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Baltimore InSite: Visit Baltimore releases 3D map app for tourists, developed by Ayers Saint Gross

Tourists to Baltimore can now see a bird’s-eye, three-dimensional view of the Inner Harbor thanks to Baltimore InSite, the browser version of a planned-to-be-released app by the city’s tourism agency, Visit Baltimore, reports the Baltimore Business Journal. The site, which currently features renderings of the app and some of its intended functionality, offers a cool view […]

Tourists to Baltimore can now see a bird’s-eye, three-dimensional view of the Inner Harbor thanks to Baltimore InSite, the browser version of a planned-to-be-released app by the city’s tourism agency, Visit Baltimore, reports the Baltimore Business Journal.
The site, which currently features renderings of the app and some of its intended functionality, offers a cool view of downtown Baltimore, if not so far from Google Earth or other map tools. The differentiation, it seems, is meant to be the context and information.

The app, which is a 3D map of the most tourist-heavy swath of the city extending from Penn Station in Mount Vernon south to Canton, and then across the Inner Harbor to Fort McHenry, is planned to allow users to navigate attractions listed in Visit Baltimore’s database, with information about a variety of destinations, hotels and restaurants displayed on the right-hand side. Locust Point-based architectural firm Ayers Saint Gross developed Baltimore InSite at a cost of $40,000, according to the Baltimore Business Journal.
From the report:

The app — currently only available as a website, virtual-destinations.com — updates every 24 hours with changes to Visit Baltimore’s database, so restaurants that change names or new buildings in the city will not be missed. Ayers Saint Gross is in the process of working with Apple and Android to create smart phone versions of the app, and could not give an estimate of when it would be ready for the public. [more]

According to the article, Baltimore InSite came about after Visit Baltimore CEO Tom Noonan met with Ayers Saint Gross to discuss an expansion to the Convention Center downtown. “After seeing a 3D rendering of the area surrounding the Convention Center,” the BBJ says, “Noonan asked if it was possible create a 3D rendition of the entire city.”

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