massive source of free models, good licence

[enetheru]

So I've been thinking about making a city map, but i kind of had no insipiration for buildings..

so instead i turn to the internet, couldn't find anything for a while and then i thought i will see about the google maps models, if i could somehow download and adapt..

checked the licence and :
"Rights granted to other end users of the Services. You give other end users of the Services a perpetual, sublicensable, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute Existing Geolocated Models, Existing Non-Geolocated Models, New Models and related content and derivative works thereof which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services."

basically making them public domain. there is lots of shit in there, plants, vehicles, loads of buildings etc..

just thought i might bring it to people's attention.

now of course the models need work, but that's the nature of it.. easier than starting from scratch.

enjoy.

[enetheru]

some notable stuff

StoneHenge
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/ ... revstart=0

St Bazils Cathedral
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/ ... revstart=0

Christ the Redeemer(Rio)
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/ ... revstart=0