Only a few months ago Belgrade was a 3D province on Google Earth, but nowdays things have changed and Serbian capital is getting close to its 200th model on the Google Earth global 3D map. Without any doubts, today Belgrade is the most elaborate 3D city in the region. Three people are especially responsible for this progress, working to complete 3D map of Belgrade for famous internet service Google Earth. These three hardworking young men are very active members of our forum, so we have special honor to present them and their work to a wider public.

The idea was initiated by Zeljko Zdravkovic, 3rd-year student of industrial design and expert-associate on the subject of design basics on Belgrade University. Using Google 3D program SketchUp, he already created many 3D models of public buildings, monuments, entire streets, quarters and a lot is being prepared at the moment. Untill now he created models for famous buildings like National parliament, most of the administrative buildings in Nemanjina street, National theatre, Brankov bridge and many others. Except single buildings it is also possible to see spatial organization of most Belgrade squares.

In this work significant contribution was given by Mihajlo Jovkovic and Jovan Sarenac. As this is very large endeavor, they organized themselves by dividing zones, developing models throughout the city. Mihajlo Jovkovic is working on buildings in New Belgrade, while Jovan Sarenac is making models in Vracar, St. Sava Temple area and Juzni Boulevard.

As Zeljko Zdravkovic says, only goal is to better present Belgrade and make quality tourist promotion, having in mind that this Google service visits more than 350 million people from around the world on a daily basis.

Do pre samo nekoliko meseci, Beograd je na Google Earth-u nažalost bio 3D provincija. Međutim danas su se stvari promenile i glavni grad Srbije bliži se svom jubilarnom 200. modelu Google Earth globalne 3D mape. Bez sumnje Beograd je danas najizgrađenija 3D prestonica u regionu. Nekoliko ljudi posebno je zaslužno za ovaj napredak, koji već mesecima izrađuju trodimenzionalnu sliku Beograda na poznatom internet servisu – Google Earth. Ovi vredni momci su i verni članovi našeg foruma, pa sa time imamo posebnu čast da ih predstavimo, kao i njihov rad.

Celu akciju je pokrenuo Željko Zdravković, koji je inace i student 3. godine industrijskog dizajna i stručni saradnik na prvoj godini studija, na predmetu “Osnove dizajniranja”. Koristeći Google 3D program SketchUp, do sada za Beograd je izmodelovano puno javnih i stambenih zdanja, spomenika i čitavih ulica, pa i kvartova. A prema Željkovim rečima, još puno toga je u pripremi. Do sada je izrađen 3D model brojnih beogradskih znamenitosti poput Narodne skupštine, zatim većina administartivnih zdanja u Nemanjinoj ulici, zgrada Narodnog Pozorišta, Brankov most i mnogi drugi objekti. Pored pojedinačnih objekata u 3D modelu je moguće videti prostornu organizaciju i svih većih trgova u Beogradu.

U ovom poslu, značajan doprinos takođe daju Mihajlo Jovković i Jovan Šarenac. Pošto se radi o velikom poslu, njih trojica su se organizovali, pa su izradu modela podelili po reonima grada i na taj način ravnopravno razvijaju modele po celom gradu. Mihajlo Jovković je posebno zaslužan za većinu modela zgrada na Novom Beogradu, dok Jovan Šarenac izrađuje modele na Vračaru, oko Hrama Svetog Save, kao i prostor Južnog Bulevara i okoline.

Prema rečima Željka Zdravkovića, jedini cilj je što bolje predstavljanje Beograda i njegova turisticka promocija, imajući u vidu da ovaj Google servis dnevno poseti preko 350 miliona ljudi iz celog sveta.