Friday, March 6, 2009

Citi Field in Google Street View


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Google Street view is a little clunky, and it's always a bit behind the times, but it's a terrific way to look at all the major league parks.

Just go to your Google search bar and type "map [ballpark name]" and you're on your way. In map view, there's a great mashup of info about the park and user reviews, photos ann videos.

This is a look at Citi Field, obviously from last year, but how cool is that?

I haven't figured out how to link to a ballpark street view yet, and there isn't yet a definitive list of current and former big league parks, so I might have to spend some time to put that together. Or maybe one of you will do it for me ...

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Google 3D Warehouse

Baseball fans have been busy building and adding ballpark models to Google Earth. It's easy to find them in the Google 3D Warehouse. All the current parks are there, as well as some old ones.


Start here to find the old parks, but if you find more, let me know:
sketchup.google.com

Here's the list of what I found today:
Shibe Park
Wrigley Field (1914)
Yankee Stadium (1940s-60s)
Yankee Stadium
Shea Stadium
Veterans Stadium (1990s)
Tiger Stadium
Olympic Stadium
Riverfront Stadium
Qualcomm Stadium

Also, slightly off topic:
Baseball Hall of Fame

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Cisco's Future for Oakland

They may not have the money to do it, but here are some plans for the new park in near Oakland.
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/fan_forum/cisco/virtual_ballpark.jsp