MoCo 3D

Press kit

MoCo 3D press kit

MoCo 3D is a free 3D map of Montgomery County, Maryland that you can fly through, with place cards for parks, libraries and landmarks and a daily game called Guess the Spot. It is a labeled model built from public data by one person, not a photograph of the county and not an official County product.

Key facts

  • FreeNo ads, no signup, no account.
  • Daily game“Guess the Spot”: one 3D view a day, the same for everyone, with a score, a streak and shareable text.
  • Town fly-tosTap a town and glide there. (Count loads from the town list.)
  • Place cardsThe place list is being added; the count appears here when it is published.
  • Labeled modelRight place, shape and height. Not photo-real and not current street-level detail.
  • IndependentNot affiliated with Montgomery County Government.

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Contact

Questions, interviews, a custom Guess the Spot round for your audience, or a venue you would like considered for a 3D scan: use the partner form. A person reads every message. For mistakes or removal requests, use the corrections form.

Contact via the partner form

Press kit notes

Please describe it as

  • A free, independent 3D model of Montgomery County, Maryland, made by one person. Independent project. Not affiliated with Montgomery County Government.
  • A model: buildings have the right place, shape and roughly the right height, built from public data. It is not photo-real and does not show current street-level detail.
  • The day/night and season switches are visual effects, not live conditions. Construction markers read “permit on file as of” a date and are not a picture of a site.

Credits to include with images and the capture

  • Source: Montgomery County Planning
  • © OpenStreetMap contributors (data under the Open Database License)
  • Terrain: USGS 3D Elevation Program (credit: U.S. Geological Survey)
  • Full list, licences and the County’s required disclaimer: sources page

Licences and use of the images

The screenshots and the capture show the MoCo 3D model, made from the open data above and credited as listed. They are provided for coverage of MoCo 3D. Please credit “MoCo 3D” and keep the data credits above with them. They include no County seal, flag or logo, and you should not add one: the County’s open-data terms do not allow implying that the County sponsors or endorses a product that uses its data.

What is not in the kit

  • No County seal, flag or logo, and no USGS or OpenStreetMap logos.
  • No imagery from Google, Mapillary or any street-view or map vendor.
  • No prices and no ads: visitors use MoCo 3D free.