{"id":174581,"date":"2011-02-22T20:38:05","date_gmt":"2011-02-22T20:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=174581"},"modified":"2018-12-18T11:18:38","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T19:18:38","slug":"creating-3d-textured-buildings-from-2d-footprints","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-desktop\/3d-gis\/creating-3d-textured-buildings-from-2d-footprints","title":{"rendered":"Creating 3D Textured Buildings from 2D 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