Published by the Eagle Radio News Team at 6:02pm 9th January 2017.

Is this Guildford as you have never seen it before...

You can now view the town from space, in 3D.

It is thanks to an upgrade by Google Maps.

Its satellite imagery system has been around for years - so long in fact, some of the area's newest additions and developments did not feature.

Now you can not only see an updated sky view of the area, but make it all the more realistic by using the 3D version.

The iconic Cathedral comes up superbly in the new view:

It seems the picture was snapped pretty recently - zoom in even closer and you can even make out scaffolding around the building as part of ongoing work renovations.

Here is the famous cobbled high street:

We think the station looks pretty cool too...

The picture even picked up a few South West Trains waiting at platforms.

Another landmark coming up well in 3D Map view - Guildford Castle:

And finally, search for the lido and you will even catch a glimpse of Eagle Radio:

Pretty impressive, right?

But how did they do it?

A official Google blog from 2012, when work began on creating the enhanced 3D view of the globe, lets us in on the secret.

"Since 2006, we’ve had textured 3D buildings in Google Earth, and today we are excited to announce that we will begin adding 3D models to entire metropolitan areas to Google Earth on mobile devices.

"This is possible thanks to a combination of our new imagery rendering techniques and computer vision that let us automatically create 3D cityscapes, complete with buildings, terrain and even landscaping, from 45-degree aerial imagery.

"By the end of the year we aim to have 3D coverage for metropolitan areas with a combined population of 300 million people."