Our current workaround is to export the building geometry to SketchUp via an SKP file, texture the model there using pictures of the building, then place it in GE. It would help if picture files which have been mapped to surfaces could be exported as well. With Google Earth for Chrome, fly anywhere in seconds and explore hundreds of 3D cities right in your browser. Reverse the idea and you have something just as interesting… Any way to export 3D building data from Google Earth into Rhino? When that happened, many of the Google-owned 3D buildings were not transferred to the new. 3D Warehouse was migrated to Trimble infrastructure last year.

To my knowledge, Google no longer provides access to the the building mesh which you see today in google earth and maps. Yes – We do a lot of work for State DOT's and this would be especially useful in the civil-structural arena where everyone wants to get a sense of scale for the project. SketchUp is no longer owned by Google as of about June 2012. An approach for 3D reconstruction and export in KML is presented in. Not yet for my type of business, but when I see Manhattan New York at Google Earth, I think there's a potential, even when it is quick and dirty because that's also the quality of the buildings to be seen at Google Earth. Visualisation of two 3D building models in Google Earth. But… the Google Earth file format is every simple so the model will not look great. Rhino might be an easy way to export many different file formats and complex shapes to Google Earth for presentation. Note: We need to know from our users if it is worthwhile to tune up the plug-in.

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