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A few of us on the SketchUp team either have roots in Detroit or grew up there, so we’re especially happy to announce that Detroit, Michigan as been added in 3D to Google Earth. From sports venues like Joe Louis Arena (home of the Red Wings) and Comer…

Last month, a small group of volunteers launched a community-wide effort, called Chattanooga 3D to put Chattanooga, Tennessee on the 3D Map. Their goal is to “Bring Chattanooga to life in Google Earth for everyone to enjoy. Architecture, attractions, b…

Remember the Design Your Dwelling competition we ran with Dwell magazine last year? The winner (in case you missed it) was a gentleman named Drew Wilgus from North Carolina. His prize included a physical model from Sweet Onion Creations, a model shop t…

Milan, Italy in 3D is now live on Google Earth! You can take a virtual stroll in via Montenapoleone or watch the city from the top of the Duomo di Milano, walk on the ramparts of the Castello Sforzesco and check out the Stazione Centrale. You can exp…

Today we added six new cities that can be used to model with Building Maker. They are: Stockholm, Sweden Nuremberg, Germany Hiroshima, Japan Saitama, Japan Miami Beach, FL USA Orlando, FL USATip: There are two methods to identify av…

People use Google SketchUp for all sorts of things. One of them is geo-modeling – making photo-textured models of real-life buildings that appear in Google Earth. For some, geo-modeling is a hobby; they get a kick out of building something that provi…

(Cross-posted from the Google Lat Long Blog)With tools like SketchUp and Building Maker, modelers around the world have been creating remarkably high-quality 3D buildings for Google Earth — just check out any of our Featured Modelers to see the impres…

Since we released Google Building Maker several weeks ago, we’ve seen a large inflow of new 3D models. Great job!If you’ve been following our posts (or Tweets), you might be wondering why we’re introducing new cities in Building Maker in the same locat…

We recently released SketchUp 7.1 into the wild, and a ton of you have upgraded over the last few weeks. As is often the case when a ton of folks with all different system configurations load a new version of SketchUp, we found a few undiscovered bugs …

When we launched Building Maker a few short weeks ago we were unsure how everyone would respond. Given the massive influx of models we’ve received since it launched, one thing is clear – you like making buildings for Google Earth! If t…

As of today, you’ll be able to see Valencia, Spain in 3D by opening Google Earth and flying down to one of the most beautiful cities in Mediterranean Spain. When you have Google Earth open, make sure the “3D Buildings” layer is checked to get the full …

Google SketchUp has been popular with young 3D modelers and educators for years. It opens up the world of 3D like no other application, and teachers love the fact that SketchUp is free. I recently had a chance to look over our office copies of the Mo…

Since the launch of the MONOPOLY City Streets game in September, millions of buildings have been built in the game. Soon after the game launched, the Monopoly team hosted the Design Your Own Building Competition with the help of Google SketchUp to crea…

Today, we introduced two new 3D cities: Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Indianapolis, Indiana. Take a tour (download kml) of these new cities in Google Earth 5.Posted by Alex Juhola, 3D Modeling Specialist

You may have noticed that we frequently add stories about 3D modelers to our Google Earth Featured Modeler section on the Google SketchUp Blog and the Google 3D Warehouse (here’s our last Featured Modeler story). These modelers have done extraordinary …