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Using SketchUp with Google Earth

posted by Satri on Thursday December 14, @10:15AM   Printer-friendly   Email story  Permalink  Trackback URI  Slashdotthis  Diggthis  Del.icio.us
from the if-only-time-was-infinite dept.
Very Spatial links to a video showing how to use SketchUp along with Google Earth. From MacBreak: "Alex Oliver shows us modeling in Google Sketchup and how to export 3D models to Google Earth."

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For more information and relevant Google links, visit the Google Earth Blog.
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