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[john_mcclenahan]

It may be still there, but no longer available to Sketchup. When Google transferred SketchUp fo Trimble, who now own SketchUp, Google allowed Trimble to keep using it for five years, on favourable licensing terms. The five years has expired, and the Trimble /Sketchup team have said it is no longer available at any price for use in the way SU requires.

Here was the announcement of the change:

Upcoming Change to Add Location

Hey all you SketchUppers We have a pretty big announcement coming down the pike that we feel you’ll appreciate knowing about sooner than later so you can plan accordingly. Specifically, we’re moving away from the Google provided geographic data. This has important implications for both satellite imagery and terrain features for some versions of SketchUp. We’re sure you’ll have a ton of questions so we’ve already posted our most expected questions in the Help Center here: FAQ for Add Location ch…

And if you search this forum for ‘imagery’ or ‘terrain’ you will find a range of threads about the impact of the change to Digital Globe image and terrain data.