Hi Jody, Hi Chris,
Thanks for keeping us informed on this.
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We’ll be rolling out some of this functionality to SketchUp before May 22nd so you can try the new functionality and adjust your workflow …[/quote]
Will there be an email announcement when this becomes available or should we be keeping an eye out somewhere?
Hi all,
We’re very concerned since we’ve been doing quite a bit of geo-located shadow-casting studies for new projects. “Placemaker” states that it uses SU16 which we were considering purchasing as a nice “surround” effect… Will it also work well with SU17? No response yet from them . . . SU17 seems to perform well on our machine anyway so we’ll see how the “new” geo-location data works for these studies.
on http://www.suplacemaker.com/faq/ it states:
“Currently, PlaceMaker requires SketchUp Make 2016 or greater or SketchUp Pro 2016 or greater. It works on both PC and Mac operating systems…”
Late last year, I was standing on my porch holding my cat, and a TomTom car with streetview cameras drove up my street, so other map / director companies are capturing images (someplaces) in the US, at least.
As sketchup will no longer support the photo texture from streetview map, is it possible that sketchup will opensource the ruby and webdialog for the phototexture?
This will enable faster development for other streetview map providers, like tencent map and Baidu map in China.
Ouch !!!
The are a number of 3D modelling programs out there. One of the key reasons i chose SketchUp was its handling of geo-location. An essential feature for me is to be able to view my model in Google Earth street view. Currently that is a brilliant 1-click feature.
I appreciate the advance notice (but 2 months still feels like an emergency). I’ll be following closely to see what the SketchUp team has planned for this transition.
Very sad news. I’ve been using Google Earth with SketchUp for site planning in China, Africa and Nepal. It has been a major assist. I don’t know of any other freely available source that has the extent of aerial imagery that Google Earth has.
We are not changing the ability to create kmz files. Since the Add Location feature will still add geo location to your model, you will still be able to create the kmz that can be opened in Google Earth.
Cheers
CD
It is the Google Earth Server’s API that provides these items, not SketchUp itself. Google is turning off free access to that API. So, even if you had SketchUp’s source code, it would no longer work!
But you could use maybe hook up the UI to another source. I think that’s what Saedrna is after.
I think my first comments about this change being an opportunity in disguise still hold. The extension PlaceMaker, mentioned above, uses OpenStreetMap and has the ability to texture the faces with Google Street View (it’s in their website FAQs). I get the feeling this change is just the start of something.
It’s interesting, the past venture between Google and SU has often been maligned, but yet it has raised expectations - and user-base. it will be interesting to see what DEVELOPS in the future.
Any one checked out http://www.openstreetmap.org/.
It is the Google Earth Server’s API that provides these items, not SketchUp itself. Google is turning off free access to that API. So, even if you had SketchUp’s source code, it would no longer work!
In fact, as seen from the ruby code of su_webtextures.rb which is located in ...\SketchUp 2016\ShippedExtensions\su_webtextures, I have noticed that SU uses this webdialog located on the sketchup server.
This is the source code part, which I meant for. Because even if this is for google street view, if others have a idea from the source code, I think it is not that much difficult to be adapt for other street view providers. Or even make a plugin which uses self-collected panorama images by a device simillar to google’s bag pack for panorama.
Thanks for sharing this! We like Open Street Map, too. In fact, SketchUp 2017 (Make and Pro) will use OSM to provide Map data for “Add Location” during the transition and after the Google service stops. SketchUp Pro 2017 will also offer satellite imagery from DigitalGlobe and terrain data from data that Trimble already possesses.
Out of curiosity, what are you using for your business instead of SketchUp Pro, then?
So now you’re using SketchUp Make (as indicated in your profile) in your business? You should read this.