April 2008
Intermediate to advanced
384 pages
15h 52m
English
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282 GOOGLE APPS HACKS
Google SketchUp (http://sketchup.google.com) is a 3D program for architects drafting their
work, or hobby designers interested in creating a 3D shape. Like Google Earth, SketchUp is not
a web application, but instead requires you to install an “ofine” client, as pictured in Figure 11-3.
The emphasis of SketchUp is on ease of use; although you may not be able to do anything and
everything with it, what you can do can often be done very quickly, with little effort. And whatever 3D
model you create in SketchUp, you can then include in Google Earth.
A great way to start learning about SketchUp is to follow the online video tutorials at http://
sketchup.google.com/tutorials.html. Once you’ve created something unique and interesting, you
can upload it to the Google 3D Warehouse site, a directory of shared 3D models. You can also import
any model you nd at the 3D Warehouse into your own creations.
The SketchUp 3D editor
HaCK 115:
Take your Google map and run, freeing it from its usual home at
the maps.google.com domain.
The easiest way to embed a Google map on your own site is available directly from http://maps.
google.com. Just point to any location—you can also zoom in and switch to satellite view, for
instance—and then click “Link to this page” on top. A dialog will open that allows you to copy an
HTML portion ...
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I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.