PLEASE NOTE: IN SKETCHUP 2017, SKETCHUP LOST THE FUNCTIONALITY TO IMPORT MAPS AND TERRAIN FROM GOOGLE MAPS. TERRAIN AND SATELLITE IMAGERY IS NOW ONLY AVAILABLE IN THE PRO VERSION OF SKETCHUP. MAP DATA CAN STILL BE IMPORTED IN THE FREE SKETCHUP MAKE VERSION.
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One of the most powerful things about SketchUp is the way that it integrates with both Google Maps and Google Earth.
Originally, SketchUp was purchased by Google, who then built in a lot of useful tools for geolocating models created in the software. Since then, SketchUp has been purchased by Trimble, but those geolocation tools remain active in SketchUp.
This SketchUp tutorial will teach you how to import Google Maps into your SketchUp models. You can use these maps to ensure that your models are accurately located in the real world (you can even export your models into Google Earth). This is a very simple, powerful process.
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