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June 24, 2007

Cómo agregar un cielo en Google Earth

James Stafford, conocido en la Comunidad de GE como "Barnabu", ha escrito en el Barnabu blog una nota buenísima sobre cómo crear un cielo 3D para Google Earth. Lo llama "Domo del Cielo". Básicamente ha creado una semiesfera (o hemisferio) usando Google SketchUp, y luego agregó, proyectado apropiadamente, un cielo lleno de nubes al interior de la semi-esfera 3D. Tomó uno de sus modelos 3D, el Edificio Torso Retorcido, y creó un video mostrando cómo se vé dentro de SketchUp. Véanlo aquí:



Yo dí un paso más. Bajé su Edificio Torso Retorcido , y luego bajé su ejemplo de "Domo del Cielo" en SketchUp. Luego, importé la Vista Actual desde GE (simplemente seleccionando "Herramientas->Google Earth->Obtener vista Actual"). Luego exporté el Domo del Cielo a GE, seleccionando "Herramientas->Google Earth->Colocar Modelo"). Nota: También hay 2 íconos en la Barra de Herramientas de SketchUp para facilitar esta tarea.

Pueden ver el resultado bajando esto modelo de domo que mostrará el modelo de cielo y, si ya lo tenías descargado, el Edificio Torso Retorcido dentro de GE. Sólo ahora tienes un cielo alrededor del edificio. Puedes editar las Propiedades del Domo dentro de GE "Modelo" y arrastrar para mover el cielo a una nueva posición. Inclusive puedes cambiar el tamaño también. Puedes mirar hacia el cielo si tienes un SpaceNavigator (Navegador Espacial). Esta historia de Barnabu explica cómo puedes aplicar diferentes imágenes de cielos al Domo, usando SketchUp. Gracias Barnabu!

Otras cosas excepcionales de 'barnabu':

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June 21, 2007

Taipei, Modelos 3D para Google Earth

Ya que estamos en el tema de los modelos 3D, un lector del GEB de Taipei, Taiwan llamado Steven Ho, me ha enviado una colección de Modelos 3D que ha creado para Google Earth. Tiene un blog (en Chino) donde muestra un número interesante de proyectos que ha realizado. Se destaca la colección de Edificios 3D de Taipei (son edificios simples, sin textura, pero abarcan muchos de los edificios de Taipei).

Steven también creó el Modelo de una nueva atracción turística de Taipei - un sistema de Góndolas para pasajeros en las montañas cercanas a Taipei llamada la Góndola Maokong. No sólo modeló la Góndola Maokong , sino que también creó una animación que muestra su uso. Sin embargo, esta animación requiere de bastante memoria - no tienes que habilitar la opción 4D de todas maneras, sólo mira este video de YouTube:

Aquí hay algunos detalles del mismo:

La Góndola Maokong fué planificada y construída por el Gobierno de la Ciudad de Taipei. Recorre una distancia de 4.030 metros, con 4 estaciones donde los pasajeros pueden desembarcar y embarcar: la Estación del Zoológico de Taipei, la Estación Recinto del Zoológico, la Estación del Templo Zhinan y la Estación Maokong. Hay también dos estaciones donde las góndolas pueden cambiar de dirección. Son utilizadas para controlar el movimiento de las góndolas y no llevan pasajeros.

Las góndolas están hechas de aleación de aluminio y pueden llevar 8 personas. El sistema viaja a una velocidad de entre 3 y 5 metros por segundo y puede soportar un máximo de 144 góndolas al mismo tiempo, o sea, un total de 1.300 a 1990 pasajeros por hora en una sola dirección. El viaje más corto en góndola es de 17 minutos.

Google debería probablemente hablar con Steven Ho sobre sus edificios 3D e incluírlos en la capa de Edificios 3D de Google Earth. ¡Gran trabajo Steven!

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3D Buildings Update for Google Earth - June

Christchurch 3D Buildings in Google Earth Google has pushed out an update to the "3D Buildings->Best of 3D Warehouse" layer. This means models which have been selected to deserve the new "Blue Ribbon" status are now part of the default "Best of" layer (see tips on how to submit your 3D model).

I had noticed there were a bunch of buildings being added to the 3D Warehouse for Christchurch, New Zealand a while back. The models were built by architects ZNO Christchurch (see their recent blog post). The ZNO guys had previously been using real architectural software and converting them over for viewing in GE over a year ago (before GE 4 came out). But, they now seem to be using SketchUp pretty enthusiastically. They say in their blog they will be adding more buildings every month. Right now it looks like several blocks in downtown are available.

Another huge improperly scaled building can be seen at these coordinates: "39.48, 26.90" (western Turkey). Make sure the 3D Buildings layer is turned on. You may have to zoom out to about 20 miles to see it as the building is 11 miles wide. I imagine this will be removed from the layer pretty quickly. A GEB reader e-mailed me about it yesterday, so I told Google about it.

There are cities all over the world getting 3D Buildings created by people using SketchUp. Check out cities like Chicago, Karachi, Rome, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Moscow, and more.

[UPDATE 1420 ET: Got a list of cities from Google which had significant new buildings: Kabul, Afganistan; Montreal, Canada; Dusseldorf and Frankfurt, Germany; Madrid and Barcelona, Spain.]


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June 19, 2007

Best of 3D Warehouse - Blue Ribbon

Blue Ribbon for 3D WarehouseGoogle's 3D Warehouse is a repository for all kinds of 3D models created for use with Google SketchUp (the popular 3D modeling tool). The 3D Warehouse is also home to models which can be placed in Google Earth. Many of you know that Google has a layer under the 3D Buildings layer called the Best of 3D Warehouse. Google has just added a new "Blue Ribbon" marker to entries in the 3D Warehouse which are part of the "Best of 3D Warehouse" layer. Here's an example of the famous Big Ben clock tower in London. Enter "Westminster, London" in the GE "Fly To" search, and turn on the "3D Buildings->Best of 3D Warehouse" layer.

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June 18, 2007

Gallery Update

Apparently Google plans to be updating their new Google Earth Gallery each week. This week we have another six entries. Three have previously been featured here at GEB, but three have not. Here's the list this week, with some extra information:

Check out the GE Gallery Gadget you can add to your iGoogle page.

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More entries for this category:

  1. News RoundUp: Football Game, VesselTracker, Antarctic Bases, Egyptian Digs, 3D Cities Help, Chimps, Gallery - June 12, 2007
  2. London Eye Animation with Shadows for Google Earth - June 11, 2007
  3. Coverage Area for US 10m Terrain in Google Earth - June 09, 2007
  4. Monthly Cloud Animations for Google Earth - June 07, 2007
  5. Google Earth More Realistic with Better Terrain - June 06, 2007
  6. Google Releases High Resolution Terrain - Western US and Canaries - June 02, 2007
  7. Mini-News Roundup: SpaceNavigator Drawing, New York in 3D - May 29, 2007
  8. Off to Where 2.0 in San Jose - May 28, 2007
  9. Virtual Earth 3D Comparisons with Google Earth - May 20, 2007
  10. Google Licensing Automated 3D Building Generator - May 19, 2007
  11. New Google Earth Layers Update: Amsterdam 3D, Forest Service, Taiwan Roads - May 17, 2007
  12. Entire City of Amsterdam Gets 3D "Gray" Buildings in Google Earth - May 16, 2007
  13. Giant Building Found in Google Earth - May 11, 2007
  14. Microsoft's Virtual Earth 3D - Video Demos - May 09, 2007
  15. News Roundup - Taj Majal in 3D, KML as Open Standard, Katrina Imagery, New AIA150 Tour - May 08, 2007
  16. French Presidential Election Results in Google Earth - May 6th - May 07, 2007
  17. 3D Warehouse Map Mashup for Collections - May 04, 2007
  18. Globe Glider Video Demonstration - May 02, 2007
  19. See the Googleplex Solar Panel Plan in 3D - May 01, 2007
  20. Video Demo of New American Architecture 3D Layer for Google Earth - April 25, 2007
  21. Most Popular American Architecture in 3D Google Earth by AIA and Google - April 24, 2007
  22. Spider-Man 3 - 3D Models for Google Earth - April 23, 2007
  23. Continuous Flow of New 3D Buildings - April 17, 2007
  24. More Roads, POI, 3D Buildings in Google Earth - April 12, 2007
  25. SketchUp Training DVD Available - April 06, 2007
  26. 3D Roundup: King Tut, Grand Canyon Skywalk, Google Solar Panels - April 04, 2007
  27. News Roundup: Amsterdam Google GeoDay, Google LitTrips, US Capitol - March 30, 2007
  28. Google Earth in Second Life: GeoGlobe - March 28, 2007
  29. Traditional Advertising Gets Boost in 3D Google Earth - March 27, 2007
  30. Unique Sightseeing Roundup: Not So Green, Whale Spotting, Frank Lloyd Wright - March 23, 2007
  31. 4D London Eye in Google Earth - March 21, 2007
  32. Google Highlights New Layers - March 13, 2007
  33. YouTube Demo of Berlin in 3D for Google Earth - March 09, 2007
  34. Berlin in 3D Released for Google Earth - March 08, 2007
  35. Swiss Alps "Fighter" Tour in Google Earth - March 01, 2007
  36. Third Party Billboard Advertising in Google Earth - February 28, 2007
  37. New Video Demos of Latest 3D Buildings for Google Earth - February 26, 2007
  38. New 3D Buildings in Las Vegas - February 23, 2007
  39. SpaceNavigator News: Fly Inside Demo, Security Checkpoints - February 22, 2007
  40. Google Earth Tutorials - Making 3D Poloygons, GE Pro Movie Making - February 21, 2007
  41. More Details on New Layers/Updates - February 18, 2007
  42. Virtual Earth 3D Buildings vs. Google Earth - February 16, 2007
  43. 3D Video Inside Google Earth - February 07, 2007
  44. Abu Simbel Statues of Pharaoh Ramsses in 3D in Google Earth - February 02, 2007
  45. Video Tutorials for SketchUp to Google Earth - January 30, 2007
  46. Build Your Campus in 3D for Google Earth Contest - January 25, 2007
  47. Google Earth Save Image Option - January 23, 2007
  48. Track Cruise Ships in 3D in Google Earth - January 22, 2007
  49. News Roundup - KML 2.1 Docs, New Blue Marble from NASA, more Panoramas - January 19, 2007
  50. Boulder, Colorado 3D Buildings in Google Earth, and a Google 3D Contest - January 18, 2007
  51. Hamburg 3D Buildings Coming to Google Earth - January 17, 2007
  52. PanoViewer - Viewing Panorama Photos in Google Earth - January 15, 2007
  53. News Roundup - KML indexing, GPS tools, SketchUp PhotoMatch Tutorial, GE Blogs - January 13, 2007
  54. Google Earth Layers - January 11, 2007
  55. Awesome 3D Buildings of Denver in Google Earth - January 09, 2007
  56. Google Releases New 3D Buildings Layer for Google Earth - January 07, 2007
  57. Black Pearl in 3D in Google Earth - January 04, 2007
  58. 3D Toy Animations in Google Earth, Happy Holidays! - December 22, 2006
  59. Top 10 Time Animations from 2006 in Google Earth - December 20, 2006
  60. Interesting Satellite Visualizations for Google Earth - December 15, 2006
  61. Santa's Toy Hunt and Santa Tracker in Google Earth - December 13, 2006
  62. Turning Torso 3D Building - December 12, 2006
  63. Shipwreck - A Historical Documentary Including 3D in Google Earth - December 08, 2006
  64. Hong Kong in 3D in Google Earth - December 01, 2006
  65. YouTube Demo of SpaceNavigator with Google Earth - November 28, 2006
  66. Exciting New "3D Mouse" for Google Earth - The SpaceNavigator - November 27, 2006
  67. New Google Earth Imagery and Terrain Data for Thanksgiving - Thanks! - November 23, 2006
  68. Animating 3D Models - New Examples - November 20, 2006
  69. Baseball, 3D Stadiums, Videos, and Google Earth - November 02, 2006
  70. News Roundup - Animated 3D, EmerGeo, Altered Oceans, Virtual Airlines - October 29, 2006
  71. Earth's Largest Halloween Decoration - October 27, 2006
  72. Google Pushed Out Terrain Fixes Today - October 26, 2006
  73. Cruise Ship Goes Off the Edge of the Earth - October 24, 2006
  74. Flight of Space Ship One Depicted in Google Earth - October 12, 2006
  75. Wirefly X Prize Cup Event in 3D - October 11, 2006
  76. Animation of London Building Growth in Google Earth - Cool! - October 08, 2006
  77. Take Flight Sim Scenery and Port it to Google Earth - September 28, 2006
  78. High Quality 3D Building Models for Google Earth - September 22, 2006
  79. Anousheh Ansari Blasts off to Space - September 18, 2006
  80. Google Earth as a "Flight Simulator" - September 15, 2006
  81. 3D Buildings in Cities All Over Japan in Google Earth - September 13, 2006
  82. September 11th Remembered in 3D in Google Earth - September 11, 2006
  83. French Yellowpages 3D Application - September 08, 2006
  84. News Roundup - RoboGeo, PhotoModeler, Trippermap, EditGrid - September 05, 2006
  85. Global Clouds with Altitude for GE 4 - September 03, 2006
  86. 3D 747 Airliner on Approach at Maho Beach in Google Earth - August 25, 2006
  87. 3D Buildings for a Part of London in Google Earth - August 23, 2006
  88. 3D Luxor Hotel in Google Earth - August 22, 2006
  89. Make a 3D Building in Google Earth Using Paper Drawing - August 18, 2006
  90. World's Largest Cosmic Ray Detector Shown in Google Earth - August 16, 2006
  91. Campus Maps with 3D Buildings in Google Earth - August 14, 2006
  92. Star Trek 3D Model Contest with Google Earth - August 11, 2006
  93. Goggles - Google Maps Flight Simulator, Also: Google Earth Flying - August 08, 2006
  94. Bariloche, Argentina - August 07, 2006
  95. News Roundup - New GE Book, GE and Science, 3D Model, GIS Day, Another Chance - August 02, 2006
  96. Google Saturn - July 30, 2006
  97. Lava Flows in Google Earth - July 27, 2006
  98. Vancouver in 3D for Google Earth - July 21, 2006
  99. Battleship Google Earth - July 19, 2006
  100. San Francisco Downtown Area and King's College Chapel - June 29, 2006
  101. 3D Buildings with Textures in Google Earth - June 23, 2006
  102. Google Does Shakespeare - Google Earth Files Available - June 22, 2006
  103. King Tut's Tomb Enhanced for Google Earth V4 - June 16, 2006
  104. Google Earth V4 Supports Collada - Open Standard for 3D Models - June 14, 2006
  105. Google Earth 4 - Textured 3D models, New SketchUp for Mac and Windows - June 13, 2006
  106. Cape Town 3D Buildings in Color in Google Earth - June 07, 2006
  107. FCC Data Visualization in Google Earth - June 06, 2006
  108. Weekend Sightseeing and 3D Models - June 02, 2006
  109. Great Pyramid of Giza in 3D - May 29, 2006
  110. Cape Wind Project in Google Earth - May 26, 2006
  111. MI6 Headquarters in 3D for Google Earth - May 19, 2006
  112. Laval University Campus in Google Earth - May 16, 2006
  113. The Tomb of Tutankhamon in Google Earth - May 14, 2006
  114. 3D Prints from Google Earth - May 12, 2006
  115. Feature Request: 3D Video in Google Earth - May 11, 2006
  116. Retouching Google Earth for Realism - May 09, 2006
  117. Awesome Unisphere 3D Model for Google Earth - May 06, 2006
  118. 3D Model Roundup for Google Earth - May 05, 2006
  119. Chernobyl Radiation Visualization in Google Earth - April 29, 2006
  120. Mission Impossible III Promotion with Google Earth - April 28, 2006
  121. Google Makes SketchUp Free! - April 27, 2006
  122. Space Elevator in Google Earth - April 17, 2006
  123. 3D Modeling News and Roundup - April 13, 2006
  124. Experimenting with New York Skyline in Google Earth - April 09, 2006
  125. 3D Models for the Weekend - April 07, 2006
  126. USGS Releases Awesome 1906 Earthquake Documentary Using Google Earth - April 06, 2006
  127. 1666 London Map, Cool 3D Buildings Movie - April 05, 2006
  128. 3D - Panama Canal, Leaning Tower of Pisa, and more - March 26, 2006
  129. A Few 3D Buildings for Bemidji, Seoul, Torino, and Moscow - March 21, 2006
  130. 3D Models Proliferate for Google Earth - March 16, 2006
  131. Google Just Bought Makers of SketchUp - March 14, 2006
  132. Robots Attack New York City - March 10, 2006
  133. Buenos Aires in 3D with Street Maps - March 09, 2006
  134. Architectural Delights - March 07, 2006
  135. 3D Buildings for the Weekend - March 03, 2006
  136. Street-Level Driving in Google Earth - March 01, 2006
  137. Windfarm Proposal as Geography Lesson - February 27, 2006
  138. The Skylon in Google Earth - February 23, 2006
  139. Cheney Shooting in Google Earth - February 21, 2006
  140. Nice Collection of 3D Buildings for Google Earth - February 17, 2006
  141. Convert Maya 2 Google Earth - February 16, 2006
  142. Trimensions 3D Photogrammetry in Google Earth - February 13, 2006
  143. Visualizing Controversial New Buildings in New York in Google Earth - February 06, 2006
  144. London Fitzroy Square in 3D in Google Earth - February 02, 2006
  145. High Resolution 3D Eiffel Tower for Google Earth - January 20, 2006
  146. 3D Planes for Flight Tracking in Google Earth - January 19, 2006
  147. 3D Buildings in London in Google Earth - January 17, 2006
  148. 40 Highest Buildings in Rotterdam for Google Earth - December 05, 2005
  149. Dynamic Clock - Big Ben - September 16, 2005
  150. Popular 3D Structures - September 06, 2005
  151. City of Portland GIS Adds 3D Buildings - September 03, 2005
  152. Play Tour (aka Fly Mode) - August 25, 2005
  153. Most Popular GE Files - August 24, 2005
  154. 3D Buildings in Google Earth - August 23, 2005
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