Google 3D Warehouse
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The Google 3D Warehouse is an accompanying website for Google SketchUp
where modelers can upload, download and share three dimensional models. The site was created on April 24, 2006.
The site enables modelers to create collections of models and uses algorithms to determine similar models. Individual models can be viewed in 3D from within a browser. PC World
reported in 2008 that 3D Warehouse allows users without significant artistic inclination to make and populate 3D models.
The New York Times
reported in 2008 that 3D Warehouse had become a virtual "dictionary" of 3D vocabulary, reporting its suitability in film making, for example: "you can find insanely detailed three-dimensional virtual models of most major building structures of the world. Need a street in San Francisco? Here’s a filmable virtual set. With powerful search and specification tools, high-resolution clips of any bridge in the world can be circulated into the common visual dictionary for reuse. Out of these ready-made “words,” a film can be assembled, mashed up from readily available parts. The rich databases of component images form a new grammar for moving images."
after review for accuracy. Users can select the option when uploading their models to verify if it is "Google Earth
Ready," which will verify if the building is a real, current, and correctly-located model of the building. If a "Google Earth Ready" model is submitted, within a few weeks, the model will go through a review of several Google employees who check the models qualifications under certain acceptance criteria. If the model passes, it is added to the "3D Warehouse Layer," and will soon be visible within Google Earth
itself by checking the box in the sidebar that is labeled "3D Buildings."
SketchUp
SketchUp is a 3D modeling program marketed by Google and designed for architectural, civil, and mechanical engineers as well as filmmakers, game developers,...
where modelers can upload, download and share three dimensional models. The site was created on April 24, 2006.
The site enables modelers to create collections of models and uses algorithms to determine similar models. Individual models can be viewed in 3D from within a browser. PC World
PC World (magazine)
PC World is a global computer magazine published monthly by IDG. It offers advice on various aspects of PCs and related items, the Internet, and other personal-technology products and services...
reported in 2008 that 3D Warehouse allows users without significant artistic inclination to make and populate 3D models.
The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
reported in 2008 that 3D Warehouse had become a virtual "dictionary" of 3D vocabulary, reporting its suitability in film making, for example: "you can find insanely detailed three-dimensional virtual models of most major building structures of the world. Need a street in San Francisco? Here’s a filmable virtual set. With powerful search and specification tools, high-resolution clips of any bridge in the world can be circulated into the common visual dictionary for reuse. Out of these ready-made “words,” a film can be assembled, mashed up from readily available parts. The rich databases of component images form a new grammar for moving images."
Google Earth
3D Warehouse allows models to be loaded to Google EarthGoogle Earth
Google Earth is a virtual globe, map and geographical information program that was originally called EarthViewer 3D, and was created by Keyhole, Inc, a Central Intelligence Agency funded company acquired by Google in 2004 . It maps the Earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite...
after review for accuracy. Users can select the option when uploading their models to verify if it is "Google Earth
Google Earth
Google Earth is a virtual globe, map and geographical information program that was originally called EarthViewer 3D, and was created by Keyhole, Inc, a Central Intelligence Agency funded company acquired by Google in 2004 . It maps the Earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite...
Ready," which will verify if the building is a real, current, and correctly-located model of the building. If a "Google Earth Ready" model is submitted, within a few weeks, the model will go through a review of several Google employees who check the models qualifications under certain acceptance criteria. If the model passes, it is added to the "3D Warehouse Layer," and will soon be visible within Google Earth
Google Earth
Google Earth is a virtual globe, map and geographical information program that was originally called EarthViewer 3D, and was created by Keyhole, Inc, a Central Intelligence Agency funded company acquired by Google in 2004 . It maps the Earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite...
itself by checking the box in the sidebar that is labeled "3D Buildings."