concept3D had its first Minnesota ‘Brown Bag Session’ at Brauer & Associates, LTD. in Hopkins, Minnesota. Over the course of an hour, concept3D presented many SketchUp, Google Earth and Photoshop tips and tricks.
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With the flood waters along the Red River between North Dakota and Minnesota finally dropping below flood stage on May 20 (after a record 61 days above it), I thought I would celebrate with a visual sandbag related wrap up.
Most anyone can create a quality model these days, a little time and some good textures and your model will already look better than most renderings on public display. However, to really sell a project it is important to make the project look functional and livable. One way to do this is to add people and vegetation.
As an avid photography enthusiast, I am always looking for new ways to spread my passion for pictures. So I began thinking, with all our know-how of GeoWeb capabilities here at concept3D and my personal habit of exploring random locations, why not combine the two skills and share with others my adventures geoweb photography!
This is a part one of two series that utilizes geotagged photos and the Google Earth Plugin to showcase photography.
concept3D assists New York University’s Schack Real Estate Institute students in presentation to Mt. Vernon, NY planning commission
The concept3D ‘Brown Bag Session’ lunchtime training was launched today at Communication Arts Inc.
From ‘Brownfield’ to ‘Greenfield’ - Visualizing the World’s Largest Urban Solar Power Plant. Today, Exelon and SunPower announced plans to develop a 10 megawatt solar power plant in the south side of Chicago- the largest of its kind in an urban setting. Considering this monumental announcement, on Earth Day nonetheless, we decided to create a real-virtual view of the array using Google Earth, SketchUp and some other tools at our disposal.
As the GeoWeb evolves, vertical marketing becomes more relevant in presenting 3D, Web and Google Earth capabilities. This week, we illustrate the Long Beach Convention Center in 3D along with its surrounding attractions. One nice thing about this content, unlike 99% of Google Earth content, is that it presents the property inside and out.
Here are two easy ways to get information from Google Maps (maps.google.com) to Google Earth (standalone application). If you create anything while signed into “My Maps”, all you have to do is click the “View in Google Earth” link. If you are not signed into “My Maps” and you generate map information from a simple directions search, all you need to do is copy and paste the Google Maps link into the Google Earth search field.