Updates to Satellite Imagery in Geo-Location

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Жыл бұрын

The new updates include Bing Maps, a resolution slider to adjust detail, and a streamlined user interface.
SketchUp's Add Location gives real-world site context for your real-world project. Geo-locate your model for accurate shadow studies, and import satellite images to show existing context.
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@DanielZajic Жыл бұрын

This is an amazing feature, I actually discovered it myself last night when I started my Pro 30-day trial.

@seaskimmer Жыл бұрын

Very nice. Wouldn't use it myself but it's good to have fun with.

@ricinro Жыл бұрын

I did the near map for property on the slopes of the Superstition mountains. The resolution is very good to where I can see objects like rocks a few inches wide. The altitude and topography data seems the same as google earth. This has been very useful for design as I am positioning the house between large saguaro cacti which are not being relocated. The topography data is useful for calculating the dirt I to excavate as I can raise or lower the elevation of the foundation. I have a 6% grade and require a septic system so this is useful for ensuring everything goes downhill. It cost money for this map but for the twenty something I paid it was well worth it!

@DanielZajic Жыл бұрын

Incredible. I wish NearMap had data where I am, luckily my terrain is simple enough that the low-res terrain should work fine.

@PlusSpec Жыл бұрын

Handy to have Bing as another option.

@MonsieurNab Жыл бұрын

I'm in France. in Marseille Digital globe is outdated, photos date early 2019 (the state of several construction sites are a good tell) Bing map looks better sure, but photos are a solid 5 year old, I can see buidlings under construction that were finished late 2017. no nearmap outside of the US as far as I can tell. These last projects, and that's what I've been teaching my students as well, I tend to work with Cadmapper + screenshots from googlemap placed and scaled by hand - if a photo context is actually needed.

@RaydonConcepts Жыл бұрын

I use the geo location feature quite a bit and mostly love it. However, I need to do a lot of mountain ranges and it’s very time consuming to do it without having some sort of outline of the tiles I have already imported. I’ve wasted many hours needing to go back and redo the imports due to being off kits a little bit and having gaps. Please make this feature happen for us some day!!

@jeffstanley 6 ай бұрын

Asron , great video but suggest you either add a breif piece on how to actually align and set your model house etc, down into terrain. Also are existing vegetation and/or physical structures actually shown in 3 d ?

@yuhankurnia7264 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Can we do that on the Free Modelling ?

@stephenmadison3401 9 ай бұрын

Maybe you have covered this elsewhere: I use Google Maps to determine the property lines of my sites. Then I export the property lines to Google earth to make presentation images of my properties in context. I need the property lines to register my sketchup model accurately on the topography. Is there a way to do this?

@Skans-Gustav Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Could you perhaps also do a piece using Heightmapper to get a more exact topography?

@amazinggardendesign3191 Жыл бұрын

Hi what is heightmapper? I used the topology and compared it to actual survey data and it was up to 3m out so I am looking fir a better solution

@emwagner Жыл бұрын

What if you live in the middle of nowhere and the area you live isn't validateable via the USPS? GPS doesn't work in my area. Can you specify one or more GPS coordinates in Sketchup? As an example, I own land and know the GPS coordinates for each corner of my property. Can I use this information instead to obtain terrain data to import into a sketchup model?

@TylerTheBassCreator Жыл бұрын

So you're a colorado guy?? That's awesome! I'm in Arvada!

@aarondietzen2995 Жыл бұрын

Yep! Our office is in Westminster!

@TylerTheBassCreator Жыл бұрын

@@aarondietzen2995 very cool!!! Never knew that!! Let me know if you ever need videos or pictures of local stuff and I'll gladly help!

@hectorpina8503 Жыл бұрын

Can you add at location on the SketchUp for ipad?

@thomasboese3793 Жыл бұрын

Interesting... Once you have the aerial map imagery downloaded, can you manipulate it on all three axes? * Can I take the straight line of a railroad and bend it into a curve? * Can I take the imagery and compress some segments at one ratio and other segments at different ratios? As a railroad modeler, I see an opportunity to take a sliver of reality and manipulate it to fit the space I have to model in. In other words, I want to take a 200' to 500' wide by a 300-mile-long strip of reality and place it into my given space with the ease of a single "wet spaghetti noodle" placed artistically on a plate. Is this possible, or am I stuck doing it by hand?

@jonomoles Жыл бұрын

The answer to your last question is yes but you could at least be stuck with doing it by hand with a good photo editing package. Depending on your skills, this process could still be somewhat automated. I would recommend trying a couple of miles first!

@cnerd 11 ай бұрын

Hey how can I take my drone straigh down shot, I know how to scale it and now want to drop driectly on to the surface so I have the best current image? I used to be able to use the paint bucket but that seems to no longer work. Any help would be greatly apprecaited

@SketchUp 11 ай бұрын

Adding it as a projected texture will allow you to paint it on any surface!

@frijoli9579 Жыл бұрын

The "near Map" feature button/switch is not in my version of PRO. I downloaded yesterday for this trial.

@SketchUp Жыл бұрын

Increase the detail slider. By default it is at the lowest level, which is lower than what Near map can offer.

@MrNoWool Жыл бұрын

Hi From Australia, have been using Geolocation a lot during “Dream-up” sessions for a master plan on my waterski lake near Bundaberg, Queensland. I can send you some of my feeble, I have a lot of fun doing them, Unfortunately the terrain in digital globe is not good enough so I just use it to place buildings on top of to get an idea of distances to features, very happy with what I can do with limited skills… I have a request for a program… Please, please DRAPE A TERRESTRIAL GLOBE SPHERE… apart from looking at ski lakes in sat imagery I really like globes, would be cool to make my own in Sketchup 🙂🌎🌍🌐🌏

@normanmaseko8239 10 ай бұрын

How can I use coordinates in geolocation?

@RenataJensen Жыл бұрын

We use it for landscape design, many times the satellite data is not updated.

@aarondietzen2995 Жыл бұрын

While we cannot control how often the imagery providers update their data, we can offer more than one provider. Now you have multiple providers to check with!

@user-qj4bs7to5n 3 ай бұрын

How do I geolocate a large area to include a foothill mountain range? The number of tiles are very limited. I have sketchup 2023 pro. I'm designing a house with a view and want to know the sightlines to the hills and distant mountain. Can anyone help?

@SketchUp 3 ай бұрын

This tutorial shows a workflow that should work for you: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hrmWnbakq5rDgXU.htmlsi=7bo6pxRYETLbOT4-. We've successfully used this method for terrain ~400,000 hectares in size. However, if you have access to the site, adding a panoramic photo backdrop may be easier (and less CPU-intensive.) This video shows you how: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jq50aqiJr7SunJs.html

@Calmdownjamaldontpulloutthe9 5 ай бұрын

Is it automatically to scale ?

@dp3thee 5 ай бұрын

I have IPad is it possible to do this using an IPad?

@gingertoast6216 Жыл бұрын

i'm so jealous of you guys...you guys started early now you can create whatever you like, I could have done more without this learning disability.

@TheCanadianWelder Жыл бұрын

LOVE it. Frustrating and unfortunate that the 30-day free trial doesnt allow the use of the higher res Bing data... I'm trying to sell my employer on a paid SketchUp Pro license. He's a civil engineer who has a harder time seeing the potential that this powerful and intuitive 3D modelling program has to offer. I need all the help I can get.

@SketchUp Жыл бұрын

Bing only offers low to medium resolution imagery (it has nothing to do with being on a trial). That's the best their service can offer!

@DanielZajic Жыл бұрын

@@SketchUp I think he means the free trial doesn't allow importing Bing data of *any* resolution (the "import" button is not active).

@sandwiched Жыл бұрын

I presume it also properly handles the scale?

@aarondietzen2995 Жыл бұрын

Yep! Everything that comes in is 1:1 scale.

@sandwiched Жыл бұрын

@@aarondietzen2995 Speaking of scale, I tried the other day to create a basic Halo ring (i.e. hundreds of kilometers in diameter), but SU had issues rendering the whole thing. Got any tips for dealing with such large, 1:1 scale models?

@aarondietzen2995 Жыл бұрын

SketchUp was designed to model building sized geometry. It does not live drawing things that are significantly larger (or smaller) than that. No tip there… that is something you would have to draw at a smaller scale!

@danajohnlance6587 Жыл бұрын

One of your "infamous disclaimers" should have been inserted, legacy users are shut out from using Bing and or paid!

@SketchUp Жыл бұрын

That's true. Web services like Add Location are unavailable in unsupported versions of SketchUp. You can read more about our End of Support policy in this post: forums.sketchup.com/t/important-sketchup-web-services-update-to-policy/207634