ArcGIS 9.3 and GoogleSketchup 8 - plugin available???

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JakubSisak · Answer

I want to create a 3D model (175 hectares of city area).

I thought of digitizing the facilities on satellite image in ArcMap and then import them to GoogleSketchup - paste digital photos as textures (to make them look real) - and then export the skp model to arcscene - then add walkway, trees, people etc - create animation as well.

Please suggest if you got a better way to work on it.

Thanks.

You can do the entire model ground up in Sketchup.  You can pull in google earth imagery into sketchup using the default tool then digitize buildings on the imagery and create your model right there.  It's quite easy to bring in and reference whatever other imagery you have. There is huge library of sketchup models such as trees, people, etc. anything you can dream up on the web accesible from within sketchup.  Sketchup can easily handle 170 ha.

Anonymous User · Answer

Original User: jbswain

This is the recommended workflow for creating the buildings. Bear in mind you want to keep  the textures on the multipatches as simple as possible as the more intensive the textures are the harder it will be for ArcScene to display them.

KhyatiPatel · Answer

I want to create a 3D model (175 hectares of city area).

I thought of digitizing the facilities on satellite image in ArcMap and then import them to GoogleSketchup - paste digital photos as textures (to make them look real) - and then export the skp model to arcscene - then add walkway, trees, people etc - create animation as well.

Please suggest if you got a better way to work on it.

Thanks.