Create animated models for Google Earth

Posted by Aidan Chopra, Product Evangelist

I remember the first time I saw the shadows feature in SketchUp; I just about broke my ankle getting to my computer to download the software. When someone in our office first noticed Keyhole (which is what Google Earth was called before it was acquired), all work came to a grinding halt while everyone spent the afternoon flying around the world.

Now somebody's figured out a way to combine two very cool things – shadows plus Google Earth – into a single, delicious entity. In the file that James Stafford of barnabu.co.uk produced, you can watch a SketchUp model of the London Eye actually rotating in Google Earth. As if that weren't enough, he also created a series of overlays that let you watch the Eye's shadow move, too. Check out James' blog post to download the Google Earth KMZ, and to read about how he put it together.

Update The link in the last sentence nows goes to the correct place.