June 16, 2009
Embed 3D Warehouse models - examples

An example of an embedded model - let's see how it works.

Lower Eastside Girls Club - Volumetric Model by DaveP - Google 3D Warehouse

Click and then drag side to side.

UPDATE: I had some issues with getting the embed to work and Google folks were quick with help. Here's their first response, which may help other users:

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First off, there are some models that still don't load properly in the Google Earth Plugin. We're looking at those issues and hope to resolve them soon. Please post links to 3D Warehouse models where there are problems - in the group please! - so we can look at specific examples.

Secondly, the embed functionality has a bit of smarts in it that will intelligently revert embed types depending upon what's available. So if you ask for a Google Earth Plugin embed for a non-geo model, you'll get a 3D View. If you ask for a 3D View for a model where for some reason we don't have the generated images (as in the example posted above), we'll revert to the image type.

Finally, some sites don't allow embedding via the IFRAME technique. Google Sites is an example. In this case, you'll need to create a Google Gadget to do the embed. I slapped something together that I'm happy to share in a thread on the group.

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Another version, without as many neighboring buildings:

Posted by Dave at June 16, 2009 09:55 PM