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Google SketchUp
Posted by Rod in Old-blog-archives at 9:50 am on Friday, 28 April 2006

Google has just announced their 3D modeling acquisition, SketchUp is now free.

SketchUp allows you to create 3D models, which you can then upload into GoogleEarth.

There is even a Model Library where the community of modelers can upload and share the models they create.

So by giving a tool away for free (there is a Pro model that you can pay for), and accepting the models that the community creates,  they start to model the world - at minimal costs.

Wow! Does that sound like the SETI model with immediate commercial payback.

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