@mike lucey said:

We should find a place in the Daily CatchUp.
Mike

That would be great, Mike.

@gaieus said:

Ah well, for those Americans couple of years is already history. Remember the "History Layer" in GE (just a bit older satellite imagery - that's all)

History layer?!?!?

Many thanks for the link .... I love things like this.

Is there a place on SCF where all design competitions like this can be located? Would be a good asset I think.

Amazing!

I am especially interested to see if historic photos can be integrated into these maps. That would be brilliant.

Many thanks for the thorough answers guys, I will be sure to try them out.

Can anyone shed any light (maybe literally!) on why my asphalt material at the top of my the model is half grey?

I have exhausted my trouble fixing knowledge - playing with shadows setting - deleting the face and re-drawing - using a new material but nothing is working!

Can you help? Ta!

@jaxcoffee said:

@leedeetee said:

Today twitter, tomorrow the world!

So does that mean a lot more modeling is in store?

Certainly does! Just need those 40 hour days to start happening!

@gaieus said:

If you go to File > Save > Save image in GE, you can save the image - in screen resolution with the free version and high resolution (only wherever available of course) in GE Pro. Then just reload the imported B&W image in SU and you have a colour version.
It's about 5 seconds altogether.

Indeed that's what we do. If modeling large green areas or terrain, you can sometimes get a nice effect (nicer than some materials/textures anyway).

I'll forget I asked this question anyway and just carry on as before!

Indeed, Gai, It's a tricky one:

I have come across the following sentences:

@unknownuser said:

All uses of Google Maps and Google Earth and Content MUST provide attribution to Google and our suppliers.

Especially interesting/confusing is the fair use policy ...

@unknownuser said:

Fair use: Fair use is a concept under copyright law in the United States that, generally speaking, permits you to use a copyrighted work in certain ways without obtaining a license from the copyright holder. There are a variety of factors that affect whether or not your use of Content would be considered a fair use, including the purpose and character of your use, the nature of the copyrighted work, the amount of the copyrighted material used, and the effect of your use upon the potential market for the copyrighted work. For example, there are differences between use in a for-fee service and use in a work of scholarship, or the use of a single map screenshot and the use of detailed map images for an entire country. ...

Can a company utilise Google Earth imagery? Just wondering if anyone can shed any light on if it is OK to use google earth images (Not SV? It is, in 90% of cases, simply painting the satellite image onto terrain to give a more realistic effect. Is this a no go? Or is it acceptable if you provide attribution to Google?

Advice will be much appreciated.

Thanks.

Thanks mate,

How bizzare, it works now! I have honestly turned it on and off a few times! I have however had a dodgy internet connection today so I wonder if it is something to do with not having web access or something?!

Thanks for your reply.

Hiya,

Just wondering if a kind soul can tell me whats up with my set-up .... I can't seem to get a phototexture anymore, nor can I combine textures etc. Any help much appreciated.

.SKP file

Today twitter, tomorrow the world!

Thanks chaps, I'll check them out.

Just wondering if there is an easy way to join lots of lines, a small minority of which are almost connected, but not quite, in order to create a face?

I know I could do the laborious task of going over every line again but with a complex model or lots of arcs etc, this is not really practical. So, am I missing a script or an easier way? Weld doesn't seem to work for me??

Cheers!

Many thanks! So effective, so simple!

Attached is an example of what I am trying to do ....

I use top view in Paralel projection and then draw my road/path, ready to be draped, but it always snaps to the terrain thus making it impossible to do!

Thanks!

Exampleproblem.skp

Just wondering the best way that I can draw on a face positioned directly 'above' a terrain model so that I can then drape the lines/faces onto the terrain below (using sandbox > terain.

Every time I try drawing above, it always snaps to the terrain below!

Can anyone help?!

That's absolutely fantastic, thanks very much chaps.

Sorry, CORRECT model is now attached!

Just needs "from contours" applying to see the problem!

Thanks!

Morley.skp