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Google SketchUp Tips and Tricks: Scaling from a Photo

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Uploaded by on Jun 12, 2009

To figure out the hight of a building you can use a combination of "Match Photo" in SketchUp and Google Earth imagery. After you have traced the photo in SketchUp, import Google Earth imagery. Measure the length of the building on Google Earth. Rescale the model using this length. You will now have a better estimation of the height.

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  • thank you

  • how can this be right? importing a google map imagine wouldn't give a very accurate if accurate at all dimensions as you zoom in & out of the map, the map would be scaled surely depending on what level you zoom?

  • Thank you! I've been stuck trying to figure out building heights from photo's for ages.

  • THANKS DUDE

  • great tut, thx for sharing.

  • Great Help Thankyou!! Been making very accurate 'guess-estimates', but got a great way of getting the scale even more perfect!!

  • This vid is a very brief and punctual teaching.

    Thanks a lot!

  • Lol :)

  • i just saw the vid

  • It took you FOUR months to reply?

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