September 24th, 2009
Love to see companies embrace better data sharing:
One of the things we’re pretty concerned about around here is something called data liberation. Too often, your stuff’s locked inside proprietary file formats that force you to use whatever tool you used to create it. We don’t think that’s right, so we’re doing what we can to make it easier to move your data around.
COLLADA is a 3D file format based on open standards; it makes it easier to move your models between different pieces of software. KMZ is the standard file format for packaging 3D models together with information about their geographic locations. SketchUp 7.1 can import and export COLLADA and KMZ files
http://sketchupdate.blogspot.com/2009/09/sketchup-71-is-here.html
If you want to see KMZ (Google Earth) models in the Google 3D Warehouse on your iPhone, you can do so with NaviCAD (http://www.navicad.com). It is currently only a viewing/navigating app, so if you have any ideas for enhanced functionality, please let us know by sending an email to feedback@navicad.com.
thanks, Chuck Han (one of the NaviCAD developers)
Thanks Chuck. I’m checking it out now.