Googler Mark Limber announces on the SketchUp blog that the Google 3D Warehouse now offers a way to view Google Earth-placed 3D models right in your browser. The Google Earth plugin is a mostly functional subset of the real Google Earth application that runs in a browser (Windows only at the moment, but Google keeps promising a Mac version is in the works). When viewing a model in the 3D Warehouse (which has been placed for viewing in Google Earth), you get a tab above the model snapshot that says "Map". This shows the location of the model on Google Maps. Look for the "Earth" tab (if you have the plugin capability) and it will load the 3D model into the GE plugin. Google Earth is a pretty nice 3D model viewing tool, especially if you're handy with the navigation interface.
The example model given in Mark's post is of the Google Boulder office. This is a new building I haven't seen before. There is an interesting "easter egg" on the back side of the building - there's a "3D" photo of a bunch of Googler's on the roof of the 3D model! See here:
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By Frank Taylor of Google Earth Blog
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