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Tuesday, March 14. 2006
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Google Buys SketchUp
Word just out that Google has acquired 3D "draw on a napkin" SketchUp software developer @Last.
Details from @Last are here.
Official Google blog announcement. (via Google Earth Blog)
At least one blogger doesn't get it. The CAD guys don't either. Ralph Grabowski is confused. Randall Newton noted a premonition of the acquistion. I recall thinking "acquisition" when there was all the hubub at an ESRI conference a few years ago. Google is ahead of ESRI in 3D vision, I suppose.
@Last made some splash integrating with ArcGIS, but was most recently hot due to its integration with Google Earth.
Wow, the website already says copyright Google!
Thanks to Gary Smith for the tip!
Posted by Adena Schutzberg
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