Well, first because SketchUp is the most popular application for creating 3D models for Google Earth. See lots of 3D models for Google Earth here. But, an even more interesting development: Google has ...

SketchUp Version 6.3 offers upgraded document-based workflows for iPad. Easily bring reference materials into SketchUp to develop 3D ideas and create presentation documents directly from an iPad.

Google’s SketchUp 3D Basecamp in Boulder, Colorado has just begun, and they kicked it off with a big announcement — the release of Google SketchUp 8! The biggest difference in this version of SketchUp ...