Google Earth API Samples - Creating 3D Models

Relevant Resources:

• KmlModel Reference
• KmlLocation Reference
• KmlPlacemark Reference

Relevant Code Excerpt:

// Create a 3D model, initialize it from a Collada file, and place it
// in the world.

var placemark = ge.createPlacemark('');
placemark.setName('model');
var model = ge.createModel('');
ge.getFeatures().appendChild(placemark);
var loc = ge.createLocation('');
model.setLocation(loc);
var link = ge.createLink('');

// A textured model created in Sketchup and exported as Collada.
link.setHref('http://earth-api-samples.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/examples/' +
             'static/splotchy_box.dae');
model.setLink(link);

var la = ge.getView().copyAsLookAt(ge.ALTITUDE_RELATIVE_TO_GROUND);
loc.setLatitude(la.getLatitude());
loc.setLongitude(la.getLongitude());

placemark.setGeometry(model);

la.setRange(300);
la.setTilt(45);
ge.getView().setAbstractView(la);