Google Maps 3D: 2026 Update

*UPDATE* January 2026, there was an error with the Portable chrome download (users were getting a 404 when trying to download the software) link updated below. Download and unzip. In this video we look at how to import Google Maps 3D data into Blender in 2025 using an old version of Chrome. You can find the version of Google Chrome Portable I use in the guide here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D-hwoj9-TxxJ59KrtMyc_hS6xSMRfVYs/view?usp=drive_link Here is the string you need to put into the Shortcut Target (you will need to modify this to include the location of *your* GoogleChromePortable.exe): C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe /c "SET RENDERDOC_HOOK_EGL=0 && START "" ^"C:\Users\PutYourUsernameHere\Downloads\GoogleChromePortable64\GoogleChromePortable.exe^" --disable-gpu-sandbox --gpu-startup-dialog --disable_direct_composition=1" You can find version 1.31 of RenderDoc for Windows 64 bit here: https://renderdoc.org/stable/1.31/RenderDoc_1.31_64.msi You can download Blender here: https://www.blender.org/ You can download the MapsModelImporter addon here: https://github.com/eliemichel/MapsModelsImporter/releases/download/v0.7.0/MapsModelsImporter-v0.7.0.zip If you would like to access Google Maps 3D using a credit card you can look at the Map Tiles API: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/tile --- (optional) You can find other versions of Google Chrome Portable here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/portableapps/files/Google%20Chrome%20Portable/ (optional) Portable version of RenderDoc: https://renderdoc.org/stable/1.31/RenderDoc_1.31_64.zip (optional) Other builds of RenderDoc: https://renderdoc.org/builds (optional) You can find other releases of MapsModelImporter here: https://github.com/eliemichel/MapsModelsImporter/releases (optional) MapsModelImporter also has a great readme with some troubleshooting guides: https://github.com/eliemichel/MapsModelsImporter