So, I have a point in my dwg with state plane coords, and my units, projection and zone are setup correctly. I do a Google Earth export to a kmz file and it opens in GE. The point lands in the correct spot. BUT... if I do a Google Earth import into the same drawing and select that same kmz file, the point lands 628 miles away from where it should be. Not sure what's going wrong. Anyone else seeing that?
When you export; are you exporting in some oddball coordinate system?
Nope. Straight up state plane, us feet. It lands in GE right where it should.
I meant; export from GE...
RoadBurner, post: 389375, member: 6168 wrote: So, I have a point in my dwg with state plane coords, and my units, projection and zone are setup correctly. I do a Google Earth export to a kmz file and it opens in GE. The point lands in the correct spot. BUT... if I do a Google Earth import into the same drawing and select that same kmz file, the point lands 628 miles away from where it should be. Not sure what's going wrong. Anyone else seeing that?
I have been trying to figure out how to import a Google Earth image into Carlson Survey for a while and haven't been able to figure it out and figured I must need Carlson GIS to do this. Is there a way to import a Google Earth image into Carlson Survey?
ha. i have no idea. but there's a survey i just followed a couple months ago that was, in hindsight, obviously put in SP by using some kind of conversion, best guess being GE.
didn't matter much to me, as i ran control in for myself and did enough redundancy to make sure all was on the up and up. but when i punched up their stated N and E, converted it to lat and long it was about that far off. the fact that the record bearing varied by about 3 degrees was telltale as well.
RADAR, post: 389385, member: 413 wrote: I meant; export from GE...
Same result whether I export a point from GE or simply import the KMZ I exported from the dwg. Carlson exports a point fine, and it lands in GE correctly. But try to import that point using the exact same KMZ you created by exporting in Carlson, and it lands in the wrong spot. Same in Carlson2016.
x and y interchanged?
MathTeacher, post: 389419, member: 7674 wrote: x and y interchanged?
Nope. The northing and easting are about 1.94 times what they should be
Well, I started a new drawing and set the settings identical with the first drawing. Import KMZ works correctly in the new drawing. I sent the first drawing to support. They confirm there's something goofy in the drawing but they don't know what. Just a fluke, I guess.
If it's an option, export a .kml instead of .kmz so you can use a text editor to see what's inside. Or unzip the .kmz using winzip.