Dan Patterson, post: 369987, member: 1179 wrote: I got everything to work. I just didn't know the export commands. Usually I am bringing stuff into drawings not the other way around. This export KMZ thing is awesome. I'm going to try to put all my jobs in google earth. (At least all the ones that are georeferenced which is most of them.....)
I use Google Earth as database for every project and monument we tie. It works greats for this. Sure, GIS software may be more efficient and have way more functionality but with the GE files I can export them and email them to the survey crew and they can have them at their fingertips in the field and office.
Mark Mayer, post: 369847, member: 424 wrote: Very handy function for showing crews just where the missed areas of a topo are, for example. This, and a similar kml producing function in StarNet are handy for control diagrams, too.
Handy enough to make going to the effort of georeferencing your project (which is often minimal) worthwhile even if not contractually required.
Ugh. The worst possible. Easy to set your base receiver to collect raw data for OPUS while performing RTK ties. Later you can shift the whole thing onto the position OPUS returns.
I have tried to institute the standard procedure of georeferencing all projects we do. Unfortunately, being "second" on the totem pole, I don't have the final say. And so I get to work with projects that are just "out in space"...
Lately we have been using google maps street view to verify if certain control points are still existing before we send crew out for GPS observations. If a control point is located adjacent to a road, chances are it is part of a recent google street view pass. Great tool, I hope that Google will stay profitable. A lot of useful tools would go kaput if Google ever closes shop.
ESRI has come out with ARCGIS Earth since google has stopped supporting GE. It's free. http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis-earth
You have to give your email address, organization and industry. Surveying is not on the list so I picked Intelligence. It does require intelligence to be a surveyor. 😀
Beware of file sizes. It takes a while for my Google Earth to load the assessors' overlays, control points and other goodies I have.
There is a way to make a network link from Google Earth to a location. Drop your KMZ there and it will update on everyone's computers. Very convenient when you export control or other constantly increasing data sets. We have a new sewer in town that is being phased. Every as-built is added to a specific KMZ (well 2, one for a backup and one as the current). Everyone can look at the as-built on GE as it is changed so when someone calls or comes in for their connection, we can show them right where the pipe is supposed to be...
Dan Patterson, post: 369779, member: 1179 wrote: I have a client that inputs a lot of my work into a GIS that he maintains. He has requested a KML file (I guess to tie in with google earth format).
Can a georeferenced DWG be converted to KML easily? I looked into it briefly and it looks like 3rd party software is required for the conversion. (Running C3D 2015)
You can try our Export KML advanced tool for Map/Civil3D 2013-2017, you can find it in Autodesk App store, pmxExport KML.
Albert