PlexEarth, What brings 2.5 version for images of Google Earth

I have been filtered the features that brings the new version of PlexEarth, which is expected to be announced in late October 2011.

The main reason why this tool has had significant acceptance is that it solves what the most popular CAD program (AutoCAD) cannot do with the most consulted virtual globe (Google Earth), and it does it in the cleanest way that we have. seen for CAD platforms. Of the best I've seen for Connect AutoCAD with Google Earth.

It is to have the full potential of the content in Google Earth and the precise construction tools of AutoCAD.

I met the First version of PlexEarth In November of 2009, Then the 2.0 version In May of 2010, after this we had seen few changes, hardly support to run on AutoCAD 2012 but in a couple of months we will be seeing the 2.5 version.

I commented one of its creators, with whom I intend to have a formal interview in Amsterdam during the month of November, the improvements included in this version have been thought based on the "most requested" by the current users.

Greater capacity in the treatment of images.

We had seen PlexEarth do things that you can only do civil 3D or CivilCAD, but in this case it comes with capabilities that can only be done Raster Design and this with any type of images, not just imported from Google Earth.

• Merge Images (go). Now, you could take a mosaic of images and join them into one with a new name and preserving the georeference.
• Cropping images (crop). Cropping an image segment based on a polygon, preserving the georeference, and in addition to the previous tool, images could be built based on particular geometries, not necessarily rectangles. Ideal for removing areas where Google Earth does not have good coverage.
• Replace images (replace). In case we have downloaded an image from Google Earth, and then we have a new coverage, we can request an update of the same area without having to define it again. I also see a lot of potential for this functionality, in case we want to download a higher resolution image with Google Earth Pro, Which although it is the same coverage, the resolution in pixels is much better at the time of importing it into AutoCAD.
• It is also now possible to import and export images while maintaining the georeference header.

Improvements in the handling of digital models.

• As I explained in my version 2.0 article, PlexEarth can import digital model from Google Earth, generate surfaces, contour lines, calculate volumes, and other things that Civil 3D does. However, something uncomfortable was happening, and that is that Google Earth Bane el ID session when doing a bulk download. This has been dramatically corrected, the tool knows the maximum number of points that Google Earth allows to download, and just before they are to be completed, it closes and reopens Google Earth, with which the new ID session Goes in clean allowing downloads of millions of points without problem.

Changes in the form of licensing

Now in PlexEarth, instead of annual versions Standard, Pro and Premium, three types of license are proposed:

• Monthly license, quite cheap. With this, the need for a specific project could be solved, without having to pay a license for a long time, being able to exploit all the potential that AutoCAD itself does not offer.
• An annual license. It is aimed at users who frequently work on the subject, between surveying, engineering, geospatial and cadastre.
• A perpetual license. This for those who believe that the tool will be necessary in permanent work.

In Spain you can acquire the license with CADMax

In the Czech Republic and Slovakia, CADStudio

And in the United States in CommTech

For Latin America, here you can Download PlexEarth