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Uses and curiosities in Google Earth and Google Maps
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Geomoments - Emotions and Location in a single app
What is Geomoments? The fourth industrial revolution has filled us with great technological advances and the integration of tools and solutions to achieve a more dynamic and intuitive space for the inhabitant. We know that all mobile devices (phones…
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AulaGEO, the best course offer for Geo-engineering professionals
AulaGEO is a training proposal, based on the Geo-engineering spectrum, with modular blocks in the Geospatial, Engineering and Operations sequence. The methodological design is based on "Expert Courses", focused on competencies; It means they focus on…
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How to raise 3D buildings in Google Earth
Many of us know the Google Earth tool, and that is why in recent years we have witnessed its interesting evolution, to provide us with increasingly effective solutions in line with technological advances. This tool is commonly used...
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Testing the accuracy of Google elevation data - Surprise!
Google Earth provides access to your elevation data with a free Google Elevation API key. Civil Site Design takes advantage of this potential with its new Satellite to Surface functionality. This function allows you to select an area and the distance between…
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View UTM coordinates in Google Maps and Street View – using AppScript on Google Spreadsheet
This is an exercise developed with students from a Google Scripts course carried out by the AulaGEO Academy, with the aim of demonstrating the possibilities of applying development to the well-known Geofumadas Templates. Requirement 1. Download a template of…
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Contour lines from Google Earth - in 3 steps
This article explains how to generate contour lines from the Google Earth digital model. For this we will use a plugin for AutoCAD. Step 1. Display the area where we want to obtain the digital model of Google Earth. He passed…
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Get altitudes of a route in Google Earth
When we draw a route in Google Earth, it is possible to see its elevation in the application. But when we download the file, it only brings its latitude and longitude coordinates. Altitude is always zero. In this article we will see how to add to this…
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How to download images from Google Earth - Google Maps - Bing - ArcGIS Imagery and other sources
For many of the analysts, who want to build maps where some raster reference from any platform such as Google, Bing or ArcGIS Imagery is displayed, surely we do not have a problem because almost any platform has access to these services. But…
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Wms2Cad - interacting wms services with CAD programs
Wms2Cad is a unique tool to bring WMS AND TMS services to the CAD drawing for reference. This includes Google Earth and OpenStreet maps map and image services. It is simple, fast and effective. Only the type of map is chosen...
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Insert map in Excel - get geographic coordinates - UTM coordinates
Map.XL is an application that allows you to insert a map into Excel and obtain coordinates directly from the map. In addition, you can also display a list of latitudes and longitudes on the map. How to insert the map in Excel Once…
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Download maps and plan a route using BBBike
BBBike is an application whose main objective is to provide a route planner to travel, using a bicycle, through a city and its surroundings. How do we create our route planner? Indeed, if we enter your website, the first thing that…
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My experience using Google Earth for Cadastre
I frequently see the same questions in the keywords by which users arrive at Geofumadas from the Google search engine. Can I make a cadastre using Google Earth? How accurate are Google Earth images? Because my…
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View Google Earth coordinates in Excel - and convert them to UTM
I have data in Google Earth, and I want to display the coordinates in Excel. As you can see, it is a field with 7 vertices and a house with four vertices. Save Google Earth data. To download this data, do…
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How to create a Custom Map and Do not Die in the Intent?
The company Allware ltd has recently released a Web Framework called eZhing (www.ezhing.com), with which you can in 4 steps have your own private map with indicators and IoT (Sensors, IBeacons, Alarms, etc) all in real time. 1.- Create your Layout (Zones, Objects,…
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Download utm zones for Google Earth
This file contains the UTM zones in kmz format. Once downloaded you must unzip it. Download the file here Download the file here Just as a reference… the geographic coordinates come from dividing the globe into segments as…
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The true size of countries
thetruesize.com is an interesting site, where countries can be located on a GoogleMaps viewer. As you drag the objects, you can see how the countries are distorted by the difference in latitude. As shown in the picture,…
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Open shp files with Google Earth
The version of Google Earth Pro stopped being paid for a long time ago, with which it is possible to open different GIS and Raster files directly from the application. We understand that there are different ways to send a SHP file to…
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Web maps revive historical cartography
Perhaps we never dreamed of one day seeing a historical map, mounted on Google, such that we could know how the land where we stand today was 300 years ago. Web map technology has made it possible. And go! how.…
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