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CreatingCustomizedMapsinGoogleEarthandGoogle Maps
GoogleEarthisoneofmanyonlinemappingprogramsthatoffersusersinteractive mappingcapabilities.Withworldlevelcoverageofsatellite,aerialphotography,streets, pointsofinterestandmore,thisvirtualglobeisoneofthemostpopularprogramsbeing usedbybothGISandnonGISusers.Mosttakeadvantageofthecurrentimagerythat GoogleEarthoffersandformanyareastheresolutionisimpressivelyhigh(upto7.6 cm). Withacollectionofimagerylargerthanmostlibrariescanoffer,GoogleEarthis beingusedbyacademicusersasasourceforreferenceorbasemaps.WhatGoogle Earthcanofferhoweverthatmostonlinemappingprogramsdonot,istheabilityfor userstoaddtheirownfeaturestoonlinemappingprograms. Thiscombinationoffree andaccessibleimagerywithcustomizedGISlayersisintriguingmanyGISuserswho dontnecessarilyneedaccesstoGISsoftwareanymore.Somestudentsatthe UniversityofWaterlooforexample,areinterestedinaerialoverviewsoflargeareas suchastheGreaterTorontoArea.Usingsolelylibraryresources,thiswouldentail openinghundredsofimagerytilesinArcGIStosatisfythegeographicalextent. These studentsarefindingitmoreconvenienttouseGoogleEarthfortheaerialoverviewwhile atthesametimecustomizingandfinalizingtheirmapbyaddingtheirownGISfilestoit. ThesamemapcanalsobecreatedinGoogleMaps,andthensharedwiththerestof theworld anadvantageofonlinemapping.
CustomizedMappinginGoogleEarth/GoogleMaps
UserscanaddgeospatialdatatoGoogleEarthasKeyholeMarkupLanguage(KML) files.KMLisanXMLbasedlanguagethatmanagesthedisplayof3Dgeospatialdata inbothGoogleMapsandGoogleEarth. AcompressedKMLisKMZ.KMLfilesin GoogleEarthcanbecustomizedinwaysthatShapefilescanbecustomizedinArcGIS. Theusercanspecifysymbols,labels,manipulatefeatureappearances,alterattribute informationandmore.GoogleEarthwilldisplaybothvectorandrasterdatainKML format.
UserGuidefordisplayingGISfilesinGoogleEarth/GoogleMaps
ThisguidewaswrittenusingESRIsArcMap9.2softwareprogram.Allfilesusedinthese exampleswereprojectedtoUTM,NAD83inZone17. CreatingKML/KMZfiles
EvaDodsworth,GeospatialDataServicesLibrarian March,2008
UniversityMapLibrary:CreatingCustomizedMapsinGoogleEarthandGoogleMaps
5.ThesizeofyourKMZwillvarydependingonthesizeofyourinputfiles.
EvaDodsworth,GeospatialDataServicesLibrarian March,2008
UniversityMapLibrary:CreatingCustomizedMapsinGoogleEarthandGoogleMaps
EvaDodsworth,GeospatialDataServicesLibrarian March,2008
UniversityMapLibrary:CreatingCustomizedMapsinGoogleEarthandGoogleMaps
AddingImageOverlayfilesinGoogleEarth AlthoughimagedatacanbeconvertedtoKMLinArcMap,someusersmaywishtoadd ungeoreferencedimagerytoGoogleEarth.Googlewillgeoreferencetheimageoverlay accordinglyandwilldrapetheimagecorrectlyontheearthssurface.Thisdoes howeverrequiretheusersinputofcoordinateinformation.Someusersmayfindthat theimagehasbeenoverlayedaccuratelyenoughwithoutcoordinateinputthatmay workforsomeaswell. 1.Zoomintotheapproximateareayouwantyourimagetobeplaced.GoogleEarth automaticallyinputsthecoordinatesofyourgeographicalareaofyourimage. 2.ToaddtheimageoverlyinGoogleEarth,clickonAddImageOverlay
EvaDodsworth,GeospatialDataServicesLibrarian March,2008
UniversityMapLibrary:CreatingCustomizedMapsinGoogleEarthandGoogleMaps
4. Youcanmodifythepropertiesofyourimage,includingthecoordinatesifyou knowthem.
5. Yourimageoverlaycannowbecombinedwithyour.kmzfiles.Thisimagehas
GoogleEarthsimageryinthebackground,withascannedimageoverlayand .kmzvectorfilesontop.Thevectorfileshavebeenmadesemitransparent.
EvaDodsworth,GeospatialDataServicesLibrarian March,2008
UniversityMapLibrary:CreatingCustomizedMapsinGoogleEarthandGoogleMaps
EvaDodsworth,GeospatialDataServicesLibrarian March,2008
UniversityMapLibrary:CreatingCustomizedMapsinGoogleEarthandGoogleMaps
UniversityMapLibrary:CreatingCustomizedMapsinGoogleEarthandGoogleMaps
EvaDodsworth,GeospatialDataServicesLibrarian March,2008