Google Earth internally works with meters as elevation units and this can be an obstacle when feet are the desired measurement units. This tutorial explains an easy workaround for viewing contour elevations values in Google Earth and their elevations in... more
An ESRI Geodatabase File (FileGDB), is a powerful database system designed to store, query, and manage spatial data as a collection of files stored directly on disk without the requirement of having a database server deployed. It serves as a... more
Height units remain unchanged when coordinate conversions are applied, but sometimes it is required to change them, especially when the target format is limited to a specific unit, this happens with KML when the use of meters is a mandatory... more
3D modeled objects are exported to Google Earth (KML/KMZ) in a very easy and intuitive way. Different altitude and height modes are available depending on how the model has been created and the way want to be represented (relative to... more
GeoJSON is an open standard geospatial data format based on JSON (JavaScript Object Notation). The content is stored as plain text, structured for allowing complex or compound geometries and with attached data. Most common file extensions are .geojson, .geo.json and... more
Export texts or labels from a DWG to Google Earth directly maintaining the layer and object colours. It is a very intuitive one-step process of publishing stylized geometries grouped by their layers with their names or other related data or... more