Google Earth To Gis
Google Earth To Gis
Google Earth To Gis
Google Earth
You will navigate to the location in Google Earth that you want to bring in to ArcMap. Then,
you will add 4 control points on each corner of the image, record their latitude/longitude
coordinates, and export the image as a jpg file.
8. Move the icon from the middle of the screen to the top left corner of the map
9. Rename the icon “Top-left”
10. Click the button to change the icon
12. Jot down (or copy and paste) the latitude and longitude coordinates
somewhere you can access later
13. Repeat the process and add icons for “Top-right”, “Bottom-left” and “Bottom-
right”
14. Now it’s time to export the image. Go to File -> Save -> Save Image and save
your file
ArcMap
Now you will import your google earth image, and georeference it based on the 4 control
points you created.
1. Open ArcMap
2. Go to View -> Data Frame Properties and select the Coordinate System tab
3. Choose Predefined -> Geographic Coordinate Systems -> World -> WGS
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4. Go to Customize -> Toolbars -> Georeferencing
5. Add the image file from Google to ArcMap. If it prompts you to build
pyramids, click ok
6. Zoom into the top left corner of your satellite image
7. From the georeferencing toolbar, click the “add control points” button
8. Hover over the exact center of the top left icon you created, and LEFT click
once
9. Now, RIGHT click once and click on “Input X and Y…”
You should now be able to overlay additional layers on top of the satellite image. Below is
an example of a landuse layer on top of a Google Earth image.
You can also import historical satellite imagery from Google. This could be useful to see
temporal changes in the landscape of your project areas.
1. Go to View -> Historical Imagery, or just click on the historical imagery icon from
the toolbar
2. You can then slide the time bar handle to display imagery for available times