[mapguide-users] Integration with Google Earth

[Stefan Dalakov]

Hi Rodolfo,
we are going a bit aside here from MGOS. I use  ArcMap 9.3 and the tool 
is located in ArcToolBox->ConversionTools->ToKML->Layer to KML

Stefan Dalakov


Rodolfo Moreno wrote:
> Hi Stefan, which version of arcmap converts shp to kml?
> I have arcmap 9.2 and I have not found this tool.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
>
> Stefan Dalakov wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>> If you save that file -mapagent.fcgi in fact you will save the output of 
>> this module, i.e. the requested kml/kmz file. However it might be 
>> windowed this kml file - it will contain part of the layer and will try 
>> to open it dynamically when you move around in Google Earth, but this 
>> will for sure contain the kml file.
>> The simplest perhaps will be to send me these files. You can zip and 
>> send to my e-mail - I will use ArcMap to convert - it takes a couple of 
>> minutes.Please add some info about coordinate system. ArcMap is an ESRI 
>> product, and is not free. AT ALL!
>>
>> Stefan Dalakov
>>
>> Sergio Nistal Calvo wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi again,
>>>  
>>> I tried with "web tier test page" but it opens a window with a dialog 
>>> box to download the file "mapagent.fcgi" (I suppose that it will be 
>>> for php or something). Where can I download the ArcMap? (files to 
>>> convert are cyl_mun_25.dbf, cyl_mun_25.idx, cyl_mun_25.shp and 
>>> cyl_mun_25.shx (municipal boundaries), espacios.dbf, espacios.idx, 
>>> espacios.shp, espacios.shx, espacios.sbn and espacios.sbx (natural 
>>> areas) and vias.dbf, vias.idx, vias.shp and vias.shx (roads), in total 
>>> 17.4 MB).
>>>  
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 00:07:36 +0200
>>> From: s.dalakov at mapware.net
>>> To: mapguide-users at lists.osgeo.org
>>> Subject: Re: [mapguide-users] Integration with Google Earth
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Have you tried with ArcMap ? Or perhaps you could try to convert a 
>>> mapguide layer to KML using web tier test page - 
>>> http://localhost:8008/mapguide/mapagent/index.html ?
>>> I have converted several files with both methods and it works. It was 
>>> some time ago, but I remember there was a problem in transformation if 
>>> the coordinate system of the layer is not Decmal degrees (lat/lon) on 
>>> WGS 84
>>> If it is a single file and you need just the KML output, I can try 
>>> converting it for you
>>>
>>> Stefan Dalakov
>>>
>>>
>>> Sergio Nistal Calvo wrote:
>>>
>>>     Hi,
>>>      
>>>     I´m trying to convert some data in shp format to kml format with
>>>     Shp2kml program and I have two problems: 1 - one of the data, I
>>>     can´t convert because the attribute is "too long, > 100 characters
>>>     (240)", 2 - opening the other data with Google Earth, I get the
>>>     map upside down, as if seen with a mirror, and displaced a few
>>>     meters/kilometers on the right. The coordinate system of the data
>>>     is LOCAL_CS ["Non-Earth (Meter)", LOCAL_DATUM ["Local Datum", 0],
>>>     UNIT ["Meter", 1], AXIS ["X", EAST], AXIS [" Y", NORTH]], but I
>>>     can´t get it shp2kml so I leave the default "WGS 1984 Global
>>>     Definition" and I put "projected UTM (meters), Northern
>>>     Hemisphere, UTM Zone 32".
>>>      
>>>     Any help is appreciated.
>>>      
>>>     Thanks.
>>>
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