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PCC322
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 Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 5:42 pm Post subject: Importing precision geometry from Autocad. |
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| I have AutoCAD 2000 at home. It's completely legal and registered to me. I am comfortable creating all kinds of geometry in it, and would like to do some mapping in preparation to placing caches to avoid getting too close to others before I head out. Is there any way to convert DWG or DXF to KMZ? |
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Pear Head
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 5:47 pm Post subject: Re: Importing precision geometry from Autocad. |
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| PCC322 wrote: |
| I have AutoCAD 2000 at home. It's completely legal and registered to me. I am comfortable creating all kinds of geometry in it, and would like to do some mapping in preparation to placing caches to avoid getting too close to others before I head out. Is there any way to convert DWG or DXF to KMZ? |
What's your end goal with the data? To be able to map existing caches, or ...?
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bflentje
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Wouldn't it be easier to run a PQ of the area and load them into your GPS as a different kind of icon? That's what I do. |
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jrest
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| Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 11:24 am Post subject: |
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I don't know anything about this site, but here is one converter option http://convert-dwg-to-kml.fyxm.net/
Looks like this one first runs the DXF through ExpertGPS, then converts to a KML... http://www.expertgps.com/dxf-kml.asp
Looks like there are a lot of options out there, I just googled convert DWG or DXF to KMZ..
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MNMizzou
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I understood Google. Oh and good luck. |
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Boreal Walker
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 11:18 am Post subject: |
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| The GSAK macro I use is called KMLCircles. You'll need Google earth installed. Filter your database for the caches in the area you would like to hide a cache. Then run the macro. It will open up Google Earth and draw 0.10 mile red circles around each cache so you know ahead of time where the holes are located. You will still need to load your GPS with the appropriate caches to verify in the field that you are in the correct location. |
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PCC322
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Boreal Walker wrote: |
| The GSAK macro I use is called KMLCircles. You'll need Google earth installed. Filter your database for the caches in the area you would like to hide a cache. Then run the macro. It will open up Google Earth and draw 0.10 mile red circles around each cache so you know ahead of time where the holes are located. You will still need to load your GPS with the appropriate caches to verify in the field that you are in the correct location. |
I like this approach. I need one more thing: How do you put in proposed caches from another cacher so you can cooperate and get them all plunked in? |
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Pear Head
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| Boreal Walker wrote: |
| The GSAK macro I use is called KMLCircles. You'll need Google earth installed. Filter your database for the caches in the area you would like to hide a cache. Then run the macro. It will open up Google Earth and draw 0.10 mile red circles around each cache so you know ahead of time where the holes are located. You will still need to load your GPS with the appropriate caches to verify in the field that you are in the correct location. |
If you host the kml file on the internet then you can also display it on Google Maps. I did this a couple of years ago with Google Maps on my phone and was able to walk around and see where I was in relation to the circles. Very handy.
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PCC322
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| Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 3:13 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks to all those who replied. I found an on line converter. http://acadconverter.chrismichaelis.com/v2012/.
The hitch is that everything in KML is in Lat-Lon coordinates which, of course, aren't equal except along the equator. That means that circles drawn in AutoCAD will project onto Google Earth as ellipses, and you can't do the kind of geometry solutions I was thinking of that way. The drawing would have to be in UTM, and then converted, or projected point by point to Lat-Lon before sending up for conversion. A tedious job at best. |
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PCC322
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Boreal Walker wrote: |
| The GSAK macro I use is called KMLCircles. You'll need Google earth installed. Filter your database for the caches in the area you would like to hide a cache. Then run the macro. It will open up Google Earth and draw 0.10 mile red circles around each cache so you know ahead of time where the holes are located. You will still need to load your GPS with the appropriate caches to verify in the field that you are in the correct location. |
That's a big help. What if there are just coords, and not caches yet? |
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Boreal Walker
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:51 am Post subject: |
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| Boreal Walker wrote: |
| The GSAK macro I use is called KMLCircles. You'll need Google earth installed. Filter your database for the caches in the area you would like to hide a cache. Then run the macro. It will open up Google Earth and draw 0.10 mile red circles around each cache so you know ahead of time where the holes are located. You will still need to load your GPS with the appropriate caches to verify in the field that you are in the correct location. |
That's a big help. What if there are just coords, and not caches yet? |
You can create your own entries in GSAK. I am going off of memory since I do no have the program in front of me; but under the Waypoint tab, you can select add and create a new waypoint. I have done this when working in Oxbow and dropping a bunch of caches at once to verify our work once I got home. |
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PCC322
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Boreal Walker wrote: |
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| Boreal Walker wrote: |
| The GSAK macro I use is called KMLCircles. You'll need Google earth installed. Filter your database for the caches in the area you would like to hide a cache. Then run the macro. It will open up Google Earth and draw 0.10 mile red circles around each cache so you know ahead of time where the holes are located. You will still need to load your GPS with the appropriate caches to verify in the field that you are in the correct location. |
That's a big help. What if there are just coords, and not caches yet? |
You can create your own entries in GSAK. I am going off of memory since I do no have the program in front of me; but under the Waypoint tab, you can select add and create a new waypoint. I have done this when working in Oxbow and dropping a bunch of caches at once to verify our work once I got home. |
Fabulous! Last piece of the puzzle, and it did the trick for me. I also learned a bit more about GSAK. It is actually very powerful with the macro capability. |
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