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Using DWF as overlay in GE ...

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Anonymous
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Using DWF as overlay in GE ...

Colleagues ...

I searched this forum for "DWF in Google Earth" and came up with nothing specific.

I have a 2D street map of a town. I created this map by digitising it from the paper original into AutoCAD. It is an AutoCAD 2008 DWG. The map is based on Universal Transverse Mercator grid. From this DWG I created a DWF. If you want to take a look, click "View the map now" from this site: http://www.claudius.com/nkana/nk_intro.php .

I want to put this map into Google Earth as an overlay. Unfortunately, GE only accepts raster files, like PNG and JPG.

Is there a way I can use DWF in GE? I would like the ability to zoom in GE without the overlay pixelating. And I would also like to maintain some of the information like the hotlinks in the original DWF.

Am I dreaming, or is this doable somehow?

I have perused some of the Blogs, like "Beyond The Paper", but find nothing specific. I have also used the Google Earth ARX extension for AutoCAD, but that goes the other way: GE to AutoCAD, and only gives you monochrome GE map in AutoCAD as a raster file.

Any suggestions or help would be gratefully appreciated.

Thank you very much.

Dave Cooper
Amsterdam
Nederland
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robincapperw
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interesting Idea to use DWF with Google Earth!
Have you tried the AutoCAD to Google Earth tool from AutoCAD Labs? My be able to skip the DWF step altogether

http://labs.blogs.com/its_alive_in_the_lab/2007/10/updated-google-.html

Robin
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