Google maps to AutoCAD

[Automohan]

Dear Colleagues, guide me !

I need google maps into autocad polylines thr. AutoCAD Map 3d or Possible through customize software ?

[ChicagoLooper]

Sorry, but you can't get vectors, i.e. lines or points or polygons from Google Map. You'll need to use a different source to get the line work you need, for example use openstreet map.

Pros:

If you wish to get vectors, an alternative would be to go to openstreetmap.org. Once there, you can export, or download, your area free of charge. There are limitations on area--you can't be too zoomed out--you must be focused on a small area. When exported you'll have an .osm file.

Cons:

You cannot open an .osm file from AutoCAD. You'll need another program to open the .osm file then export using that other program to a file type AutoCAD can read such as a shapefile. 

Note:

There are many other free downloadable alternatives besides openstreetmap. You can use your favorite search engine to find them. Use 'key words' in your search, e.g. free, download, shapefile, city name, roads, etc. The source you download depends on the type of map you wish to create. If you want line work, you can download shapefile. A shapefile can be roads, buildings, rivers, wetlands, soil maps, administrative boundaries such as cities, railroad lines, school districts, voting precincts, topographic contours and many more. You can use MAPIMPORT command to 'import' your downloaded shapefile to Map3D. MapImport command will 'convert' the shapefile into vanilla AutoCAD objects such as lines.

[gluckett]

Have you considered using openstreetmap.org ?

You can download all the roads, buildings (a lot in 3D) from here:http://download.geofabrik.de/

It's a community sourced project.  You can bring the data into AutoCAD Map 3D.

[Pointdump]

Hi Gordon,
What is a ".osm.pbf" and ".osm.bz2" format and how do you use them?
Dave

[TerryDotson]

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What is a ".osm.pbf" and ".osm.bz2" format and how do you use them?

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Don't know about .PBF but .BZ2 is short for BZip2, a file compression method similar to .ZIP.  Remember "the great thing about standards is that there are so many of them".

[gluckett]

Those osm files contain points, lines, and polygons.

You can convert them online to shapefiles with a few converters like this one: https://mygeodata.cloud/converter/osm-to-shp

Or use FME (safe software(.

I often use QGIS and export to shapefile and then drag and drop the shapefiles into AutoCAD Map.

[TerryDotson]

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Those osm files contain points, lines, and polygons.

I'm very familiar with the .OSM format, just haven't seen the odd zipped variants.  Whenever I want OSM content I just window the area of interest, my tool queries the OpenStreetMaps server, pulls the contents and creates it in the drawing (two picks, done).

I also contribute OSM content as often as I can.  If you use it, become a contributor !

[gluckett]

Oh yeah, they are GZIP and Bzip2 formats. Like ZIP or Tarballs.
You can use 7Zip to uncompress all those types.

[TerryDotson]

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You can download all the roads, buildings (a lot in 3D) from here:http://download.geofabrik.de/

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Those downloads are massive.  Anyone would be better off to visit the OpenStreetMaps website, window off the rectangular area of interest and create a reasonably small .OSM file instead.

[gluckett]

For subsets, I usually use this site

http://overpass-turbo.eu/

I've gotten 3D buildings using this site.

[TerryDotson]

In either of these cases, you are dating your content and relying on the alternate source to be up to date (which I doubt).  By using OpenStreetMaps site, you may pick up additions/revisions made 2-3 days ago.