Import a google earth image or a satellite image to civil 3D

[Anonymous]

Fellow civil 3D users,

I trust this message finds you well,

I hereby would like to request for information on how to do two things:

1. How do I import the satellite imagery to civil 3D and would that have an effect on my computer(i.e. in terms of performance)?

2. How do I import google earth images to civil 3D?

Please not that I am using Civil 3D, version 2018.

Hoping to read from you soon,

Fabrice

[Anonymous]

Fellow civil 3D users,

I trust this message finds you well,

I hereby would like to request for information on how to do two things:

1. How do I import the satellite imagery to civil 3D and would that have an effect on my computer(i.e. in terms of performance)?

2. How do I import google earth images to civil 3D?

Please not that I am using Civil 3D, version 2018.

Hoping to read from you soon,

Fabrice

[eng.ksoliman]

I want to know your opinion about this solution on this video.

 

[eng.ksoliman]

I want to know your opinion about this solution on this video.

 

[Anonymous]

 Dear dave, let me check this out.

Regards,

Fabrice

[Anonymous]

 Dear dave, let me check this out.

Regards,

Fabrice

[Anonymous]

Dear all,

I m sorry, I have been on field, could not read the messages. 

I am trying this right away.

Thanks

Fabrice

[Anonymous]

Dear all,

I m sorry, I have been on field, could not read the messages. 

I am trying this right away.

Thanks

Fabrice

[Anonymous]

I have done what you re suggesting but it still is not working.

kindly find attached the screenshot that i am getting when i use mapiinsert command.

regards,

fabrice

[Anonymous]

I have done what you re suggesting but it still is not working.

kindly find attached the screenshot that i am getting when i use mapiinsert command.

regards,

fabrice

[Pointdump]

Fabrice,

Please post your Tiff.

Dave

[Pointdump]

Fabrice,

Please post your Tiff.

Dave

[Anonymous]

Dear Dave,

This is a 9GB file, can it be posted here?

Regards,

Fabrice

[Anonymous]

Dear Dave,

This is a 9GB file, can it be posted here?

Regards,

Fabrice

[Pointdump]

Fabrice,

9GB! That's a serious Tiff! File size here is limited to 75MB, so you won't be able to post that monster on this Forum. But you can give a link to where you got it or use Dropbox or <<<DropCanvas>>>.

Dave

[Pointdump]

Fabrice,

9GB! That's a serious Tiff! File size here is limited to 75MB, so you won't be able to post that monster on this Forum. But you can give a link to where you got it or use Dropbox or <<<DropCanvas>>>.

Dave

[LeafRiders]

Now that the MAPIINSERT command discrepancy is out of the way, and you're still having issues this seems like it has to do with the image file itself.

I suggest you take a smaller .jpg or .tif other than the one you're trying to work with and try the same methods. If there is a secondary file (world / coordinate file) it needs to be saved in the same folder with the same file name. I wouldn't be surprised if it has something to do with the size of the file. I can't imagine you'll be able to do anything in civil 3d with that loaded. Maybe turn on the image, plot, and turn off the image.

We've had to go with ECW or MrSid files in the past that offer some form of compression when dealing with larger image files, but lately those file types have had some issues as well, so I can't speak for the validity, since we've gone with Geotifs lately. 

Basically, try MAPIINSERT on an image that is only a few MBs vs 9 GBs and see if you can get it to work. If you can, then it's a case where you should go back through your imagery sources and ask for a compressed version or proceed to find a company that can charge you a fee to compress the image file down to something you can actually use. Usually the software that does this is pretty pricey from what we could find when we were looking into acquiring the software.

Note: Initially I thought it might have something to do with the file being saved to a location that wasn't "trusted" but, when I worked through this same thing in an untrusted folder location on C drive it worked just fine on a .tif file.

[LeafRiders]

Now that the MAPIINSERT command discrepancy is out of the way, and you're still having issues this seems like it has to do with the image file itself.

I suggest you take a smaller .jpg or .tif other than the one you're trying to work with and try the same methods. If there is a secondary file (world / coordinate file) it needs to be saved in the same folder with the same file name. I wouldn't be surprised if it has something to do with the size of the file. I can't imagine you'll be able to do anything in civil 3d with that loaded. Maybe turn on the image, plot, and turn off the image.

We've had to go with ECW or MrSid files in the past that offer some form of compression when dealing with larger image files, but lately those file types have had some issues as well, so I can't speak for the validity, since we've gone with Geotifs lately. 

Basically, try MAPIINSERT on an image that is only a few MBs vs 9 GBs and see if you can get it to work. If you can, then it's a case where you should go back through your imagery sources and ask for a compressed version or proceed to find a company that can charge you a fee to compress the image file down to something you can actually use. Usually the software that does this is pretty pricey from what we could find when we were looking into acquiring the software.

Note: Initially I thought it might have something to do with the file being saved to a location that wasn't "trusted" but, when I worked through this same thing in an untrusted folder location on C drive it worked just fine on a .tif file.

[Anonymous]

To integrate Google Maps, OpenStreetMaps, ... in AutoCAD we use Spatial Manager for AutoCAD. It allows us to establish dynamic background maps in AutoCAD that is updated as we make view changes and captures can be made to embed them in the DWGs (as an external image or as an OLE object).

See: Adding OpenStreetMap or Google Maps objects to your maps

Best regards

[Anonymous]

To integrate Google Maps, OpenStreetMaps, ... in AutoCAD we use Spatial Manager for AutoCAD. It allows us to establish dynamic background maps in AutoCAD that is updated as we make view changes and captures can be made to embed them in the DWGs (as an external image or as an OLE object).

See: Adding OpenStreetMap or Google Maps objects to your maps

Best regards