| REQUIREMENTS |
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Operation Administrator or higher |
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Online only |
This document describes of to import the geometry for a new or existing location from a Google Earth KML file. This method can be used both for adding a geometry to a new location and changing the geometry of an existing location.
Background
While this document describes how to create a location in Google Earth and import it into the InfoEx system, it is also possible to export geometries in KML format in most other Geographic Information Systems (e.g.,ESRI ArcGIS, Q GIS). If geometries are exported from a high quality source, it is advisable to simplify the geometries to reduce the number of points included in the geometry to a reasonable number before importing them into the Infoex system. Having geometries with excessive numbers of points will unnecessarily slow down your InfoEx application.
| ISSUE |
The system currently does not support multi-geometries (i.e., multiple, separate polygons, lines or points associated with a single location).
Workaround: Please contact Pascal Haegeli to discuss possible solutions.
JIRA: -772 (Aug.13, 2013) |
Step-by-step description
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 Fig. 1: Creating a line geometry for a ski run in Google Earth. |
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 Fig. 2: Right-click menu in Google Earth.
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It is important that the location is visible in Google Earth (check box in the location catalog checked) when you save it and that you choose KML as the file format. The InfoEx system is not able to read 'KMZ' files, which is the default format for Google Earth files. |
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 Fig. 3: Location catalog screen for adding a location.  above the Google Earth map. This will open the regular window for opening a file on your computer. Navigate to the KML file that you saved in the previous step. Select the file and click on Open to import the file and closed the window. You will now return to the previous screen and the geometries of the KML file are displayed on the Google Earth right away. In addition, the name of the KML file now appears next to the row of buttons above the Google Earth map with its check box checked.
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 Fig. 4: Confirmation message for selecting a location.  above the top left corner of the map for the regular mouse cursor and click in the geometry you would like to select. This will open a small popup dialog with the name of the geometry in the KML file and Template:ButtonGrey:Select Feature button.
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Click on Add (new locations) or Edit (existing locations) at the bottom of the popup window to commit the information to the InfoEx database.
| NOTE |
Depending on the detail of the location geometry (i.e., the number of included points) and your internet connectivity, it might take a few second to upload the information and close the window. |
| ISSUE |
Even though the information for the new location is committed to the system, the pop-up window does not always close.
Workaround: After clicking on Add or Edit, click on Cancel to close the window.
JIRA: -795 (Aug. 24, 2013) |
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Related documents
Functionality tested by
- Oct. 21: Pascal Haegeli / QA Server / Test Version 0.31.00)
above the Google Earth map. This will open the regular window for opening a file on your computer. Navigate to the KML file that you saved in the previous step. Select the file and click on Open to import the file and closed the window. You will now return to the previous screen and the geometries of the KML file are displayed on the Google Earth right away. In addition, the name of the KML file now appears next to the row of buttons above the Google Earth map with its check box checked.
above the top left corner of the map for the regular mouse cursor and click in the geometry you would like to select. This will open a small popup dialog with the name of the geometry in the KML file and Template:ButtonGrey:Select Feature button.
