Importing the geometry of a location from a KML file

REQUIREMENTS
Permission	Operation Administrator or higher
Connectivity	Online only

This document describes of to import the geometry for a new or existing location from a Google Earth KML file.

Step-by-step description

1.	Fig. 1: Creating a line geometry for a ski run in Google Earth. Create the geometry for a location directly in Google Earth (Fig.1). See Location types and symbology for more information on supported location types and geometries.
2.	Fig. 2: Right-click menu in Google Earth. In Google Earth, right click on the location in the location catalog in the side bar of the application (Fig. 2) and select the 'Save Place As ...' menu item. This will open the standard 'Save as...' dialog window. Choose 'KML' as the file format and save the file on your computer in a location of your choice. NOTE 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.
3.	Fig. 3: Location editing popup window in InfoEx system. After you have entered the name and abbreviation of the location in the fields of the location editing popup window of the InfoEx system (Fig. 3), click on Choose File at the bottom of the popup window. 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 return to the location editing popup window and the name of your KML file will now appear next to the Choose File button at the bottom of the window.
4.	Fig. 4: Location editing popup window with new geometry selected. Navigate to the site of the location in the Google Earth interface in the location editing popup window and click on the new geometry. A small label will pop up with the label 'selected this feature:' and the name you had given to the location in Google Earth.
5.	Click on Add (for new locations) or Edit (for existing locations) at the bottom of the popup window to commit the information to the InfoEx database.

Related documents

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Functionality tested by

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