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Revision as of 17:33, 21 October 2013
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. | 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. | 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.
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3. | 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. | 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 (new locations) or Edit (existing locations) at the bottom of the popup window to commit the information to the InfoEx database.
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Related documents
- Link to relate document 1
- Link to relate document 2
Functionality tested by
- Date: Tester / Server / Application version (e.g., Oct. 11: Pascal Haegeli / QA Server / Test Version 0.28.00) ...