Import & modify map data

These features are only available in Google World Pro.

Import spreadsheet data

To add together location data from a spreadsheet into Google World, import the latitude and longitude info. You'll demand a text file that is delimited, which means each line is a carve up slice of coordinates info. Every location that y'all import from your text file is converted to a Google Earth placemark and listed in your Places.

Add together longitude and latitude from a CSV file

If you would like to practice importing data, you can download a sample CSV file to use with the steps. Or follow these steps with your own CSV file.

  1. On your computer, open Google Globe Pro.
  2. Click File and then Import.
  3. Browse to the location of the CSV file and open it.
  4. In the box that appears, next to Field Type, chooseDelimited.
  5. Next to Delimited, chooseComma.
  6. Use the preview pane to ensure your data has imported correctly and click Next.
  7. Adjacent to "This dataset does not comprise latitude/longitude information," exit the box unchecked.
  8. Select the fields in your spreadsheet that comprise the latitude and longitude data and click Side by side.
    Optional: Specify the type of each field in your dataset.
  9. Click Terminate. Google Globe begins geocoding your data.
  10. To apply a way template, click Yes.
  11. Click OK.
  12. Create a new manner template, or use a previously generated template.

You can adjust the proper name, colour, icon, and height for your placemark. If yous like, save your selections as a template to use in the future.

Import addresses

If you want to meet multiple locations effectually the earth, you lot can import addresses into Google World Pro. Each address that you import is converted to a placemark on the Earth.

Guidelines for importing addresses

  • You lot tin can but import addresses located within the United states, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Italy, Germany, and Spain.
  • You lot cannot employ an address that contains a P.O. box.
  • Unmarried-accost field: You lot can define the street, metropolis, state, country, and zip code in a single field.
  • Multiple address fields: You tin can likewise define street, city, country, country, and zip lawmaking in multiple fields.
  • Partial address default values: If some of your points accept partial addresses, you tin can employ the data import magician to ascertain default values for missing fields, such every bit country or zippo lawmaking.

Import accost information from a CSV file

If you would similar to practice importing information, you can download a sample CSV file to utilise with the steps. Or follow these steps with your own CSV file.

  1. On your computer, open Google Globe Pro.
  2. Click File and then Import.
  3. Browse to the location of the CSV file and open up it.
  4. In the message that appears, side by side to Field Type, chooseDelimited.
  5. Next to Delimited, chooseComma.
  6. Use the preview pane to ensure your data has imported correctly.
  7. Click Side by side.
  8. Next to "This dataset does not contain latitude/longitude information," check the box and click Next.
  9. Choose "Addresses are cleaved into multiple fields."
  10. Nether "Select Accost Field(s)," look over the names to make sure they're correct and clickNext.
  11. Confirm the list of fields and the blazon of data selected for each and click Dorsum.
  12. Click Finish. Google Earth begins geocoding your information.
  13. To use a style template, click Yes.
  14. Click OK.

If you like, save the template every bit a file (.kst) that yous can apply in the future.

Google Earth displays your address data as icons in the 3D viewer. You lot can edit the properties of these placemarks as you would any other placemark.

Import images

You lot can open up GIS imagery files to project images embedded with brandish information over specific map coordinates in the 3D viewer. Files using NAD83 project are not supported by Google World.

  • TIFF (.tif), including GeoTiff and compressed TIFF files
  • National Imagery Transmission Format (.ntf)
  • Erdas Imagine Images (.img)

Other image files

You can also import images if you manually edit their coordinates for right positioning. Imagery files without the right projection information will non be accurately re-projected.

  • Portable Network Graphic (.png)
  • Articulation Photographic Skilful (.jpg)
  • Atlantis MFF Raster (.hdr)
  • PCIDSK Database File (.pix)
  • Portable Pixmap Format (.pnm)
  • Device Contained Bitmap (.bmp)

Open GIS images

You can open GIS images in Google World to view them over a map image.

  1. Open your calculator, open up Google Earth Pro.
  2. Click File and then Open. Then, cull the file you want to import.The overlay edit window appears.
  3. Set the location of the new overlay in whatever folder inside the 'Places' panel.
  4. Cull the properties for the GIS epitome:
  • The reprojected image is saved as an overlay. The prototype is saved under the Google Globe directory on your hard drive. The proper noun of the PNG file is based on the source file name and the scaling or cropping parameters selected when importing the overlay. (Encounter below for more information on scaling or cropping an prototype.
  • For larger paradigm files, reprojection can accept some time. If you have cropped or scaled an input image, or if yous are reprojecting an paradigm that uses more texture memory, y'all will meet a progress meter while the reprojection occurs. You can cancel the performance at any time.
  • Images that contain no project information are treated as ordinary overlay files. You can position the image manually as you would an overlay image.
  • Images that incorporate incorrect or unsupported projection information will not be imported. A dialog box indicates that the reprojection cannot be performed and the image will not be imported.

Save GIS images

Once y'all have imported imagery data, you can save content changes made to the imported GIS data:

Movement the imported imagery to remain in your 'My Places' folder. If you take already placed the imagery overlay within the 'My Places' folder, whatsoever changes you make to it are automatically saved and viewable when you commencement Google Earth.

Salvage the imagery overlay as a KMZ file. If yous wish to remove the imported imagery from your 'My Places' folder:

  1. Right-click the item and select Save Place As from the pop-up menu.
  2. And then, save the GIS overlay equally a KMZ file to your calculator's difficult bulldoze or other accessible file location.
  3. Delete the overlay from your 'My Places' list and open information technology when yous demand it.

Import vector data

You tin import files with points, lines, paths, and polygons onto your maps.

  1. Open Google World Pro.
  2. Click File and then Open up.
  3. Select the blazon of file yous want to import or choose All data import formats.

In one case imported, the vector elements announced in the 3D viewer and the imported file is listed under the 'Temporary Places' binder.

Note: If y'all don't use a fashion template and your data does not comprise a 'Name' field, the outset bachelor field that contains text is used as the characterization for data.

Use third party vector data

Near third party GIS vector data comes as a collection of back up files. If expected data does not display in the 3D viewer, it might be due to missing support files.

Vector files and required support files:

  • MapInfo (TAB)
    • MAP ID
    • DAT
  • ESRI Shape (SHP)
    • SHX Alphabetize
    • PRJ (required if projection is non WGS84)
    • DBF (attribute data)
  • Generic text files

Import generic text files

You can define your own point information and import information technology using generic text files.

Generic text files must:

  • Have named columns whose values are separated either by commas, spaces, or tabs.
  • Be saved every bit either CSV or TXT format.
  • Display coordinates as:
    • Degrees, minutes, seconds (DMS)
    • Decimal degrees (DDD)
    • Degrees, minutes, with decimal seconds (DMM)
  • Incorporate one or more fields that specify the location of the point on the globe.
  • Non use a mix of geographic coordinates and address fields in a unmarried file.

Yous can use breadth and longitude coordinates to point the position of the point data in your text file.

Optional and Descriptive Fields

You lot tin use any number of fields in your custom data file to label and describe points in Google Earth Pro.

Optional fields can exist defined as text or strings:

  • A string field can contain both numbers and alphabetic characters.
  • Strings must be either enclosed in quotation marks or incorporate white space so that it cannon be interpreted as a number.

With manner templates, y'all can employ these field types to create useful visual furnishings in the 3D viewer such every bit graphs or colour-coding of data based on the values in the fields:

  • Integer
  • Floating point value

Employ a mode template

You can apply a style template to vector data that contains fields you want to have displayed in the 3D viewer.

  • Fashion templates tin simply be applied to placemarks that contain extended schema data, such as those imported in a vector information file.
  • You can use the same style template for unlike data that has the same fields if the template settings are adapted to represent the data properly.

To apply a style template:

  1. After you import data to your 'Places' panel, select the information binder and click Edit and then Apply Way Template.
  2. ClickApply existing template.
  3. In the 'Compatible templates' list, cull the way template you want to utilise to your data gear up.
  4. To edit the way template, clickEdit selected template and thenOK.
  5. Cull a field from your data that you want to employ equally a proper noun, or characterization, for your data. Note: This name appears in the 3D viewer and in the Places panel that lists the data points.
  6. Click Color to map an element of your data to colour styles.
  7. Click Icon to map an element of your information to one or more icons.
  8. Click Height to map a tiptop value to a data chemical element.
  9. Click OK.

You'll come across your data and defined values in the 3D viewer.

Map data fields to different features

Map color styles

You tin can apply color to selected fields in your imported data. In this example, colour is applied to the feature depending upon the blazon of data imported:

  • Icons are colored with point data
  • Lines are colored when applying to lines or paths
  • Solid polygons are colored with shape data

Use the color mode to color these elements in a meaningful way depending upon both the information blazon and the field data inside the entire set.

Use a single color for all features

If you want to use one colour for all the points or lines from your imported data, select the 'Use single colour' option. Then, click the colored square next to the choice. From the color selector, choose a colour or ascertain your ain color to utilise to the information.

Employ random colors

To utilize a variety of colors that are applied randomly by Google Globe Pro, select the 'Use random colors' option. If you lot are as well supplying an icon for point data, the color is added to the existing color of the icon.

Set colors based on field values

If you want to compare features with a data set up, use colors to define different field values.

Examples:

  • Set a short range of colors based on the square footage of real estate listings.
  • Set a range of colors for shape files showing average household income.

Follow steps 1-6 under Apply a style template.

  1. Select the Fix colour from field pick in the "Colour" tab. Then, choose a color from the Set color dropdown. Here, you lot can cull either numeric fields or text fields from your data.
  2. To change the colour range, click each color cake and set up the starting and catastrophe colour. Google World Pro calculates the range between the two color values.
  3. To group a range of numeric fields, choose a number of buckets.
  4. To brandish data elements for places based on color bucket, create subfolders.To show or hide the display of color groups, employ the check box side by side to the binder. Annotation: Just one sub-folder can be assigned for either color or icon display.
  5. To contrary the lodge of the color range and their element assignments, click Reverse order.
  6. Click OK to relieve your style template.

Map icons to point information

You tin can employ icons to fields in your information. Icons cannot be mapped to line or shape information.

There are two means to map icons to points:

  • Employ aforementioned icon for all features
  • Prepare an icon from a field

Set up icons to fields in your information

Customize icons for imported placemarks by a data field.

Follow steps one-6 under Apply a way template.

  1. Select Set icon from field. Cull the field that you want to apply icon labels to.
  2. To group a range of numeric fields, choose a number of buckets. For each bucket defined, select an icon from the list.
  3. Create subfolders to display data elements for places based on color saucepan.To bear witness or hibernate the display of color groups, employ the check box next to the binder. Note: Only ane sub-folder tin be assigned for either color or icon display.
  4. To alter an individual bucket icon element, click the saucepan to adjust the value or value range. Annotation: To adjust the spread of the data to your preference, modify the settings for numeric buckets.
  5. Click OK to save the style template.

Map height values

After height values are fix, points, lines, or shapes are moved from ground level to the superlative defined for each information element.

  • If yous map height to lines or shapes, the values you ascertain work in combination with the colors defined.
  • If you lot map elevation to point data, those points are moved using a single pixel colored line to connect the icon from its elevated position to the ground. You tin use style settings to alter the width and colour of lines.

Summit values for text fields

If the field you lot choose to map contains text data, the starting time 8 unique fields are each divers in their own saucepan. Just map height values to a field that has viii or fewer unique values.

Height values for numeric fields

When y'all map height values to a numeric data field, you can choose from two mapping methods:

  • Continuous : Uses the minimum and maximum values of a field to decide a minimum and maximum top display for the entire set. Apply this method for smaller information sets where individual distinctions between points or shapes are easily visualized.
  • Split into buckets : Creates upwards to eight height groupings for your data. Utilise this method for big information sets where continuously mapped heights are not easily visualized in the 3D viewer.

Edit style settings of map points

To make information points and lines easier to run across in the 3D viewer, you can edit the style settings for each point to modify the line thickness.

  1. Mouse over the point y'all desire to change. Then, select Properties (Windows, Linux) or Get Info(Mac).
  2. In the 'Manner, Color' department, modify the point's appearance as needed.
  3. Click OK.

Annotation: For large data sets, apply changes to entire folders or subfolders.

Choose field types

When using color, icon, or height mapping for specific fields in your data set, y'all can define a number of buckets to show different ranges of data. You can choose two basic types of fields from your data when mapping color, icon, or top values.

Text (string) fields

If a field type contains non-numeric information, Google Earth Pro maps the first 8 unique text fields to the way. If there are fewer than viii values in your data, each unique value is paired to a different color, icon, or peak. If there are more than eight values, the first 8 unique values are mapped to a style, and the remainder of the values are grouped together and mapped to a 9th style. For this reason, it typically is most useful to apply a style to text fields that contain small unique sets.

Numeric fields

Numeric data fields are automatically spread out across the number of buckets that you select and include a count of items in each bucket. If you increment or decrease the number of buckets, the awarding automatically redistributes the number of elements in each bucket.

Set up field formatting errors

If you are using a spreadsheet application to create your data, choose a numeric cell format. If yous have numeric fields in your CSV saved from a spreadsheet, but the 'Style Template' wizard is not recognizing it every bit numeric, it might be due to wrong formatting.

To verify whether the bodily field is marked as text or numeric:

  1. Open up the CSV file in a simple text editor and wait at the field in question.
  2. If the field is enclosed in double quotation marks, then information technology has been defined as text — even if there are merely numbers inside the quotations.
  3. Remove the quotation marks manually from the file, or open your spreadsheet application and format the cells every bit numeric.
  4. And then, save the CSV data again.

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