Is there any way to export a region on Google maps to a shapefile or any other format?
For example, I have the following region on Google Maps, and I wish to export it to shapefile.
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2What do you want? The roads? The place names? The points-of-interest? The shading? The rivers? How is all of that going to fit into a shapefile? Even apart from the legal aspect (this is Google's data) the technical aspect is hard - Google's maps are rasters.– SpacedmanMar 10, 2016 at 10:05
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1I just need the boundary, marked in red in the image.– Vishal RMar 10, 2016 at 10:08
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Can't you convert the .kml to .shp using QGIS/ArcMAP etc?– MyFamilyMar 10, 2016 at 10:35
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2Firstly I would find out if the boundary was available as an open data set from another source. Even tracing outlines from Google maps can breach the usage terms.– SpacedmanMar 10, 2016 at 12:59
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1welcome to GIS SE! There is no way because google don't publish their vector source but a rendering of it. Even so, it is more appropriate that you initiate a new question (you can even quote this post in your question) instead of adding an answer that is not such.– Gabriel De LucaFeb 9, 2019 at 23:11
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Open Google Earth and plot the polygon you want:
Then right click and save as a type .kml.
Now you need to convert to .shp using QGIS, or in ESRI ArcMAP use the KML to Layer tool.
