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Coordinate system of a screenshot from Google Earth

I have received a transport assessment for an intersection (swept paths created in CAD) and learnt the way it was created was by drawing an line in Google Earth - a known measurement (for example 20m) ...
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Enter coordinates in georeferencer QGIS 3.34 by copying - pasting coordinates from Google Earth

i want to copy the coordinates taken from Google Earth App and paste them in the window "Enter Map Coordinates" in QGIS when i add a point (while georeferencing an image extracted from ...
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Formatting coordinates from Google Earth georeferencing for projection on QGIS

I have XY data from a .csv sheet without any metadata. Presuming WGS84 or UTM CRS, the points won't display correctly on a Google Earth basemap with QGIS when imported as XY data points. My data was ...
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Overlaying CAD drawing to Google Earth

I am trying to design a new road in Peru in a town called Lobitos. The area in question is shown below (extract from Google Earth). From Google Maps I was able to pick out the exact road I am ...
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Georeferenced black and white maps showing up as mostly transparent and very low resolution once exported from MXD to KMZ

I exported .pngs from a simple black and white pdf map, georeferenced them in ArcMap 10.3.1 and then wanted to export them KMZ. However, upon opening my kml, the maps have become mostly transparent, ...
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Rotating around arbitrary point, not center when using Google Earth Pro to Edit Image Overlay?

In Google Earth Pro "Edit Image Overlay", we can rotate the overlay around its center (via grabbing the green diamond,) but how might one rotate it around an arbitrary point not its center? (Yes, ...
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Enlarging/shrinking while maintaining aspect ratio when using Google Earth Pro to Edit Image Overlay?

In Google Earth Pro "Edit Image Overlay", the only way I have found to enlarge or shrink the overlay while maintaining the X:Y aspect ratio is to grab one of the four green corners (not the four ...
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Any plugin for converting web-based satellite imagery into ArcMap

I recently lost an Add-In toolbar that displayed imagery in ArcMap where I could assign projection to the data frame and my drawings on the satellite images would be "accurate" (vs drawing in a WGS ...
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Image disappearing when georeferencing google earth image?

I have downloaded an image from google earth with four control points ready to geo reference. I enter the first two points and everything is fine. Then I enter a third point, the image disappears and ...
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Geo-referenced UAV image does not align with Sentinel-2

I have high resolution images, georeferenced using google satellite images on QGIS. I overlay the image on top of sentinel-2, I see some areas do not match or shifted (e.g. river). Does anyone have ...
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Georeferencing map images

I have to regularly create KML polygons of map area outlines (white outline, QGis width 1.754, Google Earth width 5). I tend to have map image source files. I know how to georeference a source image ...
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Finding location from image

if I have this google earth screenshot like this, is there a way I can match it to its location? I know for a fact that it is somewhere in Nevada. I believe it is current and not historical imagery.
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Georeferenced TIFF to Google Earth?

I have aerial view images (.TIFF) which I have georeferenced using ArcMap 10.4. What I am trying to do with the images is export them with the georeferenced data attached and import them to Google ...
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Google Earth Extension to export georeferenced image?

Has somebody coded an extension to Google Earth that will export a georeferenced image from google earth? Google Earth and Google Earth Pro only export the image *.jpg *.png etc and don't export the ...
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How to rectify a georeferenced Google Earth image and corresponding layer

I am still a newbie to georeferencing and ArcGIS. I imported an image with place markers from Google Earth. Then I opened up the image in ArcGIS Desktop 10.3.1. I then georeferenced the control ...
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Google Earth image projection transformation question

I have taken a JPEG image snapshot of an area on google earth. Within it I marked and record the coordinates of the four corners. I then added and georeferenced the image to a map I was already ...
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How to georeference an image in ArcMap, using coordinates from a KML file

My starting point is KML file containing a PNG image, which displays correctly in Google Earth: From Google Earth I choose > Save Place As > KML, which gives me the unprojected PNG file, plus ...
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Georeferencing polygons with no spatial reference?

I have a Google earth image which has drawn polygons on it. I would like to create a polygon feature class in ArcGIS using this data. However, the actual image has been manipulated in powerpoint. ...
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Steps to creating a GeoTIFF

First off, I'd like to mention that I'm pretty new to working with GIS, so please forgive my inexperience. My situation is as follows: I'm tasked with georectifying a set of imagery and importing ...
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