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Mark

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Geolocation => Map Aerial
« on: December 09, 2014, 03:15:05 PM »
The command would be _geomap Select map type [Aerial/Road/Hybrid/Off] <Off>: _a

This is a hit and miss with us. Sometimes we get the aerial and sometimes not. Anyone else having success with using this feature in Map/Civil3D?
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Re: Geolocation => Map Aerial
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2014, 03:30:53 PM »
NO - because it mostly sucks....

I get my Aerial Maps from 'other' sources.
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Re: Geolocation => Map Aerial
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2014, 04:32:04 PM »
With 2014, I've had location errors ranging from 2 ft to 2 miles, on survey files that were on state plane coordinates.  DOT aerials landed correctly, so it was GeoMaps that was off.

2015 so far has been better in location, but extracting a MapImage invariably results in a poorer quality image that what I'd just been looking at, as well as 'jumping' a few pixels.

The only time I've had nothing show up was when the location I was looking at was out of the range of the state plane assigned to the drawing.  eg trying to get an overall image background from the headwaters of the Ochlockonee down to the mouth at Bald Point.

FDOT almost always has 'better' imagery in Florida.
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Re: Geolocation => Map Aerial
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2014, 04:40:42 PM »
Have you tried getting data from the National Map site?
http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/
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« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2014, 04:44:21 PM »
another good source....http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/

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Re: Geolocation => Map Aerial
« Reply #5 on: December 09, 2014, 05:33:11 PM »
FDOT almost always has 'better' imagery in Florida.

FDOT gets an A+PLUS, as it were. :-D
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« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2014, 08:11:09 AM »
FDOT gets an A+PLUS, as it were. :-D

:(  must be me.

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« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2014, 08:36:08 AM »
FDOT gets an A+PLUS, as it were. :-D

:(  must be me.

That's weird :?; I created a new account just prior to posting that (because I had not seen that site before yesterday), and it took only moments to complete.

Now, the email confirmation that allowed me to actually use the site, download, etc. took a while... but still. :-)
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Re: Geolocation => Map Aerial
« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2014, 08:59:46 AM »
Who knows!!

BTW, does the geo location stuff create xml files? I'm seeing a ton of these type files? actual_dwg_nameGWS1418218388.xml
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Re: Geolocation => Map Aerial
« Reply #9 on: December 10, 2014, 09:01:07 AM »
Who knows!!

BTW, does the geo location stuff create xml files? I'm seeing a ton of these type files? actual_dwg_nameGWS1418218388.xml
open one with note pad....it describes the image, or whatever and other information
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« Reply #10 on: December 10, 2014, 09:02:33 AM »
Who knows!!

BTW, does the geo location stuff create xml files? I'm seeing a ton of these type files? actual_dwg_nameGWS1418218388.xml
open one with note pad....it describes the image, or whatever and other information
I know what is in the file. I was wondering what created it and can i turn it off.
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« Reply #11 on: December 10, 2014, 09:05:14 AM »
not sure you want to do that.....
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Re: Geolocation => Map Aerial
« Reply #12 on: December 10, 2014, 09:22:15 AM »
not sure you want to do that.....
that sucks!

oh well, moving on .........
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Re: Geolocation => Map Aerial
« Reply #13 on: December 10, 2014, 01:43:14 PM »
another good source....http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/

Any suggestions on bringing in USGS GeoPDF Quads and having them georeferenced in Map/C3D or vanilla??
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Re: Geolocation => Map Aerial
« Reply #14 on: December 10, 2014, 02:08:19 PM »
another good source....http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/

Any suggestions on bringing in USGS GeoPDF Quads and having them georeferenced in Map/C3D or vanilla??
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