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The area and perimeter of the specified object are displayed at the Command prompt and in the tooltip. The MEASUREGEOM command provides additional measurement options. You can also use BOUNDARY to create a closed polyline or region and then use LIST or the Properties palette to find the area.
Using AutoCAD 2014 and Autodesk 360 application live geographic reference, data (Live Map data) can be connected to our drawings. Since the identification of the geographical position is made using the coordinate system, AutoCAD 2014 includes most of the coordinate systems used worldwide. The library of the coordinate system is the same as the library of AutoCAD Map 3D library. It is a very useful function not only for cartographers but also for those who design buildings. AutoCAD Geographic Location Setting Tutorial You can assign Geographic Location information to a drawing file.
Inserting geographic information to a drawing mixed points within the drawing correspond to actual geographic locations on the surface of the Earth. If you already have a file that contains GIS data you can choose the From File tool, and then open a KML or KMZ file. To set the geographic location by specifying the Latitude and Longitude or to set the location from a map, choose the From Map tool. The program asks: Do you want to use Live Map Data?
In order to use Live Map Data you must be signed into your Autodesk 360 account. Since you have not yet signed into your Autodesk 360 account, the program displays an Autodesk Sign in dialogue, where you can sign in your Autodesk 360 account. If you do not have this account, you can create one by clicking on the Need Autodesk ID dialogue. When you sign into your Autodesk 360 account the program displays the Geographic Location dialogue. Initially this dialogue shows the entire world. You could click to specify a location on the map but it’s much easier to search for an address, or a Latitude and Longitude. In this case type in a place and press Enter.
Notice that multiple results are found. When you start typing a place all kinds of possibility concerning this place will appear in a list and you can choose the right one from it. The map immediately updates and notices that you can display the map as either Road or Aerial data. NOTE: If the map doesn’t update, use the Zoom in or the Zoom out icons. You can also enter an actual address. Type the actual address and press Enter.
The map zeros into the location you specified. Now that you found the correct location you click Drop Marker Here. Appearance placed on the map and the corresponding Latitude, Longitude and Time Zone are automatically applied. Then you can zoom into the map and move the Pin or modify the location properties as needed. But it’s even easier to Right-Click and choose the Move Marker Here. Then you move the Pin to the right place on the map, e. G.: at one of the corner of the building.
Notice that at present the Elevation is zero. You can click on the icon to the right of the Elevation to unlock the Latitude, Longitude and Elevation fields so that those values can be edited. You can change the Elevation and then click the check mark to save the changes. Note that the current drawing unit is automatically displayed in the Geographic Location dialog or you can choose from a list of standard units. The inserted map is automatically scaled appropriately for the specified drawing units. Note that the program assigns WORLD MERCATOR as the default Coordinate System.
You can also expand the GIS Coordinate System dropdown and choose from a library of coordinate systems. This is important since the coordinate system defines the scale of the map. Choose one and then click Continue. The program prompts you to select a point for the location.
Click on the corresponding point in your drawings. Next the program prompts you to specify the north direction or you could specify an angle. As soon as you do that the command ends and you can see the map image as a background within your drawing.
When a map is applied to a drawing it is always displayed below the drawing geometry. Now that you have applied a geographic location a Geolocation Marker displayed in the drawing at the point you specified and a new Geolocation tab is added to the Ribbon. This tab includes tools for modifying the Geolocation and map display. Under the drawing windows, in the status line two icons appear.
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In Texas, we have a few sites that offer the TxDOT dgn files for the centerlines of the roads, per county. I downloaded all the counties that we work in, imported them into seperate files and attached them to a master file, which I then use with the Map commands to query in the roads around our project site. The roads have object data assigned to them, so I can then Annotate them with the Map commands. Sometimes a surveyor doesn't use a coordinate system, them I have to resort to Google Earth, but only for finding the site, which I then import the google data so that I can query around that area with the Map commands. I researched this more, there seems to be some discrepancies in the Google Permissions.
See this page first note the FAQs ' ' and ' Those answers lead me to believe, like Michael stated, Earth Pro is required to use the imagery. However, there is no mention of using Earth Pro exclusively in the Geo Permissions.
Click on the Geo Permissions link in the first question, and scroll down to the 'Print' section there is a subsection titled 'Basis for contractors' or environmental consultants' reports:' I believe civil engineers would fall under this category. It seems as if the Geo Permissions state, if you site the image as described you can use them. What do you guys think? I want to be legit, and have no problem purchasing Earth Pro, but it seems unclear whether or not we are required to do so simply for vicinity and aerial images. If you're 'Map' savvy, you can access the US 2009 Census information for free from the geocommunities GIS Data Depot (GeoComm.com) and use the display manager to label street names at varying scales. I would use this second to any DOT-based information - the DOT's usually give more information on functional class (local/county/state) versus the census lines. From the Census data, look for 'all edges' and then you want to get the data with 'roadflg=Y' so you don't get the streams/rivers/railroads, and such.
Then you just have to label the road features based on the field 'FULLNAME' You can also bring in free Digital Orthophotos from the national seamless map server, 1m resolution (typically) directly into C3D. I'd be happy to show anyone interested - toddhATctcivilDOTcom.
Since no one mentioned it, don't forget that with C3D we can use WMS (Web Mapping Services). This allows you to connect to a service that has pre-made base maps and display them in your drawing. There are thousands of such servers out there. ESRI hosts several and you can connect to the National Map as well.
Google Earth and Google Maps may have services now but I don't know if they impose restrictions on thier use. The downside is the graphics are not embedded in your drawing so if you lose connection to the service the maps will not load. Still you could use a capture utility to create an image and insert that. Once you find a service that you like you will always have ready access to vicinity maps.