Coordinates from Google Maps

Submitted: Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:37

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A simple question with hopefully a simple answer. How do I extract coordinates (Latitude & Longitude) from Google maps?

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Reply By: Member - Tony V (NSW) - Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 12:07

Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 12:07

Hi WBS,

Find the location you want, i.e. an address, put your cursor over the location and right click, a "pop up" box will appear and you need to drop down to "Whats Here"

This will give you the coordinates.

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Reply By: Blaze (Berri) - Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 12:46

Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 12:46

Tony has answered it well for you. If you use Oziexplorer also you can export to it.

By the way that was asking a lot from EO... A simple answer LOL

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Reply By: The Explorer - Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 14:12

Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 14:12

This website may have something of use to you

POI converter

You are not very specific about the format you require the data in and there is probably a number of ways to "extract" and save GE coords. The abovementioned site has variety programs that create formats suitable for a wide range of uses. Create placemarks at locations you desire in GE and then use "save as" kml or kmz, then convert as required. As suggested OziExplorer is also good at it but not sure if you need the registered ($) version or not.

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Follow Up By: equinox - Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009 at 13:11

Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009 at 13:11

Hi Greg,

Slightly off-thread, but hope you don't mind.

Do you know where I can purchase the most accurate DEM data for the Gibson Desert area?

It's been years since I've used Ozi-3D but might blow the dust off if I can get a good dataset.

I have the old 9sec Natmaps data but am after something more accurate.

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Follow Up By: The Explorer - Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009 at 13:33

Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009 at 13:33

Hello

There is new data based on 1 sec ~30m spaced spot heights ..though its not available in a format directly useable by Ozi3d but can be converted if you have suitabel program for the job (eg GlobalMapper). 1 sec data can be downloaded from here (needs registration)..

ASTER GDEM

You will end up with a geotiff file with embedded DEM data. This needs tobe convertedto soem sort of ascii format for Ozi to use.

Discussion about it here

GPS Australia DEM data thread

The 3 sec data (90m spot heights) which can be use in Ozi3D directly is available here

3 Sec DEM Data

Mayeb this suits you needs?

The new 1 sec data requires large files files relative to the 3 sec data but thats the price you pay for the extra detail.

If you get stuck with the 1 sec data send me rough idea of the area required - I will download tile and convert for you (and send disc) when I get time. Too big to email.

I have had plans of downloading the WA 1 sec data one day anyway - just havent got round to it.

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Follow Up By: The Explorer - Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009 at 13:34

Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009 at 13:34

sorry about spelling errors ..in a hurry

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Follow Up By: equinox - Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009 at 22:06

Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009 at 22:06

Thank you for the detailed reply Greg.

A lot of info there..I'll try and get my head around it :)

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Reply By: Willem - Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 14:44

Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 14:44

Hmmm..even I have some info on this

Google Earth to Oziexplorer

To transfer waypoints:

Placemarks all saved in left hand corner of screen
Place all placemarks into a new folder and give it a name
Copy to Data in Oziexplorer in .kml format

To load into Oziexplorer:

Go to LOAD
Scroll to bottom of page and click on Import Google Earth (kml) file

Then….Go to:
My Computer
Local Disk C
Oziexplorer
Data
And then scroll through Data to find file
Highlight file and click Open

Waypoints will appear on map screen in a few seconds.

Hope this works and is what you wanted :-)

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Follow Up By: Member - Mike DID - Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009 at 12:49

Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009 at 12:49

Google Earth is not Google Maps.

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Follow Up By: Willem - Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009 at 12:56

Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009 at 12:56

Ah, yes, yer right.

Withdraw suggestion

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Reply By: Member - Sigmund (VIC) - Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009 at 07:50

Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009 at 07:50

It's a while since I've done this so take with caution:

If you have a Garmin, there's an IE plugin on their website called Communicator; it allows you to export the coordinates of a point on a Google map to an attached GPS.

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Follow Up By: Member - Sigmund (VIC) - Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009 at 07:53

Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009 at 07:53

Yeah, here you go: download

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Follow Up By: The Explorer - Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009 at 08:41

Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009 at 08:41

While where on the subject here is the link to GMapToGPX. Good for creating short routes in Google Maps and then transferring it to GPS/other programs.

GMapToGPX

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