Imports imagery from Google Earth and creates mosaics or bands along corridors, directly in AutoCAD!
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Imports terrain contours from Google Earth - in any custom interval you desire, for both clarity and integrity
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Publish INTO Google Earth! Easily place your own georeferenced objects and plans, viewing them within Google Earth itself!
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"We used to have to save images ourselves, then import, rotate, scale to try to match..."
"Congratulations on Plex.Earth. This is a rare piece of software, one which does exactly what we need. As landscape architects we constantly need to compare aerial photo information with surveyed data and we used to have to save images ourselves, then import, rotate, scale to try to match, which was time consuming, and inaccurate. The trial version of Plex.Earth saved us time and improved accuracy as soon as we started using it."
Simon Rackham - Landscape Architect
Cures Embarrassing Alignment Issues!
Unfortunately, when you photograph a curved, 3D object, you end up with a flat, 2D image.
As an engineer, you're dealing with the real world, with it's bumps, dips and the curvature of the Earth. That means your plans and image sources just won't fit together.
It's embarrassing, because, just like such images, you also need to present your ideas and plans on a flat desk or screen...
A small area can work, yet the whole thing falls apart once you start working with multiple images along roads, canals, airports or anything bigger than a football field.
The errors rapidly increase, forcing the use of image manipulation software or just giving up altogether. Indeed, many battle-hardened engineers have learned to simply avoid promising aerial imagery with their plans!
That's all about to change...
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The Earth's curvature prevents multiple flat images from aligning.
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Why Hasn't the Problem Been Solved Before?
As Autodesk Authorized Developers we've become the 'Go-To Guys' for AutoCAD among many civil engineers around the world, - and frequently asked to help with this issue.
It's a trickier problem than it looks...
For example, while the basic projected positioning system used by Google Earth is global (WSG84) there are in fact over 2,500 different systems in current use!
Local governments especially, tend to cling to legacy systems, meaning previous plug-ins and software have always failed that "real world" test. Until now, just punching in a few co-ordinates has rarely worked as expected.
In addition, even if you are prepared to spend a heap of frustrating time with image manipulation software, you still end up with a flat, static image.
Now Imagine What You Could Do With 3D Satellite Images - that Fit Like a Glove...
Plex.Earth solves all such problems, seamlessly combining Google Earth with AutoCAD.
It even works in reverse, placing your AutoCAD objects into Google Earth!
Regardless of what form of map datum or projection your project demands, Plex.Earth 2.4 makes it easy to utilize the benefits of satellite imagery, even along massive corridors such as motorways.
So what are the benefits of seeing real-world photography, directly in your AutoCAD environment?
Here's just a few:
- See the area in detail, from any angle, without leaving your office - or AutoCad screen!
- Aerial images are well-known for revealing things that maps and even ground surveys miss
- Avoids costly errors or misunderstandings right from the start
- Spot things such as mature trees, ancient bridges or other features that may meet removal objections
- It's like having a personal helicopter!
- And it ALL lines up perfectly with surveyed data...
Technical Abilities
- Places Google Earth images right into the area of your project!
- Covers either rectangular and polygonal project sites or bands along corridors (roads, highways, railroads, canals, rivers etc.)
- Digitize objects and geographic entities directly from Google Earth
- Calculates volumes and measures elevation, in seconds!
- Digitizes points and polylines to extract positions and boundaries of geographic entities, e.g. buildings, roads, trees, rivers, lake boundaries etc.
- Creates 3D polylines to use as breaklines in surface models
- Import terrain points and build surface models directly from Google Earth!
- Imports and creates contours in the intervals YOU specify
- Uses Any of the World's 2500+ positional systems
- Works with even basic versions of AutoCAD, plus 3rd party data
- And much more! See full feature list here
It's just like having a CAD in Google Earth!
You're getting all the practical benefits of a "bird's eye view", plus you get to wow clients (and colleagues) by easily presenting your proposals and plans...
Gloriously Persuasive, Photographic 3D Color!
- Seeing is Believing - In Both You and Your Project!
- Professional and effective presentation is a vital ingredient of success, from the very beginning of any project, in any sector.
- Power-Packed Photo-Quality Presentations
- Just sync' cameras for a Real-World Setting/Background
- Change point of view and zoom level, on the fly!
- Pushes the power of presenting thematic maps to the highest level
- View synchronization between AutoCAD and Google Earth
- Publish elements or whole drawings to Google Earth
- Allows client's to explore your proposal, letting them interact with it
- Shows how everything fits within the actual environment
- Virtual Tours made easy!
Plex.Earth bridges the gap between your critical engineering needs and the breath-taking views only satellites can give. Even along corridor boundaries, of ANY length or surface area, and incorporating terrain contours too!
You can now love Google Earth as much as your clients do - so why waste valuable time and concentration when Plex.Earth is here for you?
Try out the full-function 14 day trial today!
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