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Harvard Import Data From Google Earth 4

Digitized kml data from Google Earth 4 can be imported into ArcMap. A geodatabase will be created in the same location as the kml file. You can use the shapefile to edit or analyze the data.

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Harvard Import Data From Google Earth 4

Digitized kml data from Google Earth 4 can be imported into ArcMap. A geodatabase will be created in the same location as the kml file. You can use the shapefile to edit or analyze the data.

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How to import kml data digitized from Google Earth 4 into

ArcMap

1) In Google Earth, save your digitized data as kml.


2) Open the kml file in wordpad or notepad.
3) Change the “2.1” to “2.0” in the 2nd line of the file. It should look like this:
<kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.1">
Change it to:
<kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.0">
4) Save the kml and close.
5) Open the ArcMap .mxd you want to import the kml into.
6) Click Tools Æ Extensions. Check the box next to Data Interoperability, click
Close.
7) Click Window Æ ArcToolbox to open ArcToolbox. Click the + next to Data
Interoperability to expand it.
8) Double click Quick Import.
9) Click the button next to Input Dataset.
10) For Format choose Google Earth Data Exchange (KML), for Dataset choose your
kml file, and for Coordinate System click the button, then Select Æ
Geographic Coordinate Systems Æ World Æ WGS 1984.prj Æ Add.
It should look like this:

The Output Staging Geodatabase will be automatically entered, as a subfolder in the same
directory as the kml file. Click OK, and the kml will import.

11) Click File Æ Add Data, and browse to the Output Staging Geodatabase folder
specified above. In this geoDB will be a feature class named “Placemark_point”
(or line if your kml is a line, poly for polygon). See below
Select this Placemark_point and click Add. Your kml will be added to the map.

12) Right click your Placemark_point in the legend, and choose Data Æ Export Data.
Choose “the data frame” option, and specify the output shapefile location. This
will convert your Placemark_point dataset into a shapefile with a name of your
choosing, projected in the same coordinate systems that the rest of your map is.
See below.

When prompted to add the layer to the map, choose “Yes”. Now this shapefile is ready
to be edited, or analyzed for whatever you choose.

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