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Customer Tip! Export Mapinfo Professional Maps To Google Earth

This document provides instructions for exporting maps from MapInfo Professional to Google Earth. It describes two methods: 1) Exporting the current map view as a raster image, and 2) Exporting selected objects without background mapping. The exported files can be opened directly in Google Earth, allowing users to leverage Google Earth's functionality to view and interact with the mapped information. The author finds this tool useful for sharing detailed GIS data with non-MapInfo users in an easy-to-use format.

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Customer Tip! Export Mapinfo Professional Maps To Google Earth

This document provides instructions for exporting maps from MapInfo Professional to Google Earth. It describes two methods: 1) Exporting the current map view as a raster image, and 2) Exporting selected objects without background mapping. The exported files can be opened directly in Google Earth, allowing users to leverage Google Earth's functionality to view and interact with the mapped information. The author finds this tool useful for sharing detailed GIS data with non-MapInfo users in an easy-to-use format.

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Customer Tip!

Export MapInfo Professional Maps to Google Earth


By Kevin Ryan
Editors note! This tip was the judges winner in the contest announced in the previous issue. Thanks to Kevin for an excellent article.
Introduction
The follo"ing is a demonstration of ho" MapInfo Professional #an #reate and send output seamlessly to Google Earth$ My parti#ular area of
"or% is in a lo#al authority "ater servi#es department& and I "ill sho" ho" MapInfo helps me empo"er #olleagues "ith the %no"ledge of a
"ater distri'ution net"or%$
Procedure
($ Accessing Google Earth utility
The Google Earth #onne#tion utility #an 'e found in the tool manager if it is not already ena'led$
)$ Using Google Earth utility
MapInfo Pro #an export data in t"o different "ays$ *irstly it #an export a raster image of the #urrent vie" "ithin MapInfo& se#ondly if you
sele#t any num'er of items from a MapInfo ta'le& MapInfo "ill only export those sele#ted items "ithout any 'a#%ground mapping et#& similar
to a ve#tor mapping file$
)$( To export the #urrent map "indo" vie" simply +oom into the area of interest and press the export map to Google Earth utility$

MapInfo "ill #reate a $%ml file "hi#h is the file type Google Earth and indeed Google Maps uses$ The follo"ing "indo" appears in "hi#h you
#an #hoose "here to save the file and "here you #an input a file name$
By sele#ting the send to Google Earth no" #he#%'ox& MapInfo "ill seamlessly open Google Earth upon "hi#h Google Earth "ill
automati#ally +oom into the area "here your file is geographi#ally lo#ated$
,s you #an see from the follo"ing s#reen shots the MapInfo image is inserted into Google Earth in its exa#t geographi#al lo#ation$ ,nyone
"ith Google Earth do"nloaded on their p# #an no" navigate through the image using all the Google Earth fun#tionality "e are all used to$
)$) To export sele#ted o'-e#ts only simply sele#t any num'er of o'-e#ts from the MapInfo map "indo" and again press the Google Earth
utility$ MapInfo "ill no" as% if you "ant to export a raster image or export the sele#ted o'-e#ts$ .ighlight export sele#ted o'-e#ts and press
o%$
MapInfo no" opens the follo"ing "indo" "hi#h is similar to the previous example 'ut has more fun#tionality$
.ere on#e again you #an enter "here the file is to 'e saved& a file name and des#ription$
/nli%e the raster image& exporting map o'-e#ts in MapInfo lets you ma%e use of the 'ro"ser information to set height of the o'-e#ts and lets
you #hoose "hi#h #olumns from the 'ro"ser are to 'e exported$
,fter #ompleting this "indo" MapInfo "ill open Google Earth in the same "ay as the previous example$ .o"ever only the sele#ted o'-e#ts
"ill 'e sho"n& 'ut importantly the o'-e#ts #an 'e sele#ted in Google Earth and the 'ro"ser information #hosen in the previous step "ill 'e
sho"n for ea#h o'-e#t$
This is a very po"erful option as you #an no" ma%e full use of the Google Earth fun#tionality in#luding vie"ing the exported o'-e#ts in 0treet
1ie"$
Conclusion
I find this tool espe#ially useful "hen I "ant to share detailed GI0 information "ith a #olleague "ho is not a MapInfo user$ ,s a result I have
found this MapInfo Pro tool has made GI0 information very user2friendly and #an enri#h peoples "or%$ I find that #olleagues are no"
re3uesting GI0 data from me instead of me re3uesting it from them$ I have used my o"n "or% dis#ipline as an example of ho" this tool is
used& 'ut in my opinion this MapInfo tool #ould 'e used in many and varied situations$

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