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Google Earth Pro: Exporting Geocoded Data To Arcgis or Qgis: 1. KML and KMZ Files

This document provides instructions for exporting geocoded data from Google Earth Pro to ArcGIS or QGIS. It describes how to save geocoded placemarks as a KMZ file in Google Earth Pro and then how to open the KMZ file as a layer in ArcGIS or QGIS to display the geocoded locations and join additional attribute data.

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Google Earth Pro: Exporting Geocoded Data To Arcgis or Qgis: 1. KML and KMZ Files

This document provides instructions for exporting geocoded data from Google Earth Pro to ArcGIS or QGIS. It describes how to save geocoded placemarks as a KMZ file in Google Earth Pro and then how to open the KMZ file as a layer in ArcGIS or QGIS to display the geocoded locations and join additional attribute data.

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ArcGIS 10.1, 10.

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Google Earth Pro: Exporting Geocoded Data to ArcGIS or QGIS QGIS 2.2

Welcome to the Essential ArcGIS Task Sheet Series. This series supplements the Iowa State University GIS Geospatial
Technology Training Program short course series. The task sheets are designed to provide quick, easy instructions for
performing mapping and GIS tasks.

This task sheet acts as a continuation from Google Earth Pro: Batch Geocoding, publication number: PM2082-15c and
focuses on how to save a file from Google Earth and open it in other GIS applications.
1. KML and KMZ Files
a. A KML file is an XML notation for expressing geographic
annotation and visualization within two-dimensional
maps and was developed specifically for use with Google
Earth. A KMZ file is a zipped KML and is often used
when distributing a KML file along with additional
datasets.

2. Style Marker Icons in Google Earth Pro


a. The styling of marker icons and labeling can be exported
to ArcMap.

b. Right-click on Addresses.txt from the Places menu bar


and select Get Info.

c. Select the Style, Color tab from the Google Earth - Edit
Folder pop-up window.

d. To change the marker symbol that is used click on


the icon next to the Name field. This will open the
Icon window. To change the icon, select if from the
list provided and if necessary change the Color, Scale
and Opacity options at the top of the window. For this
demonstration we will keep the default marker. Click
Cancel to close this window.

e. In the Google Earth - Edit Folder window set the Label


color to Black and the Icon color to Red. The text below
those settings is the information that is displayed in the
icon’s pop-up. Delete the second row that says OBJECT
ID. This will no longer display with the pop-up. Click
OK.

3. Save Imported File


a. Right-click on Addresses.txt and select Save Place As.

b. In the Save file... window, name the file Addresses.kmz


and select the location you would like it saved.
4. Open a KMZ File in ArcGIS
a. Open a blank ArcMap document and in the ArcToolbox
find the KML to Layer (Conversion) Tool. Open the tool
and select Addresses.kmz as the Input KML File and
select an output location for the layer to be stored. Click
OK.

b. The points that were geocoded and styled using Google


Earth Pro will now be displayed in ArcMap as a layer file(.
lyr). Note: after converting the KMZ file you can edit labeling,
and symbology properties using the ArcMap tools.

c. Open the attribute table for the Address layer file by


right-clicking on Points in the Table of Contents and
selecting Open Attribute Table. You will see that the
address and name attributes from the text file were not
included in the conversion. We will fix this in the next
step.

d. Add the Addresses.txt file to the ArcGIS map document.


Note: this was the file used in the previous task sheet.

e. Right-click on the Points layer file in the Table of


Contents and select Join. In the Join Data window
make sure you are joining attributes from a table. All
settings should match the image to the right. Click OK.

f. View the attribute table for the Points layer now. You will
see the name and address fields from the text file are now
joined to the layer file. Note: to make this join permanent,
make sure to export the layer as a new shapefile or layer.

5. Open a KMZ File in QGIS


a. Open a blank QGIS project

b. Select the Add Vector Layer icon from the tool bar and
click Browse. Locate the Addresses.kmz file you saved
in step 3c. Click Open.

c. When the file is opened you will see the points that were
geocoded using Google Earth Pro. Note: these points will
not have any attribute information but it could be joined based
on a common field such as OID and Object ID.

Contact:
Bailey Hanson [email protected], 515-520-1436 or Associate Professor Christopher J. Seeger, ASLA, GISP
[email protected], 515-509-0651 for more information about the Geospatial Technology Program. This task sheet and
more are available at www.extension.iastate.edu/communities/gis
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February 2015 PM2082-15d

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