How To | Use Google Earth In Autocad

I didn’t have time for a new survey. But I had Google Earth and AutoCAD.

I traced the gravel road over the aligned image using a polyline. I drew the shed’s foundation 12 feet from the road and 30 feet south of the largest pine tree. Because the underlying map was real-world coordinates, I could even extract elevation points from Google Earth’s terrain (by exporting a contour KML and importing it as 3D polylines). how to use google earth in autocad

I opened Google Earth Pro (the free desktop version) and navigated to the client’s property. I made sure the layer was on and tilted the view to see the topography around the trees. Then I went to View → Reset → Tilt and Compass to get a pure top-down view. I didn’t have time for a new survey

He replied, “How did you do that without a new survey?” I drew the shed’s foundation 12 feet from