Capturing Google Earth with MicroStation

RE: Capturing Google Earth with MicroStation

Dervalcanny — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 13:19:16 GMT

Hello,
Please be aware that Defect 316338 has been logged on this issue.
Regards
Derval Canny

RE: Capturing Google Earth with MicroStation

John Kapopoulos — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 15:36:39 GMT

Spending time with many versions, we realized that each Micro station version works properly only with a google earth version of the same date.

RE: Capturing Google Earth with MicroStation

Lorys — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 07:36:59 GMT

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Thank you very much for your instructions

[/quote]so we assume that the instructions made it work for you right?

RE: Capturing Google Earth with MicroStation

John Kapopoulos — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 15:54:44 GMT

Thank you very much for your instructions

RE: Capturing Google Earth with MicroStation

Ron Jones — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 18:37:05 GMT

When you Capture Google Earth imagery in MicroStation you must also have the Terrain layer turned on on Google Earth to capture the terrain. Otherwise it only captures a flat surface with the imagery. So make sure the Terrain layer is enabled in Google Earth.

With the Google Earth Terrain layer turned on MicroStation will capture both the image and the terrain.

In MicroStation's Google Earth Tools Settings Dialog you can toggle display of the terrain with the View Terrain setting.

[quote user="From MicroStation Help"](For captures from Google Earth with Terrain turned on only) This setting can be turned on/off after capturing from Google Earth.
If on, imagery is laid over the terrain surface.
If off, imagery is laid over a flat surface.[/quote]

RE: Capturing Google Earth with MicroStation

Ryan Mann — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 15:58:58 GMT

Could you post a sample file so I could look at it?

RE: Capturing Google Earth with MicroStation

Eslam Mansour — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 03:56:09 GMT

I have tried several areas. from USA to Qatar

RE: Capturing Google Earth with MicroStation

Ryan Mann — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 13:07:45 GMT

That may just be bad data in Google. Can you provide the area you are trying to capture?

RE: Capturing Google Earth with MicroStation

Eslam Mansour — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 07:12:48 GMT

Thanks for the video. I tried to capture the image but the elevations in the terrain aren't logical. when I rotate the mesh, I get a non-organized shape as some points have very high elevations. The first attachment is a plan and the next one taken when I try to rotate it. if you know a solution to this problem, I'll be so grateful.

RE: Capturing Google Earth with MicroStation

John Kapopoulos — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 16:21:36 GMT

To mr Jones Rones from John Kapopoulos

a) I used to do all above procedure in windows 7/32 bit. (Darilos' probem above)
Now, in windows 7/64 bit , in windows 8/64 bit and in windows 8.1/64 bit the geografic tool box is inactive,
except the import coordinate system and create kmz file tools. (Google Earth 7.0 or 7.1) Any idea please?

b) How can we use the Attach Oracle GeoRasters? Must we subscribe to Oracle to be provided with usernames and codes for particular areas?

Thank you for your answer.

RE: Capturing Google Earth with MicroStation

truckmann — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 13:45:03 GMT

I'm currently running MS 8.11.9.578 also tried on MS 8.11.9.459 with the same result.
Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit

I tried both the current version of Google Earth Pro 7.1.2.2041 and the previous 7.0 version.
I've even gone through at one point and cleared out all references to Google Earth in the Registry prior to a re-install and I still can't get Microstation to recognize that Google Earth is installed. This has happened to me on a previous machine as well and I never was able to solve it. Very frustrating, I guess I'll have to submit a support ticket.

RE: Capturing Google Earth with MicroStation

Ron Jones — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 23:09:51 GMT

Hmmm... for me MicroStation didn't work with Google Earth Pro 7.1 , but after I uninstalled 7.1 and installed 7.0 it worked.
Also the same results on 2 other computers.

FWIW:
MicroStation 8.11.9.538
Windows 7 Enterprise
Google Earth Pro 7.0.3.8542

RE: Capturing Google Earth with MicroStation

truckmann — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 22:00:58 GMT

Okay I just verified that this does not work for me. I uninstalled 7.1 then installed 7.0 and it still does not seem to recognize that I have Google Earth Pro installed.

RE: Capturing Google Earth with MicroStation

truckmann — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 21:44:59 GMT

I can try that but this doesn't seem to be accurate. The guy sitting next to me has the latest Google Earth Pro 7.1 and it works fine for him.

RE: Capturing Google Earth with MicroStation

Ron Jones — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 21:15:48 GMT

MicroStation can't connect to the latest release of Google Earth Pro 7.1.
Google must have changed something in the latest version.

The previous version of Google Earth Pro (7.0) is available as a download option and it still works fine with MicroStation.

RE: Capturing Google Earth with MicroStation

truckmann — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 19:40:59 GMT

This solution does not work for me. If I click the Follow Google Earth View button nothing happens. It's like Microstation doesn't recognize that I have Google Earth Pro installed. Anyone have any other suggestions?

RE: Capturing Google Earth with MicroStation

John Frampton — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 14:53:51 GMT

The mesh we bring in from Google is limited to a fixed number of points. If we were to bring in a denser mesh the Google API actually makes us pay a significant cost in time. If a denser mesh is needed I would recomend bringing several meshes in and then stiching them together.

hth,

RE: Capturing Google Earth with MicroStation

Oto — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 14:44:16 GMT

You can't get finer mesh because the terrain model is from NASA SRTM 90m scans and the density is fixed. But grid resolution actually changes depending on zoom scale so I suppose Mesh need to be stiched for larger areas to get higher resolution.

RE: Capturing Google Earth with MicroStation

Daridos — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 06:14:11 GMT

Hi Ron.

Thanks for that, problem solved. Nothing like a simple solution.

Regards

Dario

RE: Capturing Google Earth with MicroStation

clever_anthony — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 06:06:41 GMT

Nice Video. But could we get a finer mesh (contour line) from Google Earth?

RE: Capturing Google Earth with MicroStation

Ron Jones — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 21:25:04 GMT

Hi Daridos,

MicroStation must be used to start Google Earth. Don't start Google Earth through Windows Explorer or the Start Menu.

I use the Follow Google Earth View command to launch Google Earth. Once Google Earth is open locate the area you would like to capture. Without closing Google Earth, return to MicroStation, click Capture Google Earth Image, and data point in the view window to accept.

Here's a short video showing the process:

communities.bentley.com/.../ScreenCapture_5F00_2_2D00_17_2D00_2014-2.00.54-PM.wmv

HTH,

Ron

RE: Capturing Google Earth with MicroStation

Daridos — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 11:37:20 GMT

Okay thanks. I just assumed it was an image because the tool says "Capture Google Earth Image". The file is 3D but nothing happens.

RE: Capturing Google Earth with MicroStation

Oto — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 11:31:37 GMT

Actually it is Google earth terrain model not imagery, image is applied as texture and can be seen in rendered view. Also it only works in 3D files.