{"id":6839,"date":"2025-02-21T04:41:34","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T04:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/?p=6839"},"modified":"2025-02-21T04:41:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T04:41:36","slug":"kml2dwg-interactive-google-earth-import-gt_kml2dwgl-geotools-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/kml2dwg-interactive-google-earth-import-gt_kml2dwgl-geotools-command\/","title":{"rendered":"KML2DWG Interactive (Google Earth Import): GT_KML2DWGL \u2013 GeoTools Command"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-x-large-font-size\">Summary<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>GT_KML2DWGL<\/strong> command in <strong>GeoTools<\/strong> enables users to <strong>interactively import KML and KMZ files<\/strong> from Google Earth into CAD, allowing the recreation of <strong>placemarks, polygons, and paths<\/strong> directly in the drawing. This command complements <strong>GT_DWG2KML (Google Earth Export)<\/strong>, facilitating a <strong>complete round-trip data exchange between CAD and Google Earth<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>GeoTool -&gt; Geographic Tools -&gt; Geographic Tools -&gt; KML2DWG &#8211; Interactive (Google Earth Import)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"Import Google Earth KML data into BricsCAD Pro\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tC3gIzWQm5E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>KML2DWG Interactive (Google Earth Import): GT_KML2DWGL \u2013 GeoTools Command<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Features Include:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Reads and imports KML\/KMZ files<\/strong> generated from Google Earth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recreates <strong>placemark points, polygons, and paths<\/strong> accurately in the drawing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maintains the <strong>original geographic units<\/strong> as defined in the KML\/KMZ file.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Works seamlessly in <strong>BricsCAD, AutoCAD, ZWCAD and ARES Commander<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enables a <strong>bi-directional workflow<\/strong> between <strong>CAD and Google Earth<\/strong>, complementing <strong>GT_DWG2KML<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ideal for <strong>GIS mapping, urban planning, land surveying, and geospatial analysis<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supports <strong>interactive editing<\/strong>, allowing adjustments to imported data for better integration into CAD workflows.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Benefits:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>With <strong>GT_KML2DWGL<\/strong>, users can <strong>seamlessly bring Google Earth data into CAD<\/strong>, enhancing <strong>spatial analysis, planning, and design workflows<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary The GT_KML2DWGL command in GeoTools enables users to interactively import KML and KMZ files from Google Earth into CAD, allowing the recreation of placemarks, polygons, and paths directly in the drawing. This command complements GT_DWG2KML (Google Earth Export), facilitating a complete round-trip data exchange between CAD and Google Earth. GeoTool -&gt; Geographic Tools -&gt; Geographic Tools -&gt; KML2DWG &#8211; Interactive (Google Earth Import) KML2DWG Interactive (Google Earth Import): GT_KML2DWGL \u2013 GeoTools Command Key Features Include: Benefits: With GT_KML2DWGL, users can seamlessly bring Google Earth data into CAD, enhancing spatial analysis, planning, and design workflows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[26,369,368],"class_list":["post-6839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geotools-commands","tag-geotools-command","tag-gt_kml2dwgl","tag-kml2dwg-interactive-google-earth-import"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6839"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7392,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6839\/revisions\/7392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}