{"id":6846,"date":"2025-02-21T04:52:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T04:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/?p=6846"},"modified":"2025-02-21T04:52:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T04:52:43","slug":"rubber-sheeting-with-google-earth-control-points-gt_gersheet-geotools-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/rubber-sheeting-with-google-earth-control-points-gt_gersheet-geotools-command\/","title":{"rendered":"Rubber Sheeting With Google Earth Control Points: GT_GERSHEET \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_GERSHEET<\/strong> command in <strong>GeoTools<\/strong> provides a <strong>quick and efficient way to perform a 2-point rubber sheeting transformation<\/strong>, aligning CAD vector data with Google Earth using <strong>visually selected control points<\/strong>. This tool is essential for <strong>GIS professionals, land surveyors, and urban planners<\/strong> who need to <strong>georeference CAD drawings to match Google Earth coordinates<\/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; Rubber Sheeting With Google Earth Control points<\/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=\"Geographic, Google Earth Rubber Sheeting Tool using GeoTools | GT_GERSHEET | Rakesh Rao | Geo Tools\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8PTYQ58L4TI?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>Rubber Sheeting With Google Earth Control Points: GT_GERSHEET \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>Performs <strong>rubber sheeting (scaling and moving)<\/strong> of CAD data to fit <strong>Google Earth Lat-Long coordinates<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Uses <strong>two known reference points<\/strong> from both <strong>CAD and Google Earth<\/strong> to transform data accurately.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Works seamlessly in <strong>BricsCAD, AutoCAD, ZWCAD and ARES Commander<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Captures Google Earth <strong>Lat-Long coordinates<\/strong> via <strong>Control-Shift-C<\/strong>, ensuring precise alignment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ideal for <strong>GIS mapping, spatial planning, and georeferencing CAD data<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ensures that <strong>exported KML files (via GT_DWG2KML) fit perfectly<\/strong> into Google Earth imagery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Works similarly to <strong>GT_GEIMPORTIMAGE<\/strong>, but for vector data instead of images.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Benefits:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>With <strong>GT_GERSHEET<\/strong>, users can <strong>seamlessly align CAD drawings with Google Earth<\/strong>, enabling <strong>accurate geospatial integration and better visualization of real-world data<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary The GT_GERSHEET command in GeoTools provides a quick and efficient way to perform a 2-point rubber sheeting transformation, aligning CAD vector data with Google Earth using visually selected control points. This tool is essential for GIS professionals, land surveyors, and urban planners who need to georeference CAD drawings to match Google Earth coordinates. GeoTool -&gt; Geographic Tools -&gt; Geographic Tools -&gt; Rubber Sheeting With Google Earth Control points Rubber Sheeting With Google Earth Control Points: GT_GERSHEET \u2013 GeoTools Command Key Features Include: Benefits: With GT_GERSHEET, users can seamlessly align CAD drawings with Google Earth, enabling accurate geospatial integration and better visualization of real-world data.<\/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":[26,375,374],"class_list":["post-6846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geotools-commands","tag-geotools-command","tag-gt_gersheet","tag-rubber-sheeting-with-google-earth-control-points"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6846","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=6846"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7395,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6846\/revisions\/7395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}