#Importing a shapefile to arcgis 10.6 how to

Log into your google account and click CREATE A NEW MAP in Google My Maps. You can also create custom maps in Google Maps. You can change the file type to KML in the dropdown menu at the bottom of the dialog box. Once you have finished creating your features, save them as KML files by right clicking on the feature or Layer in the Places window and selecting Save Place As. Before closing the dialog box, begin tracing your features. You can also add lines and polygons by tracing features on the map. Then drag your Placemarks into the Layer. You can group your placemark in a layer by going to Add in the menu bar and navigating to Layer. You wil be asked to name your file and change color stles if you wish.Д¬ontinue to add Placemarks. Drag your placemark to the location you want on the map or specify coordinates of latitude and longitude. To add placemarks, click the Add Placemark button. You can create features in Google Earth using the Add Placemark, Add Polygon, Add Path and Add Image Overlay tools in the toolbar at the top of Google Earth. KML files are located under the Places panel under the Temporary Places folder. The GIS data has now been converted to KML and the data appears in Google Earth. You will be prompted to save the style template for future use. Under the Height tab, keep Clamp features to ground selected to visualize the data draped over the terrain in Google Earth. Under the Color tab, select Use single color and click on the color swatch to choose a color.

In the Style Template Settings dialog box, you can create a style template including colors, labels, and icons. When prompted to create a Style Template, click Yes. You can choose to import a sample of the data, restrict the imported data to your current view, or import all.

NOTE: A warning message may appear if your file contains more than 2500 features. Choose a shapefile (AutoCAD Shape Source File) from the file type menu and click Open. Select Import from the File menu.Д¬hange the list of viewable files to All Files (*.*). This tutorial utilizes Google Earth Pro, Google Maps online, and ArcGIS 10.4.1.

#Importing a shapefile to arcgis 10.6 how to

In this tutorial we will cover how to load shapefiles into Google Earth, how to draw features in both Google Earth and Google Maps, and how to export your features as a KML file for importing into ArcGIS. This tutorial will cover how to visualize GIS data in Google Earth and Google Maps and how to extract data from Google Earth and Google Maps Importing and Exporting GIS Data from Google Earth and Google Maps