topic Re: Synchronize ArcMap 10 and Google Earth via Python? in Geoprocessing Questions

Synchronize ArcMap 10 and Google Earth via Python?

NickJacob — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:37:52 GMT

Hello,

Anyone know if it's possible to synchronize ArcMap & GE Desktop with something like an Add-In or maybe even a script written in Python? I recall using vb to accomplish this task back at version 9.3, but I'm not sure if it would work at version 10 or not. Any ideas?

Thanks!

Re: Synchronize ArcMap 10 and Google Earth via Python?

MichaelVolz — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 01:33:28 GMT

jacobne:

What do you mean by synchronize? Do you mean putting the data together in the same projection?

Re: Synchronize ArcMap 10 and Google Earth via Python?

NickJacob — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 02:02:39 GMT

jacobne:

What do you mean by synchronize? Do you mean putting the data together in the same projection?

Woops, I wasn't very clear at all in my first post. I want Google Earth to respond to pan/zoom events from ArcMap. Sometimes it's really convenient to have both ArcMap and GE synchronized on a dual monitor set-up.

The trick is I'd really like to accomplish this in Python if possible. At first I had considered executing a python script with every pan event in arcmap and controlling GE via PyWin, but I'm back pedaling from that approach now. Any thoughts?

Re: Synchronize ArcMap 10 and Google Earth via Python?

MikeJones2 — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:50:42 GMT

There is an arc2google tool that I can't seem to get running smoothly. It would be nice to have it run straight through GE.

Re: Synchronize ArcMap 10 and Google Earth via Python?

MathewCoyle — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:36:05 GMT

Arc2Google works perfectly for me.

http://www.husseinnasser.com/2011/01/arc2google-for-arcgis-10.html

Re: Synchronize ArcMap 10 and Google Earth via Python?

NickJacob — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:44:51 GMT

Thanks for responding! Arc2Google is a pretty neat tool, but at the time I was looking for something to directly interact with Google Earth Desktop. Unfortunately, the only way I know of doing this is via COM, so I might wait until my organization upgrades to 10.1.

Re: Synchronize ArcMap 10 and Google Earth via Python?

MikeJones2 — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:46:28 GMT

Is there any script out there that lets you pan the extent of Google Earth into ArcMap? I'm using 10.1.

Re: Synchronize ArcMap 10 and Google Earth via Python?

FranzLeonardo — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 15:59:16 GMT

You can check this link, Synchronize ArcMap with Google Earth (without python).

http://en.acolita.com/synchronize-arcgis-arcmap-10-with-google-earth.html