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Display QGIS data in Google Earth

GEarthView is an essential plugin that allows you to make a synchronized view of a Quantum GIS deployment on Google Earth.

How to install the plugin

To install it, select: Add-ons> Manage add-ons and search for it, as shown in the image.

Qgis google earth

Once the plugin is installed, it can be displayed in the toolbar.

Qgis google earth

How to synchronize the view in Google Earth

Once the plugin is installed, if we want to show this display, the “GEarthView” option is selected. Google Earth must be installed, although it does not need to be running.

Qgis google earth

As a result we will have the layer in the form of wms, in Google Eath.

Qgis google earth

 

The service is displayed as image, but with option to display data when clicking, as well as a wms.

It is interesting, that the deployment properties, such as transparency, layer order, etc., are gone.

Qgis google earth

Qgis google earth

In the video you can see the operation.

Golgi Alvarez

Writer, researcher, specialist in Land Management Models. He has participated in the conceptualization and implementation of models such as: National Property Administration System SINAP in Honduras, Management Model of Joint Municipalities in Honduras, Integrated Cadastre-Registry Management Model in Nicaragua, Territory Administration System SAT in Colombia . Editor of the Geofumadas knowledge blog since 2007 and creator of the AulaGEO Academy that includes more than 100 courses on GIS - CAD - BIM - Digital Twins topics.

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7 Comments

  1. Greetings .... install the plugins and everything is perfect, however when I try to activate the view after opening Google Earth, the Global Mapper opens, which I also have installed on the PC ...

    Thank you

  2. Very good this post. Thanks to Roberto for the data of the Zope and Twisted bookstores. Could not install or run this plugin.

  3. Talking to the creator of the plugin, he sent me this email:

    1) QGIS view moves according to GoogleEarth view
    2) GoogleEarth view center coordinates (with Z!) Now displayed on QGIS status bas
    3) QGIS can place data points taken from GoogleEarth view center
    4) GoogleEarth display the quote Z of point at view center
    5) GoogleEarth and QGIS have a QrCode for each point saved

    What is the bad new? Only this: you need to install two new python libraries:

    Twisted
    Zope

  4. Hello, the plugins do not work, I get an error, it says that it is broken, I am working with the 2.4 version of QGis, installed in Windows 7 of 64 bits.
    What steps should I follow, need to install something else and how do I do it?
    Thank you, Estela

  5. Thanks for the info.
    In the link there's only

    It seems like it should be installed:

    twisted Twisted-13.0.0-py2.7-win32
    ( https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Twisted/13.0.0 )

    zope zope.interface-3.6.0-py2.7-win32
    ( https://pypi.python.org/pypi/zope.interface/3.6.0 )

    The first there's no problem, but the second, in the link there's only this files:

    Zope.interface-3.6.0-py2.4-win32.egg (md5)
    Built on Windows-2003Server Python Egg 2.4
    zope.interface-3.6.0-py2.5-win32.egg (md5) Python Egg 2.5
    zope.interface-3.6.0-py2.6-win-amd64.egg (md5) Python Egg 2.6
    zope.interface-3.6.0-py2.6-win32.egg (md5) Python Egg 2.6
    Zope.interface-3.6.0.tar.gz (md5) Source
    Zope.interface-3.6.0.win-amd64-py2.6.exe (md5) MS Windows installer
    Zope.interface-3.6.0.win32-py2.6.exe (md5) MS Windows installer

    Where's the 2.7 version?

  6. Hello,

    I released the new 2.0 of GEarthView plugin.
    These are the news:

    1) QGIS view moves according to GoogleEarth view
    2) GoogleEarth view center coordinates (with Z!) Now displayed on QGIS status bas
    3) QGIS can place data points taken from GoogleEarth view center
    4) GoogleEarth display the quote Z of point at view center
    5) GoogleEarth and QGIS have a QrCode for each point saved

    What is the bad new? Only this: you need to install two new python libraries:

    Twisted
    Zope

    But it's simple, and advantages are many.

    Regards

    Roberto

    PS: I like this post

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