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Stream Bing Maps/Aerial/Street straight into your drawing…

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So many people have never seen this ribbon before in Autocad Civil 3D 2014.

Probably due to the fact that it is not loaded due to a bug in Civil 3D 2014.

It’s really annoying because we are all often asked to display aerial photos into our drawings and it should be as easy as two or so clicks.

EDIT.. by the way, this doesnt plot in 2014, it will plot in 2015 though! You can use the free method explained here to get around this

So if you can’t see this ribbon, here is how to bring it in..

1. Copy the attached CUIX into c:\Autocad\CUI
Download Geolocation.cuix here

2. Type CUILOAD and select the CUIX located at c:\Autocad\CUI\geolocation.cuix

3. Now just assign a coordinate system to your drawing (use MAPCSASSIGN or the drawing settings tab in propsepector)

4. Select what type of background you want (you will need to create an Autodesk Account if you don’t already have one)

5. Then Pow – Bing Imagery straight into your drawing!

Regards

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5 thoughts on “Stream Bing Maps/Aerial/Street straight into your drawing…”

  1. B,

    This post is EXACTLY what I would like to learn how to do. The big hurdle is figuring out how to grab an image from something like Google Maps.

    Dave

    1. Hey dave
      This plugin only allows you to connect with bing imagery etc. unfortunately!

      However if your interested…

      Paid option – http://www.plexearth.com fantastic plug in, a bit pricey though
      Free option – download qgis (free) install the open layers plugin then, save as image from the file menu. Creates a georeferenced image of whatever your looking at

  2. K,

    Thanks. I loaded the Geolocation Tab and dabbled a bit with Bing, but I still haven’t figured out how to use it. It seems to load a HUGE map into your drawing, but as to how to geo-reference it I haven’t a clue.

    I’ll try out the 3rd-party software in your other post.

    Dave

    1. Yeah it requires your data to be georeferenced already. You have to set your coordinate system for the imagery to work.

      So if your linework is not georeferenced, rather than moving the image to the linework, you will need to move the linework to the image… Unless you use my other method, taking the imagery from qgis. Then you can go either way.

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