Transferring Google Earth observations to GIS-software: example from gully erosion study

High-resolution images available on Google Earth are increasingly being consulted in geographic studies. However, most studies limit themselves to visualizations or on-screen measurements. Google Earth allows users to create points, lines, and polygons on-screen, which can be saved as Keyhole Markup...

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Published in:International journal of digital earth 2013-03, Vol.6 (2), p.196-201
Main Authors: Frankl, Amaury, Zwertvaegher, Ann, Poesen, Jean, Nyssen, Jan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer programs
computer software
Earth
Geographic information systems
geographic study
geospatial data integration
Google Earth
gully erosion
image analysis
Software
spatial data
statistics
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Summary:High-resolution images available on Google Earth are increasingly being consulted in geographic studies. However, most studies limit themselves to visualizations or on-screen measurements. Google Earth allows users to create points, lines, and polygons on-screen, which can be saved as Keyhole Markup Language (KML) files. Here, the use of R statistics freeware is proposed to easily convert these files to the shapefile format [or ‘.shp file format’], which can be loaded into Geographic Information System (GIS) software (ESRI ArcGIS 9 in our example). The geospatial data integration in GIS strongly increases the analysis possibilities.
ISSN:1753-8955
1753-8947
1753-8955
DOI:10.1080/17538947.2012.744777