katiedoyle Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 Is there an easy way to import georeferenced imagery from Google Earth? I need to create a land use coverage, and the Google Earth imagery is exceptional. Our company has a license allowing us to use Google Earth imagery, but I am not sure how to georeference it. I see the instructions on Registering Images in chapter 2.6 of the WMS Tutorials. If there is not an easier way, I can do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clark Barlow Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 Katie,As far as I know, Google Earth won't let you export images that are already geo-referenced, but you can do this manually without too much trouble. The easiest way I know how is to save two images, one with grids turned on and one with grids turned off. Use the image with grids when manually geo-referencing the image in WMS and save out a world file when you're done. Then swap out the image with grids with the image without grids and voila, you have a geo-referenced background image.I hope this helps.-Clark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katiedoyle Posted February 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 Oh, of course -- using the grids is a great idea.I didn't realize we could get high resolution imagery from the Utah GIS portal. I am doing that now, so I probably won't need to use the Google Earth imagery this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katiedoyle Posted February 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 WMS is giving me an error message when I try to open a TIF file from the Utah GIS portal. See attached screenshots.error1.bmperror2.bmp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Schultze Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 What is happening when you load the file in?Are you being prompted to convert your TIFF file to a JPEG?If so, do you generate image pyramids?What are your system specifications? (RAM, processor, et al.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katiedoyle Posted February 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 I click File > Open, select the .tif, and click Open.I immediately get the error message (error1 from above post).I click 'OK' and get the exact same message again. I click 'OK' again and get the second error message (error2 from above post).I click 'OK' and the WMS display updates (without the images).I am running WMS 8.0, Build Date Feb. 23, 2007. The .tif I am trying to open is 5 MB.My computer:Windows XP ProfessionalProcessor: x86 Family 15 Model 3 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~3391MhzTotal Physical Memory: 1,024 MBAvailable Physical Memory: 210.09 MBTotal Virtual Memory: 2.00 GBAvailable Virtual Memory: 1.96 GBPage File Space: 2.40 GBWhat else do you need to know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Schultze Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 Katie,If you have a current maintenance license, you may download and upgrade to the newest version of WMS which is 8.3I have been able to successfully load in the Utah GIS tiff's without incident in 8.2 and 8.3.I do not have a version of 8.0 on my machine, but a coworker does and he was able to load in the tiff using a quick workaround.If you do not wish to upgrade use this workaround as follows:open the tiff in the paint program and save it as a jpg and then load it into WMS.Let us know if you need anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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