I do it fairly manually using batchgeo.com.  You can list all customers on
a subnet (we use Powercode), then export that or copy paste into an excel
spreadsheet.  Then, I remove all of the crap and setup the correct columns
that batchgeo expects.  I end up with a .kml per AP that can be opened in
GE, which is extremely useful (even if the process is a bit convoluted).

On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 12:36 PM Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote:

> That does work, but I had to turn off the 3D Buildings layer as well.
>
> The color of the polygon has to contrast with the roads which are white
> and yellow.  I'll remember this.  Probably going to be a useful hack
> someday.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> On 11/18/2019 2:28 PM, Matt Corcoran wrote:
>
> The skyview is the bottom layer,  so if you create an opaque polygon
> overtop of the entire area and set it to the bottom layer you will only see
> roads/names and your pins/polygons.
>
>
>
> *Matt*
>
>
>
> *From: *AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> on behalf
> of Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com>
> *Reply-To: *AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>
> <af@af.afmug.com>
> *Date: *Monday, November 18, 2019 at 12:55 PM
> *To: *AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> <af@af.afmug.com>
> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] google earth printing and grouping
>
>
>
> this is what we did then took a paper cleaver to tape it together
> manually.
>
> turns out GE is not god for this project, we needed the roads and not the
> terrain
>
> I cant find any way to get GE to just do the roads and not satellite
> imagery
>
> We exported to Google Maps, which does it nice (labels dont show)
>
> even lets me do a square lasso, but doesnt let me do anything with
> multiples
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 10:30 AM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
>
> I have made some really large high res images from GE but it was not
> easy.
>
>    - You to make sure you have the tilt set so you are looking straight
>    down.
>    - Make sure you have a zoom that will work to stitch together all the
>    images.
>    - Zoom too much and you have too many images to stitch.
>    - Zoom out too far you you lose the detail you want.
>    - Check all the resolution and other options in the “Save Image”
>    feature of GE.
>    - Save the image and note some landmark.
>    - Use the arrow buttons to move things around keeping the landmark
>    still in view on the edge.
>    - Save the next and pick a new landmark etc etc.
>    - Make sure there is decent overlap in each image using landmarks.
>    - Then use the image composite editor to stitch them all together.
>
>
>
> Took me quite a bit of bit of trial and error to get the individual images
> overlapping and such that ICE could stitch them.
>
> If  you touch the zoom or tilt, you will have to start over.  If you
> change resolutions you will have to start over.
>
> Also there are a couple of options in ICE you need to choose.
>
> Don’t recall what they are at the moment but seems like “scan” was one of
> them.  It flattens the perspective I belive.
>
>
>
> *From:* Adam Moffett
>
> *Sent:* Monday, November 18, 2019 9:20 AM
>
> *To:* af@af.afmug.com
>
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] google earth printing and grouping
>
>
>
> IMO Google Earth is super weird about things like this.
>
> In the current version you can ctrl+click to select multiple objects in
> the left hand pane.....but for many years you would have had to move one
> point to a folder at a time.   They added a circle tool at some point, but
> that's another one that was inexplicably missing for years.
>
> You still can't make multiple selections from the map view.  Not by
> ctrl+click or shift+click and not by dragging a box around objects.
>
> It's possibly the most convenient tool for *viewing* GIS data (within
> it's performance limits), but it's awkward at manipulating or creating it.
>
> -Adam
>
>
>
> On 11/18/2019 11:06 AM, Louis Arsenault wrote:
>
> Create a folder for each region.
>
> Put all your pins for that region in the folder.
>
> Right click on the folder and select properties.
>
> Select Style, Color tab.
>
> Under Icon select the the Color you want and it will change all pins to
> that color.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 8:58 PM Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com>
> <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> manually or is there a lasso tool im missing?
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 4:23 PM Cameron Crum <cc...@wispmon.com>
> <cc...@wispmon.com> wrote:
>
> You can select the ones you want in a group and change their color. That
> would be a simple way to do it.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2019, 4:14 PM Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com>
> <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> we ended up going to the zoom level we want and drawing a grid. saved an
> image of each grid and are trimming the 30 page prints to tape back
> together for a paper map.
>
> would still like to group
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 4:08 PM Cameron Crum <cc...@wispmon.com>
> <cc...@wispmon.com> wrote:
>
> I can probably help you with it next week.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2019, 2:32 PM Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com>
> <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> we have 150 customers to swap out, we have them in GE and are trying to
> get the schedule organized, we want to do them geographically. Is there a
> way to
>
> A. print google earth map with the pins(and labels), even if its a bunch
> of pages taped together
>
> B regionate and group the pins in each region
>
>
>
> I assume if we had a right proper GIS this would be a snap, but im lost.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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