Jeffery J. Jensen, PE
Adjunct Professor
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
4505 S Maryland Pkwy
Box 454015
Las Vegas NV 89154-4015
Email: jefferyjjensen@gmail.com
Mobile: 702-327-9294
Bing Maps - My Places
Add Bing Maps to your website
Export GeoTIFF image of Bing Maps from ESRI ArcMap
- Background
- as of July 2010, cannot use Google Earth or Google Maps as a base layer
in ESRI ArcMap
- as of July 2010, Autodesk Civil 3D can import the surface and aerial
photo from Google Earth. Limitation is the image is in Black&White.
Other limitation is this is not available in ArcMap.
- Cannot export a georeferenced image from Google Earth, that is have
the image and the world file.
- Install the Bing Maps/Virtual Earth Extension in ESRI ArcMap. This only
applies to ArcGIS Desktop 9.3.1. The Bing Maps license isn't required
for ArcGIS Desktop 10 since Bing Maps access is built into the software.
- Download the Bing Maps Map Document
(Bing_Maps.mxd from ESRI). For more information see the
ArcGIS Resource Centers - Using Bing Maps
- Alternatively download the Bing Maps Layer (.lyr) files
Bing_Maps.lyr
- Open Bing_Maps.mxd in ESRI ArcMap. It takes a moment to load and you must
have an internet connection. It should look similar to this:
- Assign a coordinate system to the data frame, for example State Plane
Coordinate System (SPCS) Nevada East, Zone Feet, NAD83.
- Enable the check box for the clip to shape function in the Data Frame Properties
- In the ArcMap Table of Contents, right click on the Data Frame and select
Properties
- Click the Data Frame tab
- check the Enable checkbox under Clip to Shape
- Click the Other: radio button under "Extend Used By Full Extend Command" then
click the Specify Extent... button
- Click the Current Visible Extent radio button
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- Zoom to your area of interest in ArcMap, that is find the Bing Map location you
want to export to GeoTIFF
- Zoom to Nearest Cache Resolution
- This will ensure the best quality image available, that is the image
hasn't been resampled.
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- Export Map to GeoTIFF
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- Change the resolution to 300dpi or higher if you plan to print/plot the GeoTIFF
image. This is done on the General tab and check the
- Format tab, check Write GeoTIFF Tags
- Bing Maps GeoTIFF image
- Display GeoTIFF image in Autodesk Map3D 2010
- Open Map3D
- MAPIMPORT is used to import a Shapefile such as the sclmajor_l.shp, this
will be used as a reference layer to ensure the GeoTIFF image world file is
properly read by Map3D.
- MAPIINSERT use the Map3D command Map Image Insert.
- Display GeoTIFF image in Autodesk Civil 3D 2010
- Same procedure as with Map3D 2010 but select units of feet instead of inches
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- Reference: Sadiq S. with ESRI Tech Support
ESRI ArcGIS Online Premium Services
Bing To Do and Questions
- Do I need to know C# or XAML to develop Bing Maps and Silverlight applications?
- Yes, you should be familiar with the basics of Silverlight development (XAML)
- Will Visual Studio 2008 Express work with Bing Maps?
- How do I overlay a shapefile or KML onto Bing Maps?
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