Extracting Elevation Data from Google Earth

In this tutorial, you will learn how to extract elevation information from Google Earth into a GIS software such as ArcGIS, and how to generate a DEM. The tutorial also shows how to use interpolation methods such as Kriging interpolation to generate the DEM and how to generate contour lines using ArcMap.
GPS Visualizer - www.gpsvisualizer.com/elevation

[@bedynamicacceptopportuniti3305]

One of the best GIS tutorial I have ever watched. Many thanks!

[@marujeman123]

This is so random. Not only i was shocked that you chose Malaysia, but you also zoom into my hometown. Thanks!

[@charlessutherland5572]

Concise, Clear and Topical. Excellent Tutorial. 5/5 !!!

[@geodeltalabs]

Thanks :)

[@wwjdenterprise]

Perfect and well articulated. As someone who only knew about generating contours using drone images, I have now learnt even much more from this. You have made my day and trimmed the long process of doing things thanks alot.

[@LeonardKipkeu]

Wow. Learning more with your tutorials.

[@muzzammilrather4998]

Ur voice is amazing sir.....Clearly presented...

[@paulbabuak]

So amazed how there are endless possibilities in these softwares!!!!

[@geodeltalabs]

You are right! :)

[@gismastery6965]

GPS Visualizer is an awesome tool for this! Great tutorial

[@geodeltalabs]

👍

[@lesliethilow3011]

Wonderful tutorial!

Great video. Thank you 🙏🏽

[@ivykut5446]

Thank you so much. Amazing job!

[@tylerwilliamsson2258]

This has been tremendously helpful. Thank you

[@geodeltalabs]

You're so welcome!

[@kaywischkaemper4259]

You do an outstanding job of explaining!!

[@geodeltalabs]

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[@budgetgamerlegion8242]

Very nice. Very well explained 👍

[@jianwanji5549]

very nice videos, learned a lot

[@Shivaganesh1357]

very helpful video for my research work .thanking you

[@edward05lan]

Thank you for sharing this...its so helpful and amazing thank you so much

[@hakimbouaricha]

Great channel. Thank you !

[@maciejstarzak2806]

Great job, man!!!

[@nikolamarkovic2740]

Great stuff. Thank you.

[@sachinkadissanayake2403]

well explained.. thank you so much

[@MrGo1432]

Amazing! Great Work

[@user-zt9dy9zl5s]

thank you so much! it's too help for extracting elevation-from East Timor

[@Momofamilyputridua1991]

thanks for sharing tutorial.

[@Mooloolah28]

extremely helpful thankssss

[@yvesikuzwe5846]

helpful, thank you very much

[@Benini916]

Hi! I'm using QGIS instead of ArcGIS. I also need to extract the contours for every 1 meter. Do you have another tutorial using QGIS instead? thanks!

[@MultimediaIreland]

That's amazing. I like making my own maps for hiking. 👍

[@geodeltalabs]

Great!

[@terahantwi494]

Kriging may not be entirely ideal tool for the process, unless you want some areas extrapolated. You can simply use the density, spline, or (Thiessen polygon - Tin- slope - raster) for interpolation since contour productions works in such manner

[@armstrongpunneyasingam375]

Thanks. Useful one

[@dinaandrianoely6618]

Thank you very much this is very helpful

[@geodeltalabs]

You are welcome :)

[@oluyemisiolugbile5204]

Thank you very much for your patience in teaching and making your training very easy to follow. Please can we do the same in QGIS because I do not have Spatial analyst and all other extension tools in my version of ArcMap.

[@sandhyabambaranda8276]

Thanks.very very usfull lesson .

[@muhammadmashhood1947]

Great Video

[@robertoneto6984]

Cool video!
Do you know if there's a way to export the elevations including buildings and other structures? Because when I tried this method it only sees the terrain.
Cheers

[@robertessiaw2470]

great video. i am grateful

[@ihaseebmirza]

This was awesome! What if we want to generate elevation profiles for this whole area? How do we do that?

[@babugeorge7413]

Suuuper............. Thank you Sir

[@tamilarcgisuniversity]

Your video is amazing..

[@geodeltalabs]

Thanks

[@chakrabartibaishali9761]

Thank you so much

[@wewlanduse]

very good one thanks a lot for you

[@geodeltalabs]

You are welcome :)

[@tamirattessema986]

Thank you! but can you get climate data on each elevation point?

[@belkacembelkacem8943]

fantastic 🌹❤️🌹
thank you so much

[@rossechols1313]

Awesome but can you perform a similar manipulation in QGIS?

[@sahilmulla1680]

Hey, could you let me know where can I find DEM for Antarctic?

[@habimanajeanclaude4113]

Thank you the gourgeus tutorial and i need to know we can make these contour's section to produce a profile and save it in DWG Files that mean it can be used in CAD soft . thanks for your help .

[@birinaL]

Highly helpful 👌

[@geodeltalabs]

You are welcome

[@mrunmayiwadwekar3880]

It works. Thank you

[@Siyaram11970]

App mujhe batayegi achchhi Google image konse software se milegi .
Ye software theek hai?

[@1966JB]

Great!!! Thanks.

[@user-ih2xc1dg2c]

superb thanks

[@mahamanoumar1802]

Thanks Sir quite helpful, please is it possible to use polygon while drawing a given area instead of lines?

[@user-od3sc2wq3d]

Mximum useful for Arcgis Learner

[@MrPoornakumar]

Thank you.

[@ethanolson2343]

this is so cool ahhhhh thank you king

[@geodeltalabs]

You are welcome

[@ojoololade7285]

thanks so much

[@srimathiesiriwardana3626]

Thank you somuch

[@donmathew1769]

Thank you so much...and what if the cell size when working with UTM.

[@bensfons]

Just so everyone is clear on this, you are NOT extracting the elevation data from Google Earth. The page in this vid uses the location of the points in the path and extracts the elevation data from a DEM model (most likely SRTM-3, though it depends on the location of your study). It says so in the paragraph just bellow where you upload the .kml file.
I also tried this method, seeing that, for my area of study at least, the Google Earth topography model was more precise than the ALOS PALSAR data I have available (30x30 m RES, while in GE it seems to be 5x5 m or more from what I have measured). This means that:
1) Unless Google Earth uses a DEM with the same resolution as the one from where the web page extracts the elevation data, you won't be getting the same accuracy.
2)It's better to download the DEM from the source. (The best being the Alaska Satellite facility, mission ALOS-PALSAR and data processing level set to Terrain Corrected).
3)In some locations, Google has access to elevation data that isn't publicly available (like in my case), which allow them to generate super accurate/High RES terrain topography.

[@bensfons]

Can I make a grid of points, say, in QGIS, then import it to Google Earth and export it with the elevation data?

[@razvanafloarei6256]

I'd like to export 3D polylines from Google Earth. I want AutoCAD polylines to lift up on Google Earth elevation data. How do I do that?

[@SandeepYadav-bb7yf]

Very informative

[@geodeltalabs]

Cheers!

[@juahanlauwrens4123]

Thank you so much for the videos, help a lot, so sad I only have the basic license, I am getting stuck with the kriging...

[@jeanemmanuelyazou746]

Hi, great video and really enjoyed it. How do you get your elevation in feet? I see that your contours are in meters.

[@dobosun10]

How does GPS visualiser work? I'm using QGIS which will accept KML files so why is it necessary to convert it to a text file? Is it that QGIS can't read the elevations values in the KML or does GPS visualiser add elevation data and then convert it to a text file?

[@guicosta9330]

Hello. Great video. Ive watched your QGIS video and i was wondering if we can extract elevation data and use it in QGIS? Thanks!

[@StefanoVerugi]

I use SRTM plugin in QGIS, quality is basically the same but far more convenient to use

[@robbertchris5706]

thank u so much

[@monocyte2210]

How about depth data? Will it still work?

[@yosephsamuel726]

thanks !

[@arviemilitante2376]

can be this elevation be also transfer to auto cad?

[@qqh11]

Hello mate thx for ur efforts.
Can I get a polygon shapefile by this way?

[@sarachoulif7793]

thank you sooo much

[@geodeltalabs]

You are welcome

[@yox82ify]

How we add a 'lattice grid structure' to google earth as *.kml/*.kmz format? I mean If we create grid points that have equal distances both in -x and -y planes and import it to G. Earth, it can be easier and had higher resolution. I wonder do you know is there any toolbox or any method in ArcGIS to create a grid structure with equal intervals between the points in -xy plane?

[@peters5900]

Create raster with 20m resolution --> resize to area you want --> raster to point --> voila!

[@andrewmbakwatayong-lq6rh]

Can we use EAsyGPS in place of ArcGIS?

[@burstfireno1617]

Hmm. 🤔 But if i wanna make a trekking map, with maybe the satilite image in the background so i can visualise the lakes ponds etc etc. How do you do that? 😐

[@VILISIPIDIST]

how to do the same with the seabed?

[@doostalinawaz9612]

Cool, Thanks for the video. What if we need temporal elevation change of same area like current elevation vs 2015 elevation ?
because in my study area dam and water ways are under construction and want to measure total excavation Area ?

[@8b_nurainirahzubir665]

have you get the solution.. i just need the answer because its related to my study. tq

[@nishantsaxena5585]

How can we convert gpx file to shp in qgis 3?

[@sudarshanmahendran2568]

thank you

[@raziaramzan3144]

thanks alot

[@sebdicam]

Thank's a lot

[@geodeltalabs]

No problem :)

[@dr.monmyat9283]

Thanks.Sir.

[@geodeltalabs]

All the best

[@muddasirahmadakhoon8458]

Awesome.

[@geodeltalabs]

Thanks

[@shaneluciow1790]

Great video. Is there a way of taking the Google Earth elevation data for a small arear and covert in to a height map? maybe with some free software options? Looking to make height maps for small arear up 600 yards and less.

[@geodeltalabs]

Hi, I think you'd be better off downloading an SRTM Dem and using a free software like QGIS to make a height map, as it would be more accurate and convenient. You may find tutorials for both in the video list :)

[@turkeyphant]

I have a geotiff file with more accurate elevations than Google Earth. How can I make Google Earth use these data when exporting the .kml?

[@IvyGondwe]

Very helpful, thank you. Question: Why saving the point in KML and not KMZ?

[@RafaqatAli-we3hr]

i think , kmz contains vector elements i,e, points, vertices , coordinates (except z value), and kml contains raster elements i,e, z value

[@ArchitectOmar]

U R fantastic 💘😚

[@KingKhan-dq2bh]

Gpx to feature conversation, FAILED to execute.
Arcmap 10.3.1
Please can someone guide me??

[@lifehacker4331]

I was receiving an ever when I applied for kriniging?

[@GeorgeKiambuthi]

Great video, Is it possible to do this on QGIS?

[@geodeltalabs]

Yes, absolutely!

[@user-ci2bq6jm2r]

I do it but mine does not contain elevation values at all

[@GOU7HAM]

mine also

[@user-fl4ho1ru8t]

Great video,how do ceate th using Q GIS

[@shimaaothman1081]

god bless you

[@geodeltalabs]

:)

[@shivanikulshrestha7424]

please please.... make a video on Extracting Elevation Data using QGIS Thank you :)

[@Don-tg2nc]

It gave me coloured boxes instead if elevation map after using kriging spatil analytical tool

[@malapamei13]

Thank you for the tutorial. So helpful! Can you please help extract DEM for Dimapur District, Nagaland, India?

[@mrallmighty8104]

No

[@macmodelsitera3418]

awesom

[@ashikhan3912]

Please make video on zonal statistics.. I only understand you and no one else

[@dwcen]

How to solve the situation that the elevation data is zero in ArcMap？

[@fizzashivji5371]

Where to find gpx in archgis

[@victortowoju8311]

I'm getting a bad map with this which I think is because of this: "Coordinates have measures: No" and I don't know why that is