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HOW TO BUILD LOD2 3D BUILDING DATA USING LIDAR POINT CLOUD DATA IN ARCGIS PRO

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1. The workflow demonstrated in this video uses ready-to-use LIDAR point cloud data, in that the  data has already undergone all of the LIDAR pre-processing steps up to point cloud classification. If  you have raw LIDAR or pre-classified LIDAR point clouds, I suggest you do the pre-processing and  point cloud classification first; there are many software programs that can do that. I also made one  video about it; just check my Agisoft Metashape Playlist. 2. I am using ready-to-use LIDAR data from the USGS LIDAR 3DEP Portal at this URL:  https://apps.nationalmap.gov/lidar-explorer/#/; the data is available for free and no registration is  needed. Highly recommended data source for learning purposes. 3. I am using ArcGIS Pro with an Advanced License and the 3D Analyst Extension for ArcGIS Pro; if  you don't have these prerequisites, I am afraid you wouldn't be able to practice the workflow I  demonstrated in this video.

ArcGIS Online Basemaps Styles Customization Using ArcGIS Vector Tile Editor

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How to customize the ArcGIS basemaps styles, symbols, color, and other visualization properties using ArcGIS Vector Tile Editor. Customization result can be used in across of ArcGIS Family software such as ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Pro, even in QGIS and Geoserver. 

SVG to GIS Vector Data Conversion and Vice Versa

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How to convert SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) to GIS Vector Data (SHP or Mapinfo or any other format) using QGIS and Inkscape. GIS and Inkscape is a free and open source software that you can download from their respective site.

How to Build HTML Form with Ability to Extract Geolocation Data From the Browser/Mobile Devices and Populate the Form Data in Google Sheets

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Just as the post title suggest, this post is about how to do it. Here are the steps.  1. Create a New Google Sheets Spreadsheet. Give a meaningful and consistent header such as the image below:  2. Share it as public (anyone with the link) and set the anyone as Editor.  3. From the GSheets Menu, go to Extension > App Scripts.  4. Delete the initial function, and copy/paste code snippets below.  // Original code from https://github.com/jamiewilson/form-to-google-sheets // Updated for 2021 and ES6 standards const   sheetName  =  'Geolocation' const   scriptProp  =  PropertiesService . getScriptProperties () function   initialSetup  () {    const   activeSpreadsheet  =  SpreadsheetApp . getActiveSpreadsheet ()    scriptProp . setProperty ( 'key' ,  activeSpreadsheet . getId ()) } function   doPost  ( e ) {  ...

Extracting Google Maps Route as GIS Data

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How to extract Google Maps Route as GIS Data in GPX Format using maptogpx.com ,

Convert Multiple GIS Shapefiles to Single DXF CAD

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How to convert multiple GIS Layers (in shapefile or other GIS formats) to Single DXF CAD file. This workflow can be done in QGIS A free Geographic Information System Software, and may be useful for certain data management workflow or GIS-CAD Integration.

How to make 3D Elevation Profile in ArcGIS Pro

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How to make 3D Elevation profile in ArcGIS Pro. There are two ways how to do it. First is using Profile Graph and Profile Geoprocessing Tool, and for the second is using Elevation profile Tool from Global/Local Scene Exploratory 3D Elevation Profile Tool. Below is the complete tutorial about how to do for both methods.