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April 2016 - Apr 8, 2016 2:20:00 GMT
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Post by boomer on Apr 8, 2016 2:04:53 GMT
I have played around with Google Earth for years and used it for plotting points of interest for work. I would like to learn how to use Google Earth Pro to analyze data as well as simply learning more about making Google Earth work for me. The first thing I would like to do is to take a group of plotted points and find the center of the plotted points. Any help in any capacity would be great. I have no programming experience and have done limited data entry. Thanks in advance.
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March 2015 - Nov 24, 2024 9:16:18 GMT
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Post by nostranger on Apr 8, 2016 5:42:43 GMT
Howdy Boomer, welcome to the Google Earth Community.
I'm not sure I've come across anything that will do what you're asking, not specifically anyways.
Depending upon the layout of the plotted points, I presume they are placemarks, you could try using a couple of the tools in GEP.
I think that the "Ruler " tool, and maybe the " Polygon " and " Lines / Paths " tools might be the ones to start off with.
Creating a polygon around the perimeter of the placemarks would give you the total area, of sorts.
Then use the ruler to measure different distances across the polygon, you might have to create a few lines/paths and save them to mark and then use the ruler to measure and mark.
After that, halve all the lines/paths you've created to find the average center of the whole set up.
The more you play with and experiment with GEP, the more you'll find out how to best use the tools within.
Good luck, and have fun,
Cheers
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