Create contour lines from Google Earth on AutoCAD - (Free - Open Source)

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[@TheEuropexpress]

Solution for the "problem at line 1"& "The input data had less than 3 data points" etc : Copy the 3 remaining columns (all together) from excell and paste them on a notepad file. Save it. Then, import THIS file on quikgrid.

[@Skottel12]

QUICK GRID PROBLEM SOLVED! If anybody is struggling to insert the excel file into quick grid, copy all the values in the excel document after you have done all the changes and paste it in a text document. Try inserting the text document into Quick Grid. Should work now.

[@oscarbrito3560]

Still not working. Do you know any other way? I would really appreciate it

[@RichieHProductions]

thanks mate! worked for me :)

[@johnrusin4190]

When you bring the grades into Cad, what scale does it come in? Or do how to you scale it?

[@mawraghosn7726]

you just saved my life.. This tutorial was so helpful.. THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@marzcomeo985]

I have a problem in updating the altitude.. its always no data

[@canheaashley3290]

Any update on how to troubleshoot this issue!!! Thanks in advance

[@johnnikopanganiban7844]

same here

[@mahircelik6973]

help me bro

[@magdalenak_s_l2107]

hi can you tell me scale ? because is to small

[@Lans888]

This is what I get in ALT portion of the excel: OCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">

[@prof8833]

For me; in the beginning TCX worked perfectly but suddenly the same thing happend to me so i tried this; after saving your .kml file from google earth, go to www.gpsvisualizer.com/elevation and load the file there. Click "Convert and Add Elevation," and output as a .gpx file. Download the link that it gives you and import that into TCX Converter. Do not update elevation, only export as a .csv file and continue from there, opening in excel, but after this and amazingly TCX "repented" and the update command worked again

[@martynasstakvilevicius521]

@@prof8833 BEAST

[@DariusBlender]

Great work. Keep it going. Thank you for great tutorial.

[@GusMAPS]

For those who have the problem "does not appear to contain enough numbers" or "the input data had less than 3 data points and was ignored" (!!!) Remember to erase the first Row as shown in the video! The one that says "LAT LONG LAT". QuikGrid is trying to read those as numbers! Hope it helped someone!

[@mujahidkajal7057]

its still not working, after deleting the first row

[@huntjono]

Despite erasing the LAT LONG LAT line, it still gives me the error "Does not appear to have enough numbers". What can I do to make it work?

[@piercegumapac3031]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaCzfaSJebKYhtk try this video..

[@aboodburiahi2972]

thank you so much it works

[@OalamNk]

Thanks so much!!!

[@ashwinirajput5360]

It's amazing 🤩❤️ n helpful too💯

[@ekrukmana92]

contour also can be created under surfer, after csv file created, save as under xcel fiel. Open surfer than grid the data....voila....contour wil be generated, and automaticly the 3D shape.

[@hamidesmaeilzadeh9648]

THanks for your useful tutorial : please consider this issue as many of viewers have the same problem.... unfortunately after creating KML file and trying to convert using TCX converter I am getting Atitude as OCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN"> there is only this version of TCX and no other one to try. v2.0.29 thank you very much Hamid

[@antarikshpatole]

After saving your .kml file from google earth, go to www.gpsvisualizer.com/elevation and load the file there. Click "Convert and Add Elevation," and output as a .gpx file. Download the link and import it into TCX Converter. Do not update elevation, only export as a .csv file and continue from there.

[@no1famous890]

@@antarikshpatole Thanks, this worked out for me!

[@lavishkapoor5539]

Send this version link

[@Skunwar1994]

@@antarikshpatole thanks mate really appreciate it

[@radiagratama4550]

@@antarikshpatole thank u so much!!!

[@nrm3962]

How do you ensure you don't have holes in your topography or the overall topo won't be out of scale or skewed when you put it in Quikgrid? Cause every single time I've tried, both of those things happen.

[@swethavasudevan6512]

WORKED LIKE A CHARM!!! Thankyou :)

[@samborlanglyngwa2075]

Thanks for the wonderful idea you have shared. It is really helpful for us in the field.

[@fathullahzamani2953]

I have been looking for a video like this, thank you!!

[@alainselembe2433]

Super!!vous été le meilleur ,je suis passionné du Sig,je fait la cartographie numérique en deuxième licence à l'Inbtp/ngaliéma Rd-Congo,j'aime bien la cartographie numérique ,c'est ma vie. j' aimerais un jour devenir comme vous je suis sur. A plus le pro !!!

[@jonomichi2262]

Very cool sir/madam .. wondering 8 years later is there a shorter cut for doing this ?

[@monicasaligumba7107]

Thank you so much! You're an angel

[@tumimbasa1705]

Still useful in 2022. Thank you friend

[@JB-ml9ol]

Thank you for the video! When importing CSV to Quickgrid i get the problem report " The input data had less than 3 data points, The file doen't contain enough numbers. The numbers are: 10.333.333; 53.999.999; -1 Can sb. help me please?

[@raul2mary]

same problem help!!!!

[@gezimdauti445]

Same :/

[@awnyfares2726]

save it as the same format .csv and not to excel workbook and it should work :)

[@priyankabarua1296]

I faced the same problem but it got resolved after deleting the "LONG,LAT,ALT" which is on the first line. *Don't delete the whole column* Only the First line and save it, proceed with quickgrid and try again! Hope that helps you all, have a good day :)

[@dennysg.m.1598]

I solved this by doing the following: concatenate(A1;",";B1;",";C1) for all the cell, then you substitute to all the old text, but just in one columm, so your data is going to be in the "cartesian coordinates" Long,Lat,Alt format

[@tassoskallianiotis6044]

Dear Sir, I have deleted the first row as shown in the tutorial bu still get the error message " " The input data had less than 3 data points, The file doesn't contain enough numbers." What could be the problem? Thank yo in advance

[@peterkubica3766]

i have same problem can you tell me what to do ?

[@maheshkoppaka8512]

Those who are getting Csv to Grid importing problem might also try by deleting header title row (Lat,Long&Alt),Also while generating Altitude in TCX converter make sure that your Internet should be connected

[@vivekc93]

AMAZING video, what functionality! Just one thing would be really helpful. Having the maps image in the back in AutoCAD so as to trace the site on the map. Is this possible?

[@jyutikabhise1957]

great video helped a lot precise with downloadable app links making it easier through the process

[@oliverbelen9537]

You do great work bro. Keep it up bro.❤❤

[@saraali9978]

wawooo.....amazing....JAZAKALLAH.....its really awesome vedio.....

[@mclynmas1857]

Thank you for sharing...I have been looking for such vedios

[@MooCivilman]

Thank you very much for the knowledge you give.

[@mialabrador4863]

Thank you for the tutorial! It's a huge help :)

[@fatimazohraelharti5281]

Hi First thank you for this tutorial, I am facing a problem while using quikgrid :"the line at line number 1 in file********* doesn't appear to contain enough numbers.Do you have please any idea of what could be the possible problem? thank you

[@jorgerdiazl6195]

fatima zohra el harti I TOO

[@swapnila.5537]

+fatima zohra el harti Having the same problem. Someone please update the solution.

[@a8anasia1992]

+fatima zohra el harti did you manage to solve that problem since then?? because i face it too!! thank you

[@lohitaturlapati7869]

+fatima zohra el harti try deleting the first line in excel that has alt and lat in it. make sure the file is only numbers

[@a8anasia1992]

+lohita turlapati i tried what you suggested but still it doesnt work... Quikgrid comes up with the same messege: "the line at line number 1 in file******* doesn't appear to contain enough numbers. The line contents are: 22.793883;40.8286418;63'' and right after that a next messege: ''The input data had less than 3 data points and was ignored'' Do you have any idea what is wrong? thanks in advance!!

[@adamfang5207]

It helps a lot. Thanks for sharing video and also the free apps

[@chestermatiza3197]

thanks a lot, the tutorial is so easy to follow and I have no problems with it. Well done guys.

[@neethi7]

after uploading to quickgrid , i get the following message " input data had less than 3 points and was ignored " . please help.'

[@evrimgulkumec9618]

+neethi7 I had the same problem I dont know what to do

[@priyankabarua1296]

I faced the same problem but it got resolved after deleting the "LONG,LAT,ALT" which is on the first line. Don't delete the whole column Only the First line and save it, proceed with quickgrid and try again!

[@faisalabdullah468]

I have the same problem

[@muhsin5840]

Can you please tell me how to create 3d solid topography from contours? Also, the scale of this contours I got is not realistic. how do I fix it ? Thanks

[@chithukkutty]

thankyou so much. this was a big help!

[@ketansahadew8218]

Same problem with importing to QuikGrid. Any solutions??

[@asitkumarbiswas6845]

thank you so much , it worked 🙂

[@vascogarcia6079]

Pretty good man. It worked and helped a lot. thanks

[@neethi7]

+Vasco Garcia , while importing to quickgrid, there is an error message saying " input data had less than 3 points and was ignored " . please help.

[@sandhymuhamad1698]

why the altitude didn't change? i've already update the altitude but, nothings happen? do u know why?

[@tanvikarwa286]

Thank you so much.. really helpful video

[@JosedaSilva-fi5qs]

I am also facing the same problem of fatima zohra el harti; when launching quickgrid with the excel file it states something like "the line at line number 1 in file******* doesn't appear to contain enough numbers." Can anyone help me please ? Thank you very much.

[@diogoribeiro2815]

Have you solved this problem? If yes, how? Thank you!

[@Microwaved87]

This is gold! Thank you a lot!

[@doomshell]

nothing happening when i clicked update altitude

[@javierroque1]

GO HERE www.gpsvisualizer.com/elevation TO FIX THAT THEN KEEP FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTION AS SHOWN HERE

[@randellranara6361]

that contour line are 3d or 2d? thanks for tutorials

[@mohamedragab4828]

any help : after i did all this steps i get error interpreting number ***.***.**at approximately line number 1 in file C:***/***/**.csv

[@muzaffaragzamov6004]

Same problem

[@imambaehaqi7845]

thank you i had made it.....great job!!!!

[@tresv4191]

wow that is amazing! feel like ARCGIS(open source map/digitization of reference map))+skechup ( compatible google map file format)

[@kyz5091]

can we use the dxf file to import in sketchup and make topography 3d?

[@emilabdulmanov7641]

after creating the contour lines(which was challenging) what is the procedure of inserting a map image and matching those created contour lines with the map in AutoCAD? how is the coordinates system determined? how do we match the exact location of contour lines on the map?

[@ramiroalvarez9968]

did you ever get a response

[@MrvelvetviruS]

Thank you very much really learnt a lot :)

[@sergemeijerink258]

Same problem with the altitude... i select one and then it updates them but all of them have the same altitude of 66m, whilst the area has a 4 meter variation... any suggestions?

[@dausano2218]

when i try to update the altitude, for all the points it says no data.So, what are the required settings on google earth to get the altitude for the points? Please help me.Thanks

[@tomasjaramillores]

Is there a way to do this on a Mac?

[@alyajazleen3500]

im having the same prob rn lol

[@KIZZBATABOL]

Why is TCX converter not loading the levels??

[@sirishaaddanki7817]

Thank you,it worked very well

[@madanak]

the updating of the altitude is not working. any suggestion?

[@plpmalut2366]

a

[@eka.setyawan]

up gan..

[@essential_chaos]

"For me; in the beginning TCX worked perfectly but suddenly the same thing happend to me so i tried this; after saving your .kml file from google earth, go to www.gpsvisualizer.com/elevation and load the file there. Click "Convert and Add Elevation," and output as a .gpx file. Download the link that it gives you and import that into TCX Converter. Do not update elevation, only export as a .csv file and continue from there, opening in excel, but after this and amazingly TCX "repented" and the update command worked again" Try this! (Not my answer. Got it from a google search result. Works perfectly)

[@bobkeith5831]

@@essential_chaos Thank you very much, this was very helpful

[@Sameer.K2]

@@essential_chaos THANKS ALOT

[@naidama]

i have a problem with quikgrid... it shows this message...''error interpreting number '

[@essential_chaos]

"For me; in the beginning TCX worked perfectly but suddenly the same thing happend to me so i tried this; after saving your .kml file from google earth, go to www.gpsvisualizer.com/elevation and load the file there. Click "Convert and Add Elevation," and output as a .gpx file. Download the link that it gives you and import that into TCX Converter. Do not update elevation, only export as a .csv file and continue from there, opening in excel, but after this and amazingly TCX "repented" and the update command worked again" Try this! (Not my answer. Got it from a google search result. Works perfectly)

[@anujaraut3633]

values in alt column are all 0, hence no contours detected. :(

[@jeevankaushal4513]

Hi, I have a query regarding this. How I'll justify the scale of the contours in AutoCAD. Is it dimensionless?

[@bertuschristiaan2190]

is there a limit on the data points tcx can convert

[@shubzy101]

Please help. trying to update altitude and I'm getting the following message:OCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">

[@theao.2992]

try to import the kml file first in gps visualizer

[@dionkemaun9626]

Good afternoon. why when inputting data to quickgrid is the value of x and y the same? Please help me.

[@taehyungsfuture1946]

How can i know the scale of this map?

[@jerrypascucci7193]

Disappointing for me. It didn't update the altitudes correctly as shown in the video.

[@arshadpasha9325]

Very helpful bro! Thank you

[@muhammadraihanikhsan7457]

When update altitude, its taking so much time, is that normal?

[@mohammedhussen1168]

Thank you for your expriance shearing, but I faced a problem with apdate altitude which displayes OCTYPE HT all over the point. i need responce

[@DarKXP161]

Its Working, Thanks.

[@cyberpunk2645]

when i try to change the ALT using track modifier there's no numerical data its just showing octa... html... please help

[@mariarana3817]

www.gpsvisualizer.com/convert?output_elevation use this to convert your kml to gpx and in tcx just convert to csv directly without updating, it should work xx

nothing happening when I update the altitudes

[@ekrukmana92]

internet should be connect

[@yuna1886]

@@ekrukmana92 me too.and my internet has alreadly been connected ,why?

[@Ghiznuk]

really useful ! thank you so much !!

[@zheenahaydari5145]

THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH IT WORKED FOR ME ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@ipssittarajak8330]

when i try to update the altitude, for all the points it says no data.So, what are the required settings on google earth to get the altitude for the points? Please help asap..Thanks

[@javierroque1]

I WAS ABLE TO THE DFX FILE. BUT WHEN I INSERT THE FILE IS REALLY SMALL. AT WHAT SCALE DO I INPUT FOR THE X AND Y SCALE.

[@prokshitangadi]

Awesome Tutorial ! Can i extract height maps somehow for this method.

[@diogoribeiro2815]

I choose "No" to export with "," and It comes everything on the same collum...If I export choosing "Yes" with ";" comes in separate collums but Quickgrid say "doesn't apper to contain enough numbers bla bla bla" What can I do?

[@meghnaprakash6991]

Hi, thank you for the tutorial! Just wanted to know, what is the unit of the contour intervals that we get?

[@anmolpradhan3025]

I need to know that too

[@taehyungsfuture1946]

Did you know the answer already

[@ramiroalvarez9968]

did you guys ever get the answer to this

[@No-cc1fq]

i know the answer, but i will give it next year

[@elkomy8]

have a problem with altitude ( OCTYPE HT) what is that mean >>>help

[@nunkeovissoth]

elkomy8 Me too, How is your solve

[@sureshkotwal656]

Amazing sir

[@josephmarksalar9272]

ts not working for me.. cant fix the altitude tho. only OCTYPE.... etc. instead of digits. how do i fix it? :(( its the part in the TCX Converter and updating the altitude.. everything afterwards is not working :((

[@efstathiosmargaritis8015]

I would like to ask what happens with the projection of the contour file. When trying to insert it in ArcGIS in doesn't fit with the other layers even if I changer the prj. system to WGS84.

[@leidi9826]

There should be some other ways to extract those elevation info automatically, no need to click "as many as possible". It's not a wise way because all information you need are already included in the original file, just need to find someway to get them.

[@metubesush]

Thank you very much! Really helped. Please update about scaling

[@vertikabajaj8871]

THE ALTITUDES ARE NOT GETTING UPDATED

[@yekakamajaya6628]

Does the contour elevation are correct ? I dont think so.....anybody can verify ?

[@sakshimhatre3449]

in quick grid, only some parts of the total path showed up. half of the map in the center was missing. same happened after importing it in autocad. please help

[@iam_mulbah]

i'm experiencing a problem with the altitude update....any suggestion.

[@phyowaisoe1313]

When i updated altitude,apper "OCTYPE HTML PUBLIC".why?

[@ronelvehpaguia5303]

SAME HERE

[@gideonroos1258]

What is the scale of the output folder? I have inserted the DXV in Civil 3D, but the scale does not look correct.

[@jaypabuaya7037]

the same problem the line at number 1.......blahhh2 help pls

[@ouinona4195]

when i input the metric points to quikgrid it says that it doesn't contain enough numbers, can anyone help?

[@AshishKumar0110]

A 10000000 thanks to you mate!!! saved my ass

[@anmolpradhan3025]

Bro is the 50 in meters?

[@Therobertobello]

Great information, Thank you

[@ghulamrasool-zc1os]

Thank you For the posting of this Video

[@lily2011uk]

Brilliant. Thank you:)

[@nightrider_]

What is the scale though? Does it com out as meters or what? I just can't figure that out

[@narasimharao5116]

Altitude is not updating what is the problem?

[@victorschmidt6913]

How to extract UTM coordinates rather than Lat-Long? It does not work even when I change the coordinate system in the Settings.

[@adventuresofthememorymakers]

Is there anyway to get the altitude to read in feet instead of meters? I have my Google Earth set to feet, and I see feet mentioned in the CX convertor but it imports the elevations in meters.

[@adityasaini1619]

Altitude not getting marked in tcx convertor

[@megabayusuryantoko5659]

i got a problem when open the QuickGrid x64. always not responding when I open it. can u suggest to me what should I do?