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To Set Geographic Location from a GIS File

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Intermediate

You can insert geographic location information to a drawing file by importing the coordinates of a position mark from a *.kmz or *.kml file.

  1. Click Insert tabLocation panelSet LocationFrom File.At the Command prompt, enter geographiclocation.
  2. In the Set Location from File dialog box, select the file to import the location from.
  3. Click Open.

    The Geographic Location dialog box displays. The Latitude and Longitude boxes show the extracted location. If the file contains multiple position marks points, only the first is extracted.

    NoteIf the Geolocation - Live Map Data task dialog box displays, close it by clicking any button.
  4. Click Continue.
  5. In the drawing area, click the position that corresponds to the extracted location.
  6. In the drawing area, click to indicate the north direction.

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