Importing Google Earth terrain

[Geo]

@simoncbevans

Part of the terrain was above the XY plane and part below.
…I would have assumed the base plane (XY where Z=0) would be sea level.
But I know the site is actually about 80m above sea level.
So, how do you tell the height of the base plane in imported terrain?

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There is no reference to a real-world elevation datum in SU.
The geographic coordinates of a geo-located model coincide with SketchUp’s Origin [0,0,0]
The elevation of the terrain at those geographic coordinates also coincides with SketchUp’s Origin.

However, if you have knowledge of the real-world elevation at the model coordinates, then one of @TIG’s plugins may be of interest.

TIG: Add Height from Datum v2.0

SketchUp Plugins | PluginStore | SketchUcation

TIG: Coords-Tag from Datum v3.4

SketchUp Plugins | PluginStore | SketchUcation

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@simoncbevans

I recently imported terrain from Google Earth…

FAQ for Add Location changes in SketchUp
https://help.sketchup.com/en/geodatachange

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