Goggle Earth for Civil 3D 2007

Wow can you believe that Autodesk is releasing a add-on to Civil 3D that lets you post your data directly to goggle Earth in seconds. Best of all you can share the data with your client or other colleagues. Additionally you have the ability to have to post intelligent Civil 3D objects, including points, parcels, alignments, corridor models, surfaces, and hydraulic networks. This is just what we have been waiting for, not only are we creating 3D objects but we now have the ability to look at our projects with the rest of the world. I still believe that this is the first release of Civil 3D that the majority of the world is finally going to start kicking Land Desktop to the curb. Granted there may be some functionality gaps, mainly one, hydrology but majority of users do not use the hydrology feature anyways.

Don't just take my word for it check it out.

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=7294687&linkID=3549304

Here are some of the key features from the horses mouth.

***Key Features***

- Take complete control over the data you want to publish and how you want it to display including symbology and elevation

- Add layers of available goggle Earth data including buildings, transportation systems, roads, etc to view your project within the context of the surrounding area

- Publish Civil 3D objects as goggle Earth placemarks allowing you to quickly locate and navigate to a specific place on your project site
-Create drive-throughs along road centerlines and save snapshot views of your project site from different vantage points
- Associate points in your Civil 3D model with realistic 3D content (in KML format) such as light poles along a street, houses, or cars

- Publish your data using the coordinate system already specified in your drawing, pick from over 100 coordinate systems at publishing time, or apply a user-defined coordinate system.