Using Google Map to Determine the Soil Profile for Slope Stability
Using Google Map to Determine the Soil Profile for Slope Stability
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Can I use Google map for getting the slope profile for slope stability purposes. I looked at the slope during my site visit and looked steeper than what Google map produces. Wonder if it is a vision problem? Does anybody have experience and are they using Google maps to find the soil profile? Thank you.





RE: Using Google Map to Determine the Soil Profile for Slope Stability
You might be able to use google to get an idea of the slope for some prelminary analysis, but I wouldn't recommend it.
Mike Lambert
RE: Using Google Map to Determine the Soil Profile for Slope Stability
RE: Using Google Map to Determine the Soil Profile for Slope Stability
It cannot be used for slope profiling or topographic levels of site tests.
Unless you are speaking of some professional upgrade I'm not aware of.
RE: Using Google Map to Determine the Soil Profile for Slope Stability
RE: Using Google Map to Determine the Soil Profile for Slope Stability
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
RE: Using Google Map to Determine the Soil Profile for Slope Stability
Levels may be wrong of a few meters in some points, may be right in others.
Barely passable for a wide area stability analysis, not a detailed one.
So let's imagine how accurate can Google maps be... trees or not trees.
Again, unless there is some particular settings I'm not aware of which makes available a detailed DTM grid and in this case I'd like to know about it.
RE: Using Google Map to Determine the Soil Profile for Slope Stability
RE: Using Google Map to Determine the Soil Profile for Slope Stability
Ground survey, aerial photogrammetry or Lidar is recommended for most engineering purposes.
RE: Using Google Map to Determine the Soil Profile for Slope Stability
http://www.soilstructure.com/