Automating Earthworks Analysis with Python and KML Data

In many engineering projects, evaluating terrain and estimating earthworks is still a very manual process.

Engineers often draw road alignments in Google Earth, export KML files and then manually calculate slopes, terrain profiles and cut/fill volumes.

I wanted to see if this workflow could be automated.

So I built a small tool using Python and geospatial data.

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The Idea

The concept is simple.

1. Draw a road or path in Google Earth
2. Export the path as a KML file
3. Upload the file to the application
4. Automatically generate terrain profiles and estimate earthworks volumes

The goal is to quickly evaluate the feasibility of access roads or alignments without going through a complex GIS workflow.

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