I want to create the village i grew up in and thought it would be a lot easier if I could export a height map from something like Google Maps and then import into Unreal Engine and skip all that work. Any tips on how this could be done?
Yea already gone trough that thread :/. The only viable link in there was to a thread made in 2008. Sadly that way doesn’t work as of now due to it being so old 
They had a great way for US but since I live in EU that doesn’t work for me.
Take a look at this thread: Google earth heightmap - World Creation - Epic Developer Community Forums 
I looked into this awhile ago and didn’t find a good option either. Maybe you could try 3D scan software?
You could do a fly through of the landscape or rotate around a detail of interest and grab lots of screenshots, then upload it to Autodesk ReCap. You might be able to generate the topology that way.
Yea, sadly think that’s a bit out my expertise area.