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?
Take a look at this thread: Google earth heightmap - World Creation - Epic Developer Community Forums 
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.
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.