google-earth

DynamicMapService on GoogleEarth?

Hi, can anyone tell me if it is possible to display an ArcGIS dynamicMapService on GoogleEarth via the GoogleMaps API? It works fine with KML but my services are only visible on the 2D maps. Any ideas? ...

Using Google Earth API inside iPad app's

I need to create an iPad application that uses Google Earth at its core. So Basically when the app opens it will need to run Google Earth. Then I would need to add additional features tailored to our business such as photos of our different hotels and offers and different icons and various features. Is this at all possible and how ...

Google Earth API - 3d Model Overlays

Does anyone know why the google earth api only supports COLLADA (.dae) 3d model overlays and not kmz??? KmlModel GEPlugin.createModel ( string id ) Creates a model. A model is a 3D object described in a COLLADA file. COLLADA files have a .dae file extension. Models are created in their own coordinate space and then loca...

What mapping/earth controls are available for iPad app development?

What mapping/earth controls are available for iPad app developer? Is MapKit the only one? ...

Flight paths linking placemarks using Java Api For Kml(JAK)

Currently i'm having a project which requires to set placemarks and link them with polylines (i suppose), lines which have an arc to it, with properly segmented portions to the arc. I've been able to generate kml file with jak library. But i can't produce more den 1 placemark in the kml file. And i'm quite stuck at the link of paths. h...

Movie making using Google earth COM API

I am trying to programatically generate movie/video file using Google Earth COM APIs (along with Google earth Pro). But unfortunately I could not find any COM APIs to automate movie maker feature in Google earth pro. Basically my project idea is that: client will provide tour information to server, then some server side service will lau...

Google Earth integrated with Google Maps API v3?

Hi everyone, I'm trying to integrate Google Earth into Google Maps, and I saw it was possible in v2. But I can't find any doc about how to do so with v3... Any idea? Thanks! ...

How can I retrieve business listing with their geocodes for a specific region?

Hi, I have a form with a search box. User can enter any geographic location like country, region, city, etc. With this, I want to retrieve business listing alog with with thier geographic coordiantes. I will display this listing in a defined manner. If your clicks on a business, I'll show that location in the google earth browser plugin...

Client-side Google Earth + JS; server-side Java package

I'm trying to wrap my head around the proper architecture for a demo app that uses Google Earth. I'd appreciate any suggestions, as I'm new to this! The web page should: display a Google Earth globe allow for the user to select certain objects (KML) to be visible interactively (checkboxes, buttons etc) What I have: a Java package ...

google earth unfilled polygon

I know this isn't exactly a programming question, but there may be some libraries/algorithms to do this, so I thought I could get a good answer. I have a polygon in google earth kml that I Want to make unfilled. I can do that by nesting 2 polygons, the inner being slightly smaller than the outer. Is there a way to dynamically determine t...

Google Earth Determining zoom level from bounding box

Hi guys, I got a Windows Forms app making use of Google Earth where users can draw a polygon on the map which is used as a geofence. What I'd like to do is to be able to zoom to the polygon so that it fits nicely on screen with a click of a button. A sort of zoom to fit function. Finding the centre of the polygon and setting the Googl...

How can I show subtitles in Google Earth using some sort of overlay?

I'm quite new to programming Google Earth with KML but I've been asked to look into showing subtitles on top of a Google Earth fly-through. I see that there are several types of overlays, but they all seem to assume an image. ScreenOverlay looks like the best bet, as the imagine is displayed relative to the screen, not the globe, but tha...

Prism map on point data in Google Earth?

Is it possible to generate a prism map on point data? I have a certain time duration/delay on each point. All I want is to generate a KML file giving (lat, lon, time) on each point and view that in Google Earth on a certain scale. I have found this example but it's on polygon data not only point data. ...

google earth api for iphone

I need google earth api for my iPhone application can somebody just provide idea or link? ...

Using BBFlashBack to record a GoogleEarth movie?

Hi, anyone try to record a GoogleEarth movie using free screen recording software? I heard that I can use the GoogleEarth Pro to generate a movie, but it costs too much. I tried BBFlashBack and RecordMyDesktop, but they seem to only record the cursor movements, not the actual movie. How does these things work? thanks YJ ...

How to utilize Level Of Detail when the heightmap is unknown.

We are developing a Google Earth like application and we are tring to utilize a Spherical View-Dependent (Adaptive) LOD method. Before the details I need to mention two things: We are using a Quad-Tree containing the tiles. (a regular subdivision method is applied) The tiles acquire their height values as they are generated....

programmatically converting kml to image

Are there any open source libraries (preferably python) that will convert a kml file to an image file? I have an open source web-based application that allows users to draw shapes on a Google Earth Map, and I would like to provide them with a pdf that contains their map with the shapes that they have drawn. Right now the users are ...

Orthographic projections in Google Earth (/Sky) possible? Alternatives?

I need to create whole-sky maps, but Google Earth in Sky mode has limited "zoom out." Is it possible to create an orthographic map projection with Google Earth (or, for that matter, MS Virtual Earth)? Really any of the standard projections will do, although it would be nice to have options. Of course, I could render the projection stat...

Google Earth Questions: Making Outside Pages Appear in Google Earth and A Button That Follows

Good morning, eveyrone I'm working on an application using Google Earth and I had two questions. The first question involves the pop up window. I want to get an external website to appear in this bubble. I can either hardcode the website into the description of the placemark or use an iFrame. Are there any other options I can use to ge...

Google Earth Internal Browser is making a double request

While developing a servlet in Jetty to work with Google Earth (GE), I'm finding an odd behavior. I'm writing a servlet for the Internal Browser of GE to hit and download a dynamic KML file, based on session information. However, when the user clicks on the link http://download.kml.com/servlet/test.kml, GE makes two requests. The first r...