Re: Google Earth Question

john smith <johnsmith@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Is it possible to build an automated flight path file for download
onto Google Earth?

I know that if you have a series of lat/lon points, you can roll your
own KML file with the points and Google Earth will accept it. On a
car trip, I logged the raw serial-port output (NMEA sentences) of a
GPS, then wrote a program to pull out the latitude and longitude data
and put it in a KML file, which Google Earth then loaded with no
problem. (Yes, I know there are programs that will do this for you,
but that wasn't the point.)

I don't know if it's possible to create a file that will draw lines on
the Google Earth image or create a "fly-through" of defined points, but
I suspect it is.

If Google ever gets around to upadating that area to high res, it
would be a good addition to the AirVenture website for those who
do not have a copy of the video taped arrival.

If you have a high-res picture of the area in question (preferably
shot straight down), you can tell Google Earth to display it on top
of whatever satellite images it has. This might only be practical
for a relatively small area, though.

Matt Roberds

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