Timestamps and animation

[Lucke]

Hello,

I'm trying to figure out how exactly the time/timestamp features work on google earth. My goal is to overlay radar images from http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0R/OAX/ and then turn each layer on and off to create the illusion of animation. I think real-time radar on google earth would be mighty cool.

Can anyone explain how to set layers to turn on and off based on time?

Thanks

[valtus]

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It will be cool. Apparently the timestamps only work in the pro-version. The animation of radar images should still be fairly simple though.
I'm not sure if you'd be able to turn the layers on and off, but you would be able to make a <NetworkLink>" or <GroundOverlay> that returns a different image each time it's called.

You need to create a session, and pass the session id parameter as part of the url. Then just use a counter on the server side, or keep track of the time and send the different images at the speed you want.

The frames per second is going to be slow; less than 1 per second.

[ink_polaroid]

Dynamic playback of time-stamped features is available only in the Enterprise Client.

[valtus]

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Dynamic playback of time-stamped features is available only in the Enterprise Client.

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That's true if you send the time-stamps in the kml. You can accomplish a similar effect by keeping track of the time-stamps on the server though.