Can this be done with KML?
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Terry_Pinnell
May 15, 2006, 12:04:29 PM5/15/06
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I'm trying to find a better way of capturing travels in GE Plus. Playing a Tour gives me the slow speed I usually want, but the downside is unwanted hopping and long pauses at placemarks (especially the first). Touring a Path avoids the hopping but is far too fast (a minimum of about 110 mph), and is also often difficult to set up in hilly terrain.
One manual approach I sometimes use is to drag the mouse to start movement in a direction of my choice, and keep changing direction when necessary. I'm not a KML expert, so this may be an ingenuous question, but can I automate that somehow using KML please?
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Terry, West Sussex, UK
One manual approach I sometimes use is to drag the mouse to start movement in a direction of my choice, and keep changing direction when necessary. I'm not a KML expert, so this may be an ingenuous question, but can I automate that somehow using KML please?
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Terry, West Sussex, UK
Terry_Pinnell
May 18, 2006, 5:33:46 AM5/18/06
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None of the experts here with any thoughts on this please?
simon_a
May 18, 2006, 6:56:37 AM5/18/06
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Hello Terry,
No, I don't think this is possible to configure in the KML (in this version of the KML anyway - maybe someone can confirm this) - the speed and altitude of the tour are controlled by preferences in the application itself (Tools > Options , or similar - I don't have access to GE right now), misleadingly under driving directions I think.
It's a shame beacause it would be very useful to override this and specify what other users see when they go on your tour - I have a few fly-throughs and some of them are very long indeed. At default speeds they can take a very long time.
Simon.
No, I don't think this is possible to configure in the KML (in this version of the KML anyway - maybe someone can confirm this) - the speed and altitude of the tour are controlled by preferences in the application itself (Tools > Options , or similar - I don't have access to GE right now), misleadingly under driving directions I think.
It's a shame beacause it would be very useful to override this and specify what other users see when they go on your tour - I have a few fly-throughs and some of them are very long indeed. At default speeds they can take a very long time.
Simon.
Terry_Pinnell
May 18, 2006, 7:19:28 AM5/18/06
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Thanks Simon. I'm coming to the conclusion you're right, and there's no way to do this.
Re speed, my issue is normally the opposite of yours! For a PATH tour, as I mentioned, you cannot get below about 110 mph (176 kph). That may be fine for flying, but not for following a walk, cycle, boat or a balloon path!
Re speed, my issue is normally the opposite of yours! For a PATH tour, as I mentioned, you cannot get below about 110 mph (176 kph). That may be fine for flying, but not for following a walk, cycle, boat or a balloon path!
simon_a
May 18, 2006, 8:48:11 AM5/18/06
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Maybe this would be an example of a good new feature for a future release of GE/KML, eh Google people?
mcshea98
May 24, 2006, 1:57:50 AM5/24/06
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Terry_Pinnell,
The Google Earth Pro Version is capable of creating movies from a tour in Google Earth. I don't know that much about it because I use the Plus Version. Look here for more information. The pro version is $400 (USD) and an additional $200 (USD) for the Movie Maker Application.
Hope this helps.
p.s. This is probably a lot more than you or I would be willing to pay.
The Google Earth Pro Version is capable of creating movies from a tour in Google Earth. I don't know that much about it because I use the Plus Version. Look here for more information. The pro version is $400 (USD) and an additional $200 (USD) for the Movie Maker Application.
Hope this helps.
p.s. This is probably a lot more than you or I would be willing to pay.
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