Screen Overlays and Balloons

[Jamsab]

Hi People,,,Im new to this but picked up a few things,,, I desperately need some help or i'll have to give up on my GE idea,,, Im really struggling to work out how to create a simple eg Button in the 3D viewer,, its really simple to put in an screen overlay and place it where i want,, but i don't think screen overlays will do what i need ( e.g. customise it with links etc ).... was hoping that once a button or link ( on top of an overlay ) is pressed it moves to another view (being a children folder) and then open the new screen overlays ( buttons & links )

I haven't seen it done exactly how i want but a good example which is similar :-  http://www.3dlasvegas.com/ for example,,, when the balloon in the 3D viewer is minimised you can simply press links to move to different views...

Please help me someone ?? Its a really cool project that everyone will appreciate im sure.

Thanks

J

[barryhunter (KML Guru)]

As you have found - I dont think this is possible. With pure KML to
run in standalone Google earth etc.


that site you link does it via hte Google Earth API, which does allow
far more control. By embedding a Google Earth instance in a webpage.


the closest would be to do something in the Places tree, using a
normal description. Buts its not reliable as the user can easily loose
the right marker. Or not even have the places panel visible.

On Feb 2, 4:59 pm, Jamsab wrote:
> Hi People,,,Im new to this but picked up a few things,,, I desperately need
> some help or i'll have to give up on my GE idea,,, Im really struggling to
> work out how to create a simple eg Button in the 3D viewer,, its really
> simple to put in an screen overlay and place it where i want,, but i don't
> think screen overlays will do what i need ( e.g. customise it with links
> etc ).... was hoping that once a button or link ( on top of an overlay ) is
> pressed it moves to another view (being a children folder) and then open
> the new screen overlays ( buttons & links )
>
> I haven't seen it done exactly how i want but a good example which is

> similar :-  http://www.3dlasvegas.com/for example,,, when the balloon in

[Jamsab]

Hi Barry thats great info thanks,, so it can be done from a web developers point of view which is good news!  You sound clued up on this so i was going to be cheeky and ask one more thing if thats ok ?

Do you know how i could take an gps co-ordinate that has a real time tracking ( i guess some kind of Network link !? ) and put a 3d model in its place?  for example like the ISS.

Im going to start experimenting with the ISS using the AGI satellite database...

again thanks for your help!

Jamie

[Jamsab]

sorry I forgot to mention, im only familiar with the geo location grabber that sketchup uses...