Animation in google earth

[Jessica_L]

Hi,

How can I show a serial of pictures in google earth that for each
picture there's a time associate with it? I mean at different time,
google earth will show the different picture at that time, kinda like
animation pictures.

for example:
time1: example1.png
time2: example2.png
.......

Thanks!

Jessica

[ManoM]

Hi Jessica,

It's pretty simple. Add a TimeStamp or TimeSpan element to each point.
Like this:

<Style id="myStyle1">
<IconStyle>
<Icon>
<href>example1.png</href>
</Icon>
</IconStyle>
</Style>
<Placemark>
<name>Point 1</name>
<styleUrl>#myStyle1</styleUrl>
<TimeStamp>
<when>...</when>
</TimeStamp>
<Point>
<coordinates>...</coordinates>
</Placemark>

For more information, check out the KML Reference for TimeStamp:
http://earth.google.com/kml/kml_tags_21.html#timestamp
and TimeSpan:
http://earth.google.com/kml/kml_tags_21.html#timespan

ManoM

[Jessica_L]

Hi ManoM,

Thanks for your help! I have another question. I have a data file
storing the longitude, latitude and altitude for each points. Is there
a way that google earth can take external file as its input to show
the points that stored in the file? Thank you!

Jessica

[ManoM]

In Google Earth Pro you get the added ability to bring in files in a
variety of formats, including CSV, tab delimited, and shp files. But
in the free version you do not get that. For more information, check
out the links on http://earth.google.com/.

ManoM

[terrypin]

Jessica: You can also open CSV files in GE Plus.

ManoM: Can you or anyone else point me to a simple example of that
'timed pictures' file please?

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Terry, West Sussex, UK