Flight track playback in Google Earth using SeeYou 4.1
2KA
this forum, but since the Naviter guys went to some effort to make it
easy in ZSeeYou 4.1, I thought I would give some step-by-step
instructions on playing back an IGC file in Google Earth. It looks
complicated due to my verbose writing style, but it is really pretty
easy.
1. If you don't already have it, download and install Google Earth 6.0
by following the instructions at earth.google.com.
2. If you haven't already done so, update or upgrade your SeeYou
version to 4.1. See the Naviter website.
3. Open up your IGC file in SeeYou 4.1 and then save the track for
Google Earth by selecting File->Save As and then choosing KMZ format
from the menu in the file dialog.
4 . Double click the KMZ file, which should launch Google Earth.
Alternatively, start Google Earth and open the KMZ file from the File
menu.
5. At this point you should see the track from our flight displayed
in the main Google Earth pane. If you don't see the sidebar, enable
it by clicking the "Show Sidebar" icon in the toolbar. In the sidebar
(under Places) you should see a Temporary Places folder, and inside it
the log file from our flight. Inside that you should see folders
named Track, Flight, Task, Airspace, etc. Inside the Flight folder
are other folders for Altitude, Vertical Speed, Time , etc. You can
expand or click on each of these to show the various features of the
flight.
6. To prepare to play the track back go to Tools -> Options... (or on
the Mac version it's Google Earth -> Preferences) and select the
Touring tab. Drag the slider for the Camera Tilt Angle all the way to
the right (89 degrees). Drag the Camera Range slider all the way to
the left (10 meters). Close the dialog by pressing the OK button.
7. To start the playback, go back to the sidebar and click on the
playback path, which is inside the track folder. At the lower right
corner of the Places pane, you will find a little icon with three
diamond-shaped points on it (linked by lines) and a little arrow.
When you click that icon, the playback will start.
8. Control the playback by hovering over the main pane. Playback
controls should appear at the lower left. The arrow buttons to the
left and right of the pause button control forward or reverse playback
speed. Click them repeatedly to speed up. Click the pause button and
then play again to restore normal playback speed. Drag the time
slider to fast forward to any point in the flight.
9. You can also play back any 30 minute section by selecting the
associated path inside the Time folder, and then clicking the three
diamonds. To get the most realism, I suggest turning off the colored
Track path (unclick the checkbox).
10. You can zoom in on a bird's eye view any portion of the flight
that looks interesting. It can be fun to examine the particularly
twisty parts. Click the checkbox next to the Track folder, and then
double click the folder itself. To start the zoom double click the
desired place on the main image. A second double click zooms in even
further, and a single click stops the zoom. The minus sign on the
slider at the right side of the screen can be clicked to zoom out.
Happy Google Earthing
Lynn Alley
"2KA"
Mottley
For an easier solution see
http://ywtw.de/igcsimen.html
Andy
> 7. To start the playback, go back to the sidebar and click on the
> playback path, which is inside the track folder. At the lower right
> corner of the Places pane, you will find a little icon with three
> diamond-shaped points on it (linked by lines) and a little arrow.
> When you click that icon, the playback will start.
I don't get a Track folder - only Airspace, Flight and Task Folders.
9B
2KA
> I don't get a Track folder - only Airspace, Flight and Task Folders.
>
> 9B
Whoops! That should have read the "Fixed Color" folder. I often rename
it when I view the file.
"2KA"
2KA
Yeah, I said there were other ways. YWTW's flight replay is really
cool, but it requires software installation on a Windows PC. Some
people can't or don't want to do that.
"2KA"