Comments on: MGRS Layer for Google Earth - Offline!

By: Barry

Barry — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:59:33 +0000

The UTM and MGRS layers are already conversions from British National Grid (and Irish Grid).

Its all about the maths, if you can get a coordinate conversion system, then it should be possible.

Its slightly different for simply a projection, as its still lat/long based system, just how the ‘grid’ is distorted.
So if you can get a conversion between lat/long and absolute position on a projected map then it should be possible by using that conversion backwards. (basically get the php source to conversion on the Australian government site here)

By: Munir

Munir — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:45:52 +0000

Already a great implementation.

Any idea how to implement a similar project for dispaly of other projected coordinates specific to country’s grid. I require it for a project to display Lambert Conformal Conical projection. Regards.

By: Barry

Barry — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 22:48:26 +0000

Tom, have you got the AppWeb application actully running?

I think it shows a Icon in the Tray beside the clock. If it shows there try closing it, and then starting it again using the item in your Start Menu.

By: BIG TOM

BIG TOM — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:12:24 +0000

ok got the app web file done
however now i am getting a fetch of network link connect failed then it asks me if i want to stop fetching ignore or continue

By: BIG TOM

BIG TOM — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:01:25 +0000

also where do i get this file from :
AppWeb.conf

By: BIG TOM

BIG TOM — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 19:59:22 +0000

I dont understand where to save the network link in my places? where is that?

By: nearby.org.uk blog » Blog Archive » Tweaking the number of the MGRS layer

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:13:32 +0000

[...] So the server hosted version has been updated, and also the file inside the zip for the offline version (which are in fact identical code!), and if really interested heres the diff. [...]

By: Barry

Barry — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 18:55:14 +0000

It was actully Mark, who forwarded me the fix (and did hard work of sourcing and configuring AppWeb in the first place), but sure glad to have helped you out.

Also thanks for the heads up about the conf file, I think a case issue, (this server is linux so case sensitive) renamed the file as needed.

I’ve been using a local version of Apache (the latest computer using WAMP) for things like this for a long time, but it was Mark who suggested using AppWeb, as it seems a nice simple solution to get a local webserver up and running.

By: LWC

LWC — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 12:19:02 +0000

Dude, you’re a genious! Do you realize you are the only person in the entire world who (at least publically) solved the lack of PHP support in AppWeb?

Every PHP user of AppWeb should be grateful that one day you woke up and decided you wanted to use Google Earth offline…

As you can see by my attached link (which also contains the right code for appweb.conf - yours has gone 404), I’ve posted your solution in the official forum. I hope it’ll finally give the admins enough motivation to officially fix it.

I only wish somehow using Google Earth offline would have forced you to solve the fact AppWeb hardcodes its default folder in some of its files.

Thanks again on behalf of the users of AppWeb who want to use PHP in it.