Comments on: Google Earth: Chart Plotter http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/2008/07/27/google-earth-chart-plotter/ GIS, maps, mapping, geo, UK, Geograph, PHP, Perl and more Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:57:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: onl http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/2008/07/27/google-earth-chart-plotter/comment-page-1/#comment-70061 onl Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:44:40 +0000 http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/?p=144#comment-70061 Today, once I fired up the GE, the map worked again now. After an hour or so GE froze. Restarting it, the map worked, but after some minutes the + appeared in place of map once again. Does it have something to do with the chart.kml that is loaded by the setupchart.kml by pointing to this address (for medium zoom): http://www.nearby.org.uk/google/chart.kml.php?z=10 This chart.kml has following maxSessionLength tags 1200 I tried editing the 1200 value and firing up the chart.kml directly, but the + persists Today, once I fired up the GE, the map worked again now. After an hour or so GE froze. Restarting it, the map worked, but after some minutes the + appeared in place of map once again.

Does it have something to do with the chart.kml that is loaded by the setupchart.kml by pointing to this address (for medium zoom):

http://www.nearby.org.uk/google/chart.kml.php?z=10

This chart.kml has following maxSessionLength tags

1200

I tried editing the 1200 value and firing up the chart.kml directly, but the + persists

]]> By: onl http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/2008/07/27/google-earth-chart-plotter/comment-page-1/#comment-70023 onl Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:21:58 +0000 http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/?p=144#comment-70023 Hello again. Now on the next day I experimented more. I deleted the myplaces.kml, myplaces.kml.tmp and myplaces.backup.kml from the C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Google\GoogleEarth and started the GE and the flight sim without this chart plotter kml. I put it fly for an hour without freezing. After this I ran the chart plotter .kml file with the exception that I edited it to update itself every 10secs. 10 ... and 1000000000 ... on all the 3 different zooms. It managed to fly for over an hour aswell! I pretty much don't fly, I just plot a course and make adjustments when necessary. The most used buttons are ctrl+down/up/left/right. However just about after an hour or so, I was moving the cam with ctrl+arrow and suddenly the updating google maps image flickered 4 times in a row quickly and the screen froze there. I quited GE and came back. I managed to fly few minutes with the map after and then at one update of the map, it updated the + instead of the map! After this I went and deleted the myplaces.kml, tmp and backup files again and when I came back, i'm again still only seeing the + symbol instead of the map. Now I went to Local Settings/Application Data/Google.. to delete the dbcache.dat and ..index. This didn't change things. Now there remains the + symbol instead of the map, even if I delete cache and myplaces files. I'm not sure of whether the freezing problem persists, after the deletion of cache+myplaces, because I would first like to get the map working again this time.. Any tips ? Hello again.

Now on the next day I experimented more. I deleted the myplaces.kml, myplaces.kml.tmp and myplaces.backup.kml from the C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Google\GoogleEarth and started the GE and the flight sim without this chart plotter kml.

I put it fly for an hour without freezing. After this I ran the chart plotter .kml file with the exception that I edited it to update itself every 10secs. 10 … and 1000000000 … on all the 3 different zooms.

It managed to fly for over an hour aswell! I pretty much don’t fly, I just plot a course and make adjustments when necessary. The most used buttons are ctrl+down/up/left/right. However just about after an hour or so, I was moving the cam with ctrl+arrow and suddenly the updating google maps image flickered 4 times in a row quickly and the screen froze there. I quited GE and came back. I managed to fly few minutes with the map after and then at one update of the map, it updated the + instead of the map!

After this I went and deleted the myplaces.kml, tmp and backup files again and when I came back, i’m again still only seeing the + symbol instead of the map.

Now I went to Local Settings/Application Data/Google.. to delete the dbcache.dat and ..index. This didn’t change things. Now there remains the + symbol instead of the map, even if I delete cache and myplaces files.

I’m not sure of whether the freezing problem persists, after the deletion of cache+myplaces, because I would first like to get the map working again this time..

Any tips ?

]]> By: onl http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/2008/07/27/google-earth-chart-plotter/comment-page-1/#comment-70003 onl Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:57:29 +0000 http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/?p=144#comment-70003 Ummh. I'm also having the same problem as JM. After few plays and freezes, after I started the GE, there was a 'cross' in place of the map. I tried switching the video mode from opengl to directx, enabling safe mode etc, but the GE keeps freezing and now the map is only showing + instead of a google map image. Ummh. I’m also having the same problem as JM. After few plays and freezes, after I started the GE, there was a ‘cross’ in place of the map. I tried switching the video mode from opengl to directx, enabling safe mode etc, but the GE keeps freezing and now the map is only showing + instead of a google map image.

]]> By: onl http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/2008/07/27/google-earth-chart-plotter/comment-page-1/#comment-70002 onl Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:29:16 +0000 http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/?p=144#comment-70002 Hello. This is the most needed feature for the google flight simulator! I was thrilled to have it, but for some reason after I started using it, my GE has begun to freeze. It's just after I have flown from a minute to 5 minutes, the screen freezes, and I have to close the whole GE. ctrl+alt+b is responsive, and I can change the zoom level or turn the map off, but still the actualy GE is unresponsive in flight simulator and in the normal GE mode. I have Google Earth 5.1.3533.1731 Hello. This is the most needed feature for the google flight simulator! I was thrilled to have it, but for some reason after I started using it, my GE has begun to freeze.

It’s just after I have flown from a minute to 5 minutes, the screen freezes, and I have to close the whole GE. ctrl+alt+b is responsive, and I can change the zoom level or turn the map off, but still the actualy GE is unresponsive in flight simulator and in the normal GE mode. I have
Google Earth 5.1.3533.1731

]]> By: Feel The Need The Need For Speed With Google Earth’s Flight Simulator | Beyond Tech – Technology Ahead Of Your Imagination http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/2008/07/27/google-earth-chart-plotter/comment-page-1/#comment-62158 Feel The Need The Need For Speed With Google Earth’s Flight Simulator | Beyond Tech – Technology Ahead Of Your Imagination Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:34:55 +0000 http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/?p=144#comment-62158 [...] A more specified extension of this application is a static Google Maps overlay developed by some guy named Barry Hunter. It is a small map located in your flight simulator GUI that updates itself every 5 seconds, with varying levels of zoom capability on the map. You can find it here. [...] [...] A more specified extension of this application is a static Google Maps overlay developed by some guy named Barry Hunter. It is a small map located in your flight simulator GUI that updates itself every 5 seconds, with varying levels of zoom capability on the map. You can find it here. [...]

]]> By: Tim http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/2008/07/27/google-earth-chart-plotter/comment-page-1/#comment-61052 Tim Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:16:48 +0000 http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/?p=144#comment-61052 This map plotter was great, it allows you to fly long distances. However after few days my plotter turned unresponsive, with a big red cross in the middle. If anyone knows how to fix it, please reply! This map plotter was great, it allows you to fly long distances. However after few days my plotter turned unresponsive, with a big red cross in the middle. If anyone knows how to fix it, please reply!

]]> By: Barry http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/2008/07/27/google-earth-chart-plotter/comment-page-1/#comment-38747 Barry Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:54:54 +0000 http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/?p=144#comment-38747 @Taylor Its 'powered' by the Google Static Maps API http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/staticmaps/ You can plot paths on the map, but you will need to read your KML file (or store in a database) and pick the appriate bits to go with your map. Checkout the Maps API Google Group which has more information on working with static maps 'server side' to get bounds etc. @Taylor

Its ‘powered’ by the Google Static Maps API
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/staticmaps/

You can plot paths on the map, but you will need to read your KML file (or store in a database) and pick the appriate bits to go with your map.

Checkout the Maps API Google Group which has more information on working with static maps ‘server side’ to get bounds etc.

]]> By: Taylor http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/2008/07/27/google-earth-chart-plotter/comment-page-1/#comment-38743 Taylor Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:24:26 +0000 http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/?p=144#comment-38743 Nice work on the Chart plotter! I was looking for something exactly like this. Do you have a reference or for how to get started on a project like this? I understand the screen overlay syntax, and network link, but I do not understand how to get the right google map view as an image I can overlay. For my project I would like to iterate on your solution. I have a flight boundary as a kml file and I really need to be able to see that boundary in your 2D google map, while I navigate in google earth. Awesome job! Nice work on the Chart plotter! I was looking for something exactly like this. Do you have a reference or for how to get started on a project like this? I understand the screen overlay syntax, and network link, but I do not understand how to get the right google map view as an image I can overlay.

For my project I would like to iterate on your solution. I have a flight boundary as a kml file and I really need to be able to see that boundary in your 2D google map, while I navigate in google earth.

Awesome job!

]]> By: JM http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/2008/07/27/google-earth-chart-plotter/comment-page-1/#comment-38054 JM Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:22:59 +0000 http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/?p=144#comment-38054 hi. i tried using it since yesterday but today i experience some problem..instead of showing the map there is an X appearing on the map...any suggestion about it? what is it actually?why the X is appearing instead of the map? thanks! hi. i tried using it since yesterday but today i experience some problem..instead of showing the map there is an X appearing on the map…any suggestion about it? what is it actually?why the X is appearing instead of the map? thanks!

]]> By: Barry http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/2008/07/27/google-earth-chart-plotter/comment-page-1/#comment-37569 Barry Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:13:56 +0000 http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/?p=144#comment-37569 Interesting idea - but my understanding that would not be a 'plotter', which by definition shows your current position. Would need some interesting maths.... Interesting idea – but my understanding that would not be a ‘plotter’, which by definition shows your current position.

Would need some interesting maths….

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