Archive for May, 2008
Controlling the Google Earth Camera
The <Camera> element, new to KML 2.2, provides a way to define your observer’s viewpoint in terms of position and viewing direction, and is a child element of any <Feature>. Features can include Placemark, NetworkLink, Folder, Document, PhotoOverlay, ScreenOverlay, and GroundOverlay. In previous KML versions (2.1 and earlier) a similar element, <LookAt> was used to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Creating Compelling Google Earth Description Balloons
In this post I’m going to cover the topic of creating compelling Google Earth description balloons for your placemarks. These descriptive balloons are a fantastic way of communicating information to your users, and can include HTML, text, images, videos, hyperlinks, and pretty much anything else that you would like to portray to users. Because of [...]
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