Absolutely Google Earth - Complete Tool Collection
By Chris Gemignani
October 5, 2005
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Google Earth can be a powerful tool for geographic business analysis. Here are some resources. We’re going to keep updating this page as new tools roll in.
Reference
- Google Earth Home Google Earth Homepage and download area
- Google Earth KML 2.0 Documentation In depth documentation of the features of KML 2.0
- Google Earth KML 2.0 Tutorial Tutorial for newcomers to KML and Google Earth.
- Google Earth Community Official Google Earth Forums with topics ranging from sightseeing to development. Monitored frequently by staff of knowledgable administrators.
- Google Earth WikiPedia Entry Wikipedia Entry on Google Earth
- KML Wikipedia Entry Wikipedia Entry on KML
KML Generation/Translation
- GPS Utility by GPS Utility, Easy-to-use application that manages and manipulates GPS data. Now with Google Earth support.
- KML Home Companion for ArcGIS posted 9/14/2005 by Jim Cser, Converts ArcGIS (http://www.arcgis.com)layers into Google Earth KML files.
- Arc2Earth by Brian Flood, ArcGIS to Google Earth converter with emphasis on converting much of the rich map annotations from ArcGIS to KML
- Microsoft Flight Simulator:Google Earth Translation keeps Google Earth view in sync with Flight Simulator
News & Information
- Google Earth Blog – Frequently updated blog related to Google Earth
Analytics
- Portland Maps – Excellent example of the analytical possibilities of Google Earth
- EarthPlot – a data analysis and visualization tool that processes CSV files into KML overlays
Overlays
- Google Earth Hacks Downloads Collection of Google Earth overlays
- Colorado Real Estate filter and view homes for sale in Colorado in Google earth, generates static kml file w/ embedded pictures of each house.
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Darren Cope said:
Don't forget Brian Flood's "Arc2Earth" at http://www.spatialdatalogic.com/cs/blogs/brian_flood/archive/2005/09/12/98.aspx
Chris Gemignani said:
Thanks Darren.
Rick.Stavanja.com said:
http://rick.stavanja.com/archive/2005/10/10/4626.aspx
Fabrizio Pivari said:
csv2map: csv to Google Earth and Google Maps api batch server converter
DeafScribe said:
Not sure this is the appropriate place to mention it - point me to another if you know of a better one - but one mashup I'd love to see is data from satellite passes available from heavens-above.com rendered in GE. I know there are layers available that show a variety of satellites in orbit, but Heaven's Above has the latest elsets, so the data is up-to-date. One could, among other things, activate a layer that shows the sun/shadow termination line and see how the satellite pass moves through it from various angles, or check the ground track...lots of possiblities.
KaMeLwriter said:
Something new - use hierarchical maps (Mindmaps) to create KML and link in Excel data.
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