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    This document discusses how Google Earth can be used for more than just viewing locations, demonstrating its capabilities as a visualization platform through examples of KML, tours, and plugins. It provides resources for learning and extending Google Earth, such as developing complex visualizations that combine sophisticated KML, tours, plugins, and real-time data mashups. The platform's untapped potential is highlighted for reaching audiences and generating revenue through content creation and consulting opportunities.

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    This document discusses how Google Earth can be used for more than just viewing locations, demonstrating its capabilities as a visualization platform through examples of KML, tours, and plugins. It provides resources for learning and extending Google Earth, such as developing complex visualizations that combine sophisticated KML, tours, plugins, and real-time data mashups. The platform's untapped potential is highlighted for reaching audiences and generating revenue through content creation and consulting opportunities.

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    This document discusses how Google Earth can be used for more than just viewing locations, demonstrating its capabilities as a visualization platform through examples of KML, tours, and plugins. It provides resources for learning and extending Google Earth, such as developing complex visualizations that combine sophisticated KML, tours, plugins, and real-time data mashups. The platform's untapped potential is highlighted for reaching audiences and generating revenue through content creation and consulting opportunities.

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    Extending Google Earth Presentation

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    This document discusses how Google Earth can be used for more than just viewing locations, demonstrating its capabilities as a visualization platform through examples of KML, tours, and plugins. It provides resources for learning and extending Google Earth, such as developing complex visualizations that combine sophisticated KML, tours, plugins, and real-time data mashups. The platform's untapped potential is highlighted for reaching audiences and generating revenue through content creation and consulting opportunities.

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    Extending Google Earth

    By
    Frank Taylor
    [email protected]
    Google Earth Blog (Gearthblog.com)
    Purpose
    Discuss how Google Earth can be used
    as more than just a geo browser (not
    just for looking at your house)
    Demonstrate a variety of examples
    Provide developer tips
    Q&A
    Make some Tours / Plugins
    Google Earth - a Geospatial
    visualization platform
    Google Earth is rich in 3D graphics, content,
    features, and extendability
    GE is really a visualization platform
    The platform is widely distributed - provides a
    great opportunity for reaching audiences
    Often very complex visualizations can be
    viewed - GE is user friendly
    More than just Geo (Mars, Sky, and more)
    Google Earth Platform
    Most people dont realize the full extent
    of the GE capabilities
    Combine the capabilities with the reach,
    and there is good reason to keep this
    platform in mind for many applications
    Extendability of
    Google Earth
    KML/Network Links, Time Animation, Historical
    Imagery, polygons, lines, 3D, etc.
    Adding your own content: imagery, layers
    COM API (before the plugin)
    Off-line Use / Caching
    GE Pro, Enterprise, SketchUp
    Tours
    Last, but not least: GE Plugin
    KML - Dont overlook
    KML is powerful itself - few people fully
    take advantage of what KML offers.
    Examples: Network links, lines,
    polygons, 3D, time animation, regioning,
    PhotoOverlays, FadeExtent, time
    animation, ScreenOverlays, historical
    imagery, etc.
    Example KMLs
    ScreenOverlays - F-16 cockpit by
    Gerardo Paz
    US Flights by James Stafford
    London Eye Shadow by James Stafford
    EarthNC real-time chartplotting with
    GPS
    Google Earth Plugin/API
    The API was announced a year ago
    Major progress since last year, lots of
    interesting applications coming out
    Again, great untapped potential
    Resources at:
    http://code.google.com/apis/earth
    Examples
    Example plugins
    Show KML files (some limitations)
    Allow people to create KML content
    through a browser: EarthSwoop
    Paraglider Sim by Dan Hohman
    Real-time satellite debris by James
    Stafford
    Ships Simulator by Paul van Dinther
    (video review)
    Tips on Tours
    Tours are an amazing new capability - part of
    GE 5 and supported by the Plugin
    Enables fantastic visualization capabilities,
    almost scripting - much untapped potential
    Supports smooth movements, multiple
    streams of audio (music and narration)
    You can synchronize audio with recorded tour
    Need for GUI for editing tours (developers?)
    Combined with plugin - big future
    Example Tours
    Jimmy Buffet Concert Tour
    Combining Tours and plugins
    Ira Flatow Mars Tour
    Swiss Alps synchronized with YouTube
    Tahina 3D Tour
    Extending GE into
    Revenue generation
    Variety of consulting opportunities,
    content creation, software, and more
    You can use the plugin to place ads
    around GE content now
    Theoretically you can place ads in KML -
    Google is doing it now.
    I expect to see more ad-based revenue
    Mix and mash
    Future developments:

    More combinations of sophisticated KML, Tours,
    advanced plugins, mashups with other GeoWeb
    tools in placemarks
    Expect to see more visualizations of real-time
    information
    More social networking apps tapping into GeoWeb
    visualization
    Even more data visualizations with thematic styles
    More simulations!
    Resources for Learning
    Google Earth Blog (gearthblog.com)
    http://code.google.com/apis/kml/
    http://code.google.com/apis/earth/
    http://bbs.keyhole.com (community)
    http://groups.google.com/group/kml-support
    (forums)
    Google Outreach
    http://earth.google.com/outreach
    Google I/O
    Q&A and more
    Discussion
    Tour and Plugin development

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