| Gerardo64 |
| (World Explorer) |
| 04/29/08 06:29 AM |
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Custom Compass in GE 4.3
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A week ago I was thinking about customize my GE 4.3 interface (control gadgets). Some days ago, Barry Hunter made a screen overlay that gave me an idea of what we can do in that direction.
So, I edited this image:
C:/Program Files/Google/Google Earth/Res/new_ring_background.png
...and make this..
So now, as I turn my SpaceNavigator to look around, the image turns with "me" and if I look at the top of the gadget, I always know the geographical direction which I´m looking at.
If you want to have this in your GE 4.3 version, simple download this image. You´ll see just an "N" here but there´s an image with transparencies..(rigth clic over it and save to your hard disk):
Then, go to this folder: C:/Program Files/Google/Google Earth/Res/ (For Windows XP --- For the MacOSX: Google Earth/Contents/Resources/ ), save a copy of the original image in other folder (new_ring_background.png), then rename the downloaded image with this name: new_ring_background.png and drag it to the "Res" folder. Say "Yes" when Windows prompt you if you want to overwrite that file.
Close GE, open it again and you´ll see the New Gadget.
Thanks to Solar_Eclipse for the Mac tip.
Enjoy!
Español:
Para tener esta brújula personalizada, descarguen la imagen de más arriba (en la que se vé sólo una "N") a su disco duro. Luego renómbrenla con este nombre: new_ring_background.png
Luego busquen la carpeta C:/Archivos de Programa/Google/Google Earth/Res/ (en Windows XP, --- Google Earth/Contents/Resources/ en MacOSX), hagan una copia en otra carpeta de la imagen new_ring_background.png y luego reemplacen en la carpeta "Res" dicha imagen con la que descargaron de esta página ya renombrada.
Luego, la próxima vez que habran GE 4.3 verán la nueva brújula! Disfrútenlo!