| Gerardo64 |
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| 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!
| tekgergedan |
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| 04/29/08 06:42 AM |
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Re: Custom Compass in GE 4.3
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This can be a start of a compass-design competition.
| Gerardo64 |
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| 04/29/08 06:52 AM |
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Re: Custom Compass in GE 4.3
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I think that could be more than that...Maybe is the start of a new "GE 4.3 Interface Set Design Competition"..!
| Valery35 |
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| 04/29/08 09:27 AM |
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Re: Custom Compass in GE 4.3
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5 stars!
| Frank4 |
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| 05/01/08 06:30 AM |
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Re: Custom Compass in GE 4.3
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Great job Gerardo! It would be nice to come up with a script to "install" the image safely. Anyone know whether this will work for the Mac too?
| barryhunter |
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| 05/02/08 07:46 AM |
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Re: Custom Compass in GE 4.3
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Really cool!
Just a small point, aren't the numbers backwards? The cardinal points look fine, but you have the 45 & 315, and 225 & 135 numbers flipped. Between N and E should be 45?
(They are 'backwards' to normal in a the screenoverlay version, because the 'N' is the pointer, but in this version that rotates there is a virtual pointer (which could be implemented as a screenoverlay
at the top, which marks the direction on the rose)(hmm - my footer is now well out of date!)
| Solar_Eclipse |
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| 05/02/08 08:22 AM |
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Re: Custom Compass in GE 4.3
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Yes it would be better to have the degrees display clockwise...
>Then, go to this folder: C:/Program Files/Google/Google Earth/Res/ (Windows XP - have to look for it in Mac OSX),
>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.
For the Mac put the image in Google Earth/Contents/Resources/ and it will work just like it does on Windows.
| Gerardo64 |
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| 05/02/08 09:00 AM |
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Re: Custom Compass in GE 4.3
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Quote:
Yes it would be better to have the degrees display clockwise...
Done...I updated the image.
Thanks Barry and Solar_Eclipse for the suggestion.. (I leave the fixed pointer overlay to you Barry..
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| barryhunter |
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| 05/02/08 03:39 PM |
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Re: Custom Compass in GE 4.3
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Excellent, that makes sense now!
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(I leave the fixed pointer overlay to you Barry..
not very exciting, but this kml file is what I thinking
| Gerardo64 |
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| 05/03/08 07:39 AM |
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Re: Custom Compass in GE 4.3
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Almost perfect Barry!...
Just a little small correction I would do is to erase this:
..so when the gadget gets transparent you don´t see that part of the yellow stick...
| jpwade |
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| 05/10/08 01:29 AM |
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Re: Custom Compass in GE 4.3
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The compass image is well worth downloading and configuring,
Thanks, it touches the display up quite a bit.