pseabury
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Changes:
1.) SST Smooth (entire Folder) is by default ON, and the other SST overlays are defaulted to OFF.
2.) Network link changed to kmz rather than kml. The compressed kmz saves about 90% of the transfer size for the kml only. (@64KB vs. @5KB)
The new network link is attached to this post and will be updated in the first post in a minute or two. Both of these changes should be pretty transparent., although I'd prefer if you'd delete the old link from your "My Places" and download the new link to cut the network transfer size down a bit. I will continue to support both the kml and kmz links. The content of both is identical, only the size of the file is different.
Paul
[EDIT] - I seem to have screwed up the kmz.....stay tuned and continue using the kml link from the first post in this thread. I'm removing this link temporarily.
[EDIT2] - OK, think I have the kmz fixed now. Was encoding the kml us-ascii instead of the proper utf-8.
[EDIT3] - Dangit, I think my server doesn't respond with the proper MIME type now....here we go again. Attachment removed again temporarily...use the link from the first post.
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Edited by pseabury (08/08/05 04:43 PM)
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CapeVerde
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I'd prefer all the SST layers to be off by default because it's like stepping back into the psychedilic 1960s when I fire up Google Earth and the layer is on.
It's a very valuable tool, but one that I'd only leave on for a few minutes at a time.
CV
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dadmap
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Reged: 07/16/05
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Loc: So Cal
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I'd prefer all the SST layers to be off by default because it's like stepping back into the psychedilic 1960s when I fire up Google Earth and the layer is on.
It's a very valuable tool, but one that I'd only leave on for a few minutes at a time.
CV
Yes...me too please. GE has been locking up on me everytime I open it since you made that change.
Thanks!
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pseabury
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Yeah sorry guys...I was in the process of changing the format of the link from kml to kmz when I ran into some problems. First problem was I was encoding the xml with ascii instead of utf-8. Second problem was I had to wait for my web host to add the kml and kmz MIME types to my server. Kml seems to work fine MIME'd as text/plain, but kmz definitely needs the new MIME types. Third, the client that aggregates all of the data, constructs the images, and generates the kml/kmz is on my home machine....after it generates all the data, it uploads it to my real web host......except when my connection was fubared all day long. That too, is now resolved. Look for the default OFF SST (all of them) and the kmz instead of kml in the next 20 mins or so.
Thanks so much for the feedback...that's exactly what I want you guys to tell me when you don't like something.
Paully
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pseabury
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I wasn't around in the 60's, so I guess I wasn't feeling your pain.  Anyway, the new kmz link is attached to this post ONLY for now (test it for a bit). The same exact changes are in the old kml link as well. The only thing defaulted to ON right now are the model forecasts. I also made a slight revision in the model logic that better removes old/duplicate storms.
Paul
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CapeVerde
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Hey, it looks like it's fixed!!
Outstanding job!!!! 
Cape Verde
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pseabury
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Thanks Cape. As always, I'm working on some new stuff, and making the stuff that's already there hopefully better. Keep letting me know what you do / don't like. Here's a couple of things that I'm thinking about.
1.) Steering Currents overlay into the Analysis folder.
2.) 3 and 7 day SST Change to SST Folder (more 60's colors ) This is kinda cool to look at the wakes of storms. Maybe something I won't include in the link if you guys don't want it.
3.) Upper Ocrean Heat Content in kJ / cm^2. This is useful for showing how much energy the ocean has rather than just its surface temp. It's probably a better indication of potential strengthening areas of interest. Thicker layers of warm water have more energy than thin layers of hot water. I haven't found the data source I want for this yet.
4.) Wind Cone Forecast (for lack of a better term). This would probably require a lot of work since I may have to make this from raw data and break out my statistics book.
Also, I've already used a couple of gigs of bandwidth this month....I have plenty to go around, but would rather folks update their links to the KMZ from the KML as the KML accounts for about 60% of my bandwidth. I've seen an issue where some versions of the client doesn't like the KMZ (no subfolders show up), but if your's works with KMZ please switch. Again, the data in both is identical, KMZ is just compressed.
Link to KMZ
Link to KML
Paul
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pseabury
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Changes:
1.) Added 7day SST Delta.
2.) Added 3day SST Delta.
These are useful for seeing how much the SST changes over time. It's also kinda cool to see how much heat a storm can suck out of the ocean. These were more for me just as entertainment, and I'll remove them if you guys don't want them there. Steering Currents should come tomorrow.
Remember, KMZ if you can...KML only if your version of the client doesn't work with the KMZ. I think after the next version of the client, I'll support KMZ only, so heads-up. As the size of the link increases, the KMZ gets a bigger efficiency advantage. Right now it's at about 57KB vs. 4KB (14x difference).
Paully
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Solo_Barradas
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Reged: 08/02/05
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Excelent Job.
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pseabury
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Thanks Solo, appreciate it.
Changes:
1.) Added Mean Steering Layer to Analysis Folder.
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