Google Earth Community: Custom Compass in GE 4.3

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!

Edited by Gerardo64 (05/03/08 10:30 AM)

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