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!

Espa�ol:

Para tener esta br�jula personalizada, descarguen la imagen de m�s arriba (en la que se v� s�lo una "N") a su disco duro. Luego ren�mbrenla 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 p�gina ya renombrada.

Luego, la pr�xima vez que habran GE 4.3 ver�n la nueva br�jula! Disfr�tenlo!

This can be a start of a compass-design competition.

I think that could be more than that...Maybe is the start of a new "GE 4.3 Interface Set Design Competition"..!

5 stars!

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?

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!)

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.

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Yes it would be better to have the degrees display clockwise...

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Done...I updated the image.

Thanks Barry and Solar_Eclipse for the suggestion.. (I leave the fixed pointer overlay to you Barry.. )

Excellent, that makes sense now!

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(I leave the fixed pointer overlay to you Barry.. )

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not very exciting, but this kml file is what I thinking

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...