GE 4.2 Embed flash maps in balloon

It really works fast....
Five globes to you....

That is REALLY nice, of course it's just dyeing to be made a dynamic network link (hint: click to open it as one)

(Edit: to clarify see this blog post, which might explain it better than this cryptic reference, of course if it doesn't work do let me know)

Great idea Valery. I can't believe I didn't think about FlashEarth being able to be used now. It's too bad you can't load up FlashEarth with a specific maps/coordinate in mind. That would be a useful way to compare a particular view from another mapping database.

Frank,
See my other post , I can't however think of a nice way to match GE 'range' to FE 'zoom', so its all very approximate now. I thought about making the map type an option, quite easy to do I guess, just need to lookup the abbreviations FE takes in the URL.

Mr Barry...well done!..
Next step: Alpha channel for Bubbles.....(feel like a 5 year boy, asking for more and more... )

Not sure if the flash object with go transparent, it didnt seem to in quick tests... (ah, do you just mean the frame? so the flash object is borderless? that might be possible)

However it would need a closer match of the zoom levels to be meaningful.

Anybody fancy working out a conversion equation? it would probably only need a few points in a spreadsheet, and then to find a line of best fit. (I would do it but I need to get some sleep, will try it if nobody else does tomorrow evening)

Frank, Barry
Flashearth we can run with parameters:
http://www.flashearth.com/flash_earth.swf?lat=43.3&lon=5.5&z=7.2&r=0

Barry can adapt script:
http://www.nearby.org.uk/google/flashearth.kml.php?
to call of coordinates and uses BBOX from network link for calculation of parameters. This construction can return map in actual view maybe?

Doesnt it do that already?

For me the flashearth map has the same center and rotation as the current view when you click the white arrow icon. The zoom is a rough approximation, but is reasonable. (edit: I take that back the zoom is rubbish, will leave that till tomorrow, but the centering does work for me at least)

Its a view based refresh, so as 1 second after you stop, the arrow jumps to the center of the view.

... if not then there a bug along the line somewhere...

To me see ok
Arrow refresh now to center and map in balloon also set this center.