Animated Flight Paths in Google Earth
This Google Earth file animates international flight routes and durations from Chicago O’Hare Airport.
To view the animation, open the link below and simply click the play button to the right of the time slider (at the top of the screen). You may need to slow the animation speed down a little in the time control options.
Chicago International Flight Routes (80kB)
On playback 50 flight paths are simultaneously plotted out, starting from Chicago. The duration of these is linked to the time displayed on GE’s time gadget - the date is meaningless, so just ignore it.
The file includes a couple of new (for me) techniques to try and squeeze out some extra visual impact:
- (Exaggerated) trajectories for the flight paths.
- Animated icons, rapidly flicking through a sequence of sizes and colours to clearly signify every time a plane lands
Note: The durations are just ball park figures, so please don’t use the file to plan your next vacation or business trip. 
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Related posts:
- Google Earth Flight Path Animations II
- Flight Maps
- … and San Francisco
- Flight Route Maps for Australia and New Zealand
- Animated Planets in Google Sky
I’m trying to animate the growth of an MLM (Multi Level Marketing) downline. MLM Examples: Ideal Health, NuSkin, Amway, Mary Kay, ect.
I’d like to show how one person the first month can personally sponsor, say, five (5), and those five (5) sponsor people, etc. I will use real data and will like it to look (with some modifications) like your flight paths:
http://www.barnabu.co.uk/animated-flightpaths-in-google-earth/#respond
Is this something you can do (for profit) or point me in the right direction?
Thanks,
Todd
You left off Hong Kong for starters…
@Nic Summers
Nevermind.. HKG shows up now. My bad.