I’ve added a new page (in the menu on the left) to index my GE browser Plug-in projects, with three more examples to go alongside the flight simulator game and bounce! animation.
Delving into the API…
A basic Polygon Editor. Something I plan to develop further. Use draggable pushpins to rotate, re-size and locate a single, regular polygon or circle anywhere on [...]
A couple of weeks ago I put together a small collection of Google Earth airline route maps for various countries. These work interactively, using mouse hovers over airport Icons to activate and reveal destinations.
The previous files each had fewer than a thousand routes, and were fairly limited in scope. So, I was wondering, how effectively do [...]
Where are the busiest commercial passenger airports in the USA, and how are they distributed across the country ?
This Google Earth KML file mashes up a geographic database of FAA (Federal Aviation Authority) airport codes, with passenger boarding totals (enplanements) for the year 2006.
Download the file here:
2200 Airports (USA) (150kB)
Icon dots are scaled in size [...]
Here’s a couple more of these Google Earth, Interactive Flight Route Maps. Australia, including 171 airports, and 875 scheduled domestic routes. And one for New Zealand with 36 airports and 193 flight paths.
New Zealand Flight Map (50kB)
Australia Flight Map (300kB)
These operate on exactly the same principle as the flight map for the UK and Ireland. Simply open the file with [...]
Since I put together the Google Earth animated flights from USA airports (more of those coming up soon!), I’ve been meaning to check out the same thing without the time element - a KML file where routes only display as you hover the mouse over various airports. Essentially a Google Earth, 3D equivalent of those interactive flight maps you see on airlines’ websites.
As [...]
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