Relevant APIs:- Geo-tagging YouTube video
Making movies of Google Earth:- Free software options:
- Video capture drivers: VH Screen Capture Driver (1.5 is what I've used. 2.2 is kinda strange)
- Video Recording device: Virtual VCR
- Video editing: Quicktime Pro - $30
- Tips:
- Record to a second hard drive (not a second partition, a separate hard drive - external, etc.)
- Consider lossless capture codecs for Virtual VCR
- Final encoding: h.264 (Quicktime works great. use Med. quality)
- CamStudio 2.5
- Not free:
Advanced Lessons:
External Resources:
The table below includes some of the many tools and resources available on the web for producing and editing KML. Don't see your favorite resources/tool? You can add it for others to see by using the comment field at the bottom of the page.
| Official KML Developer Guide | Google official guide for understanding and using KML | | Official Google KML Reference | Specifications for the KML file format | | Google Geo Developer Series | Talks, videos, and other resources for using Earth and Maps including advanced techniques. | | KML Articles | Tutorials for various common KML applications | | Earth Spreadsheet Tool | Simple interface for getting started with KML. Includes tutorials and walkthroughs. | | LibKML | Google libraries for applications that want to parse, generate, and operate on KML. | | Google Earth API | Google Earth API in Javascript for embedding Earth applications in your website | | Regionator | Python scripts to generate and verify region-based KML files. Helps automate the process of breaking up large KML data sets for faster load times and better UI experience | | WCS2KML | Tools for converting data stored in a FITS file format that is based on a WCS (World Coordinate System). Warps imagery from one frame to the other and displays in Google Sky | | Arc2Earth | Tool for converting popular ArcGIS data to KML for display | | GeoBlogSpot | Multiple tools and resources relating to KML | | GDAL | Open source conversion tools and libraries that support KML and various other geospatial data standards | | Gigapan | Super resolution imagery project that includes resources for generating photo overlays of very large imagery | | GPSBabel | Converts waypoints, tracks, and routes between popular GPS formats and programs | | Matlab Toolbox | Set of functions for converting standard Matlab objects to KML equivalents | | Superoverlay | Stand-alone Google Earth application for tiling raster datasets and creating view based regions in KML or KMZ files. Also supports ArcView formats and Google Earth Sky
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Terms of Use of using Google Earth & Maps in publications: |
 Updating... Earth Outreach, Feb 19, 2009, 11:32 AM
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