Google Earth Hacks

Google Earth (GE).

Siehe auch / See also:

• Google Maps Hacks
• Photos georeferenzieren, Karten georeferenzieren
• GISpunkt HSR > Suche nach GoogleEarth
• Anwendungen:
  • Spezialkarten von Lienis Homepage (Startet GE), u.a. mit Niederschlagsradar (Aktualisierung alle 20 Minuten), Schneehöhen (Aktualisierung alle paar Tage), Influenza Schweiz (Aktualisierung jede Woche).
  • Landeskoordinaten aus Accessdatenbanken direkt in GoogleEarth nutzen

Stichworte / Keywords:

• Mottos: Geodaten für alle - GIS for the masses. Freier Zugang zu Geoinformationen. Der informierte Tourist und Bürger.
• (de) Online Karten, Online Landkarten, Massenmarkt, freier Zugang, offene Systeme.
• (en) Online services, mass market, free access, open systems, service chaining, public participation gis, Web 2.0, mashup, mapping hacks, microformats, neogeography.

Orte-von-Interesse (OVI) / Poins-of-Interest (POI)

What you want

Manage Points of interest (POI) in a simple spreadsheet (= a table) online by using just your browser. Share it with others (a group or with anybody or keep it private). View it in a browser (GeoRSS format) or with Google Earth (GE, KML format).

What you have

Data with coordinates either in WGS84 (GPS) coordinate reference system.

What you need

Internet access and an always-for-free EditGrid account.

= 'POI-Example'

Edit, Manage and Share it

Spreadsheet table 'POI-Example' on EditGrid.com (shared read-only with everybody).

Use and view it

• Web based online map viewer (i) ACME.com (via GeoRSS).
• Web based online map viewer (ii) Google Maps (via GeoRSS).
• Desktop-based map viewer/editor Google Earth (via Networklink from GeoRSS2GoogleEarth converter).

Tipps:

• EditGrid can import MS Excel and OpenOffice and more.
• If you have data in CH1903 (Swiss) look at the spread sheet 2 here:

Quellen/Source/Credits:

• http://www.kovacevic.nl/hacks/kml/rss2kml.php

Notizen

• Online XSLT 2.0 Service on W3.org: [1]. Gefunden via Blog 'Web 2.0 needs online XSLT tranformation engines and XSLT 2.0 generated tagclouds'.

Weblinks

• Google Earth
• EditGrid.com - the online spread sheet