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bitcorruption · 03-21-2006

I guess I didn't mention too much in my previous post as to what my program actually does. My program creates a jpeg image that is then used as an overlay in Google Earth. I specify the boundaries of the overlay image in the KML file and viola, you have a signal coverage map. I was thinking of also adding the feature of plotting the points in GE instead of doing overlays, but that might require a rather large KML file. It sounds like you are trying to do this and that might be where the chaos comes from. I haven't really experimented with all the shapes, dots, lines that GE offers.

Here's an actual screenshot from Google Earth:

http://www.bitcorruption.com/alerus2.jpg

03-21-2006	#34 (permalink)
bitcorruption Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North Dakota Posts: 3	I guess I didn't mention too much in my previous post as to what my program actually does. My program creates a jpeg image that is then used as an overlay in Google Earth. I specify the boundaries of the overlay image in the KML file and viola, you have a signal coverage map. I was thinking of also adding the feature of plotting the points in GE instead of doing overlays, but that might require a rather large KML file. It sounds like you are trying to do this and that might be where the chaos comes from. I haven't really experimented with all the shapes, dots, lines that GE offers. Here's an actual screenshot from Google Earth: http://www.bitcorruption.com/alerus2.jpg Last edited by bitcorruption : 03-21-2006 at 09:42 PM.