Thread: GoogleEarth GPSR Tracking

Brief... where are those maps from? The highway numbers and such look damn close to Lafayette, LA. Are you local to me?

By the way, nice project. I've been hoping someone would find a way to integate car GPS on top of Google Earth.

Good eye there Tony. I am, in fact, working on BS at UL of L in Buss Admin, and thanks for the support.

Originally Posted by briefnotion

Good eye there Tony. I am, in fact, working on BS at UL of L in Buss Admin, and thanks for the support.

Ah... I knew those roads looked familiar! Good ol' ULL. How long you have left? I cruise through campus every once in a while to get some eye candy, but I never attended school here. I hear the Business school is pretty highly rated.

What GPS puck are you using? One of the BU-series?

don't you need a constant internet connection for google earth to work in your car? If not let me know.

Originally Posted by SLAZ

don't you need a constant internet connection for google earth to work in your car? If not let me know.

Short answer: Yes! Get one through your cell phone! It's cheap!

Long answer: No. GE will work fine without internet other than a startup prompt and not being able to download the images. If you can build up a 2GB cache of all the areas you travel (by panning over them at multiple zoom levels and waiting for it to download 100% while you do have a connection), then you don't really need a connection in the car.

Load the data into the cache memory, images and street info, before traveling by creating a directions path in Google Earth. The "From Here" and "To Here" buttons will do this. Scroll to the bottom of the turn by turn list then click "Route" and then press the play button. Scroll back up and save the entire list as a KML file and with CommTest2, open the Control panel and load that same list with the "Load Guide" button. If your computer supports audio, you should receive these directions while driving. The list can also be called from the menu system.

Werd... thankx guys... makes sense. Do u guys have a working copy of GE pro?

Any good FTPs?

A new version of CommTest2 should be available soon, perhaps tomorrow. Many bug fixes to handle invalid data and a few changed static values to allow GE4 to display the icons in proper places.