Thread: Needed: BETA Testers for Google Earth Plugin

Originally Posted by notion

How do I launch Google Earth Pro with this? GE_START and GE_EMBED worked fine for regular Google Earth but pro has a different window name and a different install location?

Here is my debug log when I click my RREarth button in my GPS window...

3/4/2008 8:03:46 PM: Enter Exec: False, external_music_gps.skin, "GE_START", False
3/4/2008 8:03:46 PM: Que Exec: True, external_music_gps.skin, "GE_START", False
3/4/2008 8:03:46 PM: Executing: GE_START
3/4/2008 8:03:46 PM: Leave Exec: False, external_music_gps.skin, GE_START, False
3/4/2008 8:03:46 PM: SDK command: REQUEST;MotionLock;RRSCREEN||REQUEST;MotionLock;GP SSPD
3/4/2008 8:03:47 PM: SDK command: REQUEST;MotionLock;RRSCREEN||REQUEST;MotionLock;GP SSPD
3/4/2008 8:03:48 PM: SDK command: REQUEST;MotionLock;RRSCREEN||REQUEST;MotionLock;GP SSPD
3/4/2008 8:03:49 PM: SDK command: REQUEST;MotionLock;RRSCREEN||REQUEST;MotionLock;GP SSPD
3/4/2008 8:03:50 PM: SDK command: REQUEST;MotionLock;RRSCREEN||REQUEST;MotionLock;GP SSPD
3/4/2008 8:03:51 PM: SDK command: REQUEST;MotionLock;RRSCREEN||REQUEST;MotionLock;GP SSPD
3/4/2008 8:03:52 PM: SDK command: REQUEST;MotionLock;RRSCREEN||REQUEST;MotionLock;GP SSPD
3/4/2008 8:03:53 PM: SDK command: REQUEST;MotionLock;RRSCREEN||REQUEST;MotionLock;GP SSPD
3/4/2008 8:03:54 PM: SDK command: REQUEST;MotionLock;RRSCREEN||REQUEST;MotionLock;GP SSPD
3/4/2008 8:03:55 PM: SDK command: REQUEST;MotionLock;RRSCREEN||REQUEST;MotionLock;GP SSPD
3/4/2008 8:03:56 PM: SDK command: REQUEST;MotionLock;RRSCREEN||REQUEST;MotionLock;GP SSPD
3/4/2008 8:03:57 PM: SDK command: REQUEST;MotionLock;RRSCREEN||REQUEST;MotionLock;GP SSPD
3/4/2008 8:03:58 PM: SDK command: REQUEST;MotionLock;RRSCREEN||REQUEST;MotionLock;GP SSPD
3/4/2008 8:03:59 PM: SDK command: REQUEST;MotionLock;RRSCREEN||REQUEST;MotionLock;GP SSPD
3/4/2008 8:04:00 PM: SDK command: REQUEST;MotionLock;RRSCREEN||REQUEST;MotionLock;GP SSPD
3/4/2008 8:04:01 PM: SDK command: REQUEST;MotionLock;RRSCREEN||REQUEST;MotionLock;GP SSPD
3/4/2008 8:04:02 PM: SDK command: REQUEST;MotionLock;RRSCREEN||REQUEST;MotionLock;GP SSPD
3/4/2008 8:04:03 PM: SDK command: REQUEST;MotionLock;RRSCREEN||REQUEST;MotionLock;GP SSPD
3/4/2008 8:04:04 PM: SDK command: REQUEST;MotionLock;RRSCREEN||REQUEST;MotionLock;GP SSPD

OK I managed to get the skin to launch and also launch GE Plus but it will not embed the app.

Is the GE_EMBED command hard coded to embed the window name 'Google Earth'? How can I get it to look for 'Google Earth Plus'?

i recently got a new system and now this plugin doesn't seem to run anymore. i keep getting a parse error on line 2 of the net.kml file. when i look at the file, its empty. I also tried deleting the net.kml file as well as fully uninstalling and reinstalling rr and the lsx void skin. anyone else having these issues? what version of GE should i use?

sorry to bump my own post, but no help here?? i know i had it working before. where does it get the comport info from? im just trying to figure out what could cause the kml to be empty.

Originally Posted by jonessc

does ge support voicr navigation as well?

Just start iGuidance, enter a destination, and then switch to GE... you will get the GE display and hear the IGuidance voice in the background!

BTW, Is there a way to start GE in silent mode without the irritating splash screen and other message windows?

Originally Posted by hari-bhari

sorry to bump my own post, but no help here?? i know i had it working before. where does it get the comport info from? im just trying to figure out what could cause the kml to be empty.

If it is empty, maybe you should download the file again.

i finally found the download link in post 350 of this file and replaced the net.kml.ini and that seemed to do the trick. EUREKA!

for those of you looking to cache, here is a duplicate of my post from the lsx thread that may be of help:

google 'ge cacher', i think that's what i used. it has parameters for upper left corner, then the width and the length of the total area you want to cache. also has a parameter for altitude so you can see how high up you want to get, and the width and length of each box u make. you'll have to play with the parameters a bit before you get the altitude to match each step's box size, but you can watch it as it goes along to verify.

a few pieces of advice:
-make sure ur cache level is set to 2000mb in GE which is the max if u want the map as much as you want.
-MAKE SURE that when you copy it over to the carputer you have it set to 2000mb as well, otherwise when you copy the cache file over itll basically wipe out part of the file and the index and ull have to do it over
-copy over your ge cache AND the index file, the cache file is useless without its index and ull have to start over if u lose it.
-if you have multiple areas you would like to cache, do it in one run of GE (you can still use the cacher multiple times, but leave GE open) and monitor your cache file to ensure its not exceeding 2000mb or you will wipe out your initial cached area. i found that if you exit in between sometimes, the areas u had before disappear from the index file even though the cache file size still shows as the same. you may also want to just backup the cache and the index file incrementally on the way to be safe in case it gets messed up along the way.
-make sure in your carpc you have run GE at least once with internet access before you load in your cache file or it wont work.

hope all this helps