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| − | [http://earth.google.com Google Earth]
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| − | [http://www.googleearthhacks.com/ Google Earth Hacks]
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| − | Add your tips and tricks for [[Google Earth]] here.
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| − | == Disk Cache ==
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| − | To make the maps stay cached and not needing to be constantly need to be reloaded:
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| − | * Under Tools -> Options : Click the 'cache' tab, change the disk cache setting to 512 MB (the max you can have).
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| − | [[Category:Software]]
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| − | == Travel Bug Tracking ==
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| − | This interesting GreaseMonkey script to track [[Travel bugs]] on Google Earth. The thread is [http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=103162 here]. | |
| − | If you can't read for any reason here is an [http://files.dixo.net/geocachingtbtracker.jpg image] and a link to the [http://files.dixo.net/geocachingtbtracker.user.js script.]
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| − | == Network Link ==
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| − | The network link allows Google Earth to display caches in real-timn: no gpx files to download or convert, just scroll around and it talks to our server and downloads the nearby caches.
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| − | To try it out, click on [http://geocaching.com.au/xml/googleearth/geocaches.kml here] and zoom to your favourite location and you should see caches pop up like magic!
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| − | == GSAK Macro ==
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| − | Here is a macro [[User: Riblit]] wrote to plot caches in Google Earth.
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| − | start___________
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| − | SET $Bable = "C:\Program Files\GSAK\GPSBabel.exe"
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| − | SET $Gearth = "C:\Program Files\Google\Google Earth Plus\googleearth.exe"
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| − | SET $temp = "C:\Program Files\GSAK\temp\"
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| − | SET $tfile = $temp + "test.kml"
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| − | SET $ifile = $temp + "babel.gpx"
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| − | FILTER name="userset"
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| − | EXPORT type=GPX File="$ifile"
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| − | RUNPGM PGM="$Bable" parms= -i gpx -f "$ifile" -o kml -F "$tfile" Wait=Yes
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| − | RUNPGM PGM="$Gearth" parms="$tfile"
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| − | end_____________
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| − | [[User: Riblit]] runs a filter to get the caches down to a manageable level, mine justs filters caches he has checked. If you don't want a filter, delete the FILTER name ="userset" line
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| − | The variables will be ok for a default GSAK and Google Earth install.
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| − | Copy and paste the code into GSAK's macro editor and save, add a button if you like.
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