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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].
 
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.
 
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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[[User: Ideology]] have developed a google earth network link on the beta site
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It allows you to scroll around google earth and have caches automatically displayed on your screen. 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://beta.geocaching.com.au/xml/googleearth/geocaches.kml http://beta.geocaching.com.au/xml/googleearth/geocaches.kml] and zoom to your favourite location and you should see caches pop up like magic!

Revision as of 10:55, 25 July 2005

Google Earth

Google Earth Hacks


Add your tips and tricks for Google Earth here.


Disk Cache

To make the maps stay cached and not needing to be constantly need to be reloaded:

  • Under Tools -> Options  : Click the 'cache' tab, change the disk cache setting to 512 MB (the max you can have).


Travel Bug Tracking

This interesting GreaseMonkey script to track Travel bugs on Google Earth. The thread is here. If you can't read for any reason here is an image and a link to the [1] script.


Network Link

User: Ideology have developed a google earth network link on the beta site

It allows you to scroll around google earth and have caches automatically displayed on your screen. no gpx files to download or convert. just scroll around and it talks to our server and downloads the nearby caches.

To try it out, click on http://beta.geocaching.com.au/xml/googleearth/geocaches.kml and zoom to your favourite location and you should see caches pop up like magic!