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Old 11th March 2010, 07:49 PM
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Peter, I could not get Cockpit View to work when I tried it some time back, but last night I found a forum that said the latest versions of Google Earth do not work with the KML file that comes with PP. They had the KML code you could copy/paste into the PP version. When I did that it worked first time.

The aproaches vary a bit as far as runway centre line is concerned, it just depends on the actual timing of the transmissions received by PP, which simulates the track with the last heading and speed. I have found Tiger to be the most accurate so far, and just followed one into Tullamarine. It landed smack on the centre line and actually turned off the runway on one of the rapids. I just loaded my UK map and followed a few approached into Heathrow, very interesting. There was a Virgin Atlantic A380 at the terminal (Branson having a bit of fun maybe).

This is the code you need in the google_cockpit.kml file which is in the COAA\PlanePlotter folder.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.0">
<Document>
<visibility>1</visibility>
<NetworkLink>
<name>PP2</name>
<flyToView>1</flyToView>
<Url><href>http://127.0.0.1:4180/pp_google.kml</href>
<refreshMode>onInterval</refreshMode>
<refreshInterval>16</refreshInterval>
<viewRefreshMode>never</viewRefreshMode>
</Url>
<refreshVisibility>1</refreshVisibility>
</NetworkLink>
</Document>
</kml>
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Old 11th March 2010, 09:10 PM
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Thanks Grahame; this will be fun as the last time I used 'code' was with Q-Basic. No hurry at the moment.
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This is the Virgin Atlantic A380 at Heathrow on Google Earty (Sitting on top of a VA A340).

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Looks like a Boeing 380 to me...
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I played a bit more with the Google Earth Cockpit View from PlanePlotter this morning, and tried using the "Record A Tour" option in Google Earth. To test this out, I recorded the arrival of QF32 VH-OQA this morning and then played it back as a movie in Google Earth. Initially there were 5 to 6 second pauses in the playback, between each new plot from PlanePlotter. A little bit of editing of the KML code and I removed this delay, however there is still a tiny pause between plots. Reading throught he KML Reference Library to see where this delay comes from (it is almost like chapters on a DVD).

If you Right Click and "Save Target As" on the link below, change the "Save As Type" to All Files (not XML), and then name the file with a .KML extension, you can follow this mornings QF32 approach from the northwest in Google Earth. Just open the file saved from the link.

http://www.16right.com/MessageBoard/...kpit Views.kml

Next task is to remove the slight pauses between the plots.
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Old 13th March 2010, 02:58 PM
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Excuse my ignorance but all I get when I do this is a page of code...
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Hi Greg,

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If you right click and "Save Target As" on the link below, change the "Save As Type" to ALL (not XML), and then name the file with a KML extension, you can follow this mornings QF32 approach from the northwest in Google Earth. Just open the file saved from the link.
Right Click is the important thing to note, don't just click on the link. You need to get the code you were looking at onto your computer as a KML file so it can be opened in Google Earth. You need to follow the steps above exactly.
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Old 13th March 2010, 03:52 PM
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That is so cool.... works great on my mac.

I can even see my house!
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Old 13th March 2010, 08:31 PM
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I don't think he was going to land on the grass David, but was going round as it looked like there was another aircraft on the runway... or was it Nigel looking for spare parts!

I like the new way they handle congestion on the apron at Heathrow
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Must be doing something wrong. I've done exactly as I should have and still get a page of code...
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