Google Earth Desktop
Allow user control of the view when a kml tour does not contain lookat
instructions.
This is useful in several scenarios:
1
A KML tour containing extensive animation instructions to move around some 3D
models. As a user I want to be able to view this animation from any angle.
Currently the user can only change the view direction which snaps back.
2
Google Earth allows the recording of tours in multiple passes. This
theoretically should make it possible to hand code a model animation in kml and
then play it back in Google Earth Desktop while recording a second pass for the
view. This method has the potential to create very interesting tours.
Up to a point the track feature could be used to workaround this issue but
tracks are so limited that it should not even be called a workaround. Just
mentioning it to be complete.
A while back I produced a kmz file of the Costa Concordia cruiseship that went
down in Italy. I gave up on animating this vessel because it was impossible to
do this while having nice smooth view transitions recorded using the space
navigator. Other people like Peter Olson had a stab at it as well and produced
mediocre results because the views had to be hand coded with the animations.
This feature would be a massive leg up for Google Earth kmz production in
Google Earth Desktop.
Original issue reported on code.google.com by vandint...@gmail.com on 30 Jan 2012 at 7:50
Original issue reported on code.google.com by
vandint...@gmail.comon 30 Jan 2012 at 7:50