Set unit of measurement

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Be able to set metric or imperial measurement for the scale, infobar, etc and 
decimal degrees or degrees/minutes/seconds in the statusbar

Requested by: Fraser/DougH

Supported by: sylehc, scorpi, jan.wischnat, barryhunter, ITS4IP,billChadwick

Original issue reported on code.google.com by api.roman.public@gmail.com on 12 Aug 2008 at 8:45

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Original comment by api.roman.public@gmail.com on 20 Aug 2008 at 5:33

Added labels: Internal-1266164

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

This feature would be extremely helpful.

Original comment by gezja...@gmail.com on 4 Sep 2008 at 9:21

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

This would not only be useful, it is a requirement for an effort I am working. 
It is 
also a requirement to display gridlines using MGRS.

Original comment by robin.la...@cox.net on 23 Sep 2008 at 8:09

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

I would strongly support this feature.

Original comment by alan.bry...@gmail.com on 23 Sep 2008 at 9:44

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Conversion from feets to meters will be very useful as many of them have 
already 
adopted metric system for all the calculations

Original comment by nprasa...@gmail.com on 29 Sep 2008 at 6:09

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Our applications use meters and kilometers, so conversion from feets to meters 
will 
be very useful.

Original comment by jafo...@gmail.com on 20 Oct 2008 at 10:26

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Our aplication need to use meters and kilometers too.

Original comment by alonso...@gmail.com on 22 Oct 2008 at 9:46

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

We need to work in meters and kilometers too.

Original comment by josemuel...@gmail.com on 24 Oct 2008 at 9:39

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Hi all, if you'd like to vote for the feature, click the empty star to the left 
of
the feature title, thanks!

Original comment by api.roman.public@gmail.com on 31 Oct 2008 at 8:38

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Can't you do that in on of the examples?

Original comment by bb010g on 19 Nov 2008 at 9:11

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Hi all, before all congratulation for this SUPERB product.
In France we have geoportail for metric use, but it is nowhere as good as 
googleearth
regarding ergonomic consideration.
Nevertheless the metric system is being used by a LOT of people in the world so 
it'll
make sens to have it available in googleearth too. (coding change to have it is 
basic
... Come on men, give it a go in the next Beta !)
Thank you

Original comment by olivierr...@altern.org on 19 Nov 2008 at 9:57

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

metric units - PLEASE!

Original comment by 730...@gmx.net on 10 Jan 2009 at 2:02

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

First of all, absolutely brilliant effort from you guys! For our product metric 
units
is also a must. Any idea on the timescale for adding metric support?

Original comment by trackloc...@gmail.com on 13 Jan 2009 at 9:14

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

there needs to be a system for changing the units of measure, specifically the 
long. 
and lat. format, H MMM.DD.DDD or H MMM.DD.SS or what ever the format may be.  
This 
would be very nice.  Hope this is something that is in the works.  thanks and 
good 
luck with this!

Original comment by Norbert...@gmail.com on 21 Jan 2009 at 9:06

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

The scale and status bar currently show meters and kilometers. Is anyone seeing 
any
different units with the latest plugin version (4.3.11528.8566)?

Original comment by api.roman.public@gmail.com on 5 Feb 2009 at 7:59

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Issue 86 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by api.roman.public@gmail.com on 5 Feb 2009 at 8:39

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Re: comment 19 - As far as I can tell, I've got 4.3.11528.8566 (thats what the 
properties of geplugin.exe says), and Im seeing miles/ft in the scale and 
status bar.

Is there something I need to do to set it to metric?

Original comment by mark...@gmail.com on 10 Feb 2009 at 8:06

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Ah, ok. The Windows plugin shows ft/mi. and the Mac plugin shows meters/km.

This is both a bug (should default to system pref) and a feature request 
(change via
API).

Original comment by api.roman.public@gmail.com on 10 Feb 2009 at 9:51

Changed state: Accepted

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Hallo,

something news regarding measurement change in statusbar?
Thnx

Original comment by antal.b....@gmail.com on 31 Mar 2009 at 3:59

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

WE NEED THIS FEATURE!!!!!!!!!!!

Original comment by c6b64...@free.fr on 20 Apr 2009 at 11:25

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Agree that showing metric measures is a useful option.

Original comment by mrazidbl...@gmail.com on 15 May 2009 at 4:40

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Yes! Fully support ability to change units on status bar and perhaps elsewhere
(units) to feet/meters/miles. Natural extension is to have lat lng in decimal 
degrees
(vs deg min seconds etc). Is there anyway of taking the default as whatever the 
local
Google install (assuming there is one) is showing?

Original comment by jbeauwal...@gmail.com on 15 Jun 2009 at 11:26

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

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Original comment by namw...@gmail.com on 6 Aug 2009 at 3:30

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Please metric units in status bar...

Original comment by rcanto...@gmail.com on 7 Aug 2009 at 4:45

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Original comment by api.roman.public@gmail.com on 9 Aug 2009 at 12:55

Changed state: Acknowledged

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

UTM Coordinates as an included option for setStatusBarVisibility

Original comment by Berwyn.M...@gmail.com on 10 Aug 2009 at 7:58

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Bump on this one please, even folks in the UK use metric units!

Original comment by andrew.w.watson@btinternet.com on 12 Aug 2009 at 7:24

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Additional scale features required please:
1. Position the scale wherever we want it and
2. Align the scale vertically or horizontally
so, for example, it can be placed vertically along the middle of the left edge 
of 
the 3d map.
3. Option to express the scale in nautical miles (for nautical navigation) 
instead 
of metric or imperial
4. Option to express the scale in time instead of distance eg to show how far 
something travels in x hours
4. Ability to specify how long the scale should be
5. Option to specify color and scale of the scale line and the legend; the 
existing 
thin white line and text often get lost to the user's eye unless the background 
happens to be blue.

Original comment by m...@around-the-world.co.uk on 15 Sep 2009 at 2:38

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Please let us change the status bar units !
Best regards

LL

Original comment by bgetm...@gmail.com on 16 Oct 2009 at 5:48

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Please!

Original comment by simo...@gmail.com on 22 Oct 2009 at 11:54

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

v5.2.0.5860 implements a new ge.getOptions().setUnitsFeetMiles(bool) method

Original comment by jli...@google.com on 26 Mar 2010 at 6:55

Changed state: Fixed

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

This is great!

I will be adding setUnitsFeetMiles to my app next week

Is there any notes indicating what has been updated/fixed/ added  with 
v5.2.0.5860?

Original comment by Berwyn.M...@gmail.com on 26 Mar 2010 at 7:41

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

I confirm GREAT!
It is necessary to update GE plugin (delete npgeplugin.dll in C:\Program
Files\Google\Google Earth\plugin and reinstall through a Earth frame displayed 
in
your prefered browser).

When an option for "decimal degrees" too???

Original comment by c6b64...@free.fr on 27 Mar 2010 at 8:49

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Yes, It is fine !

Doing reinstall dll

Thanks a lot !

LL

Original comment by bgetm...@gmail.com on 27 Mar 2010 at 10:14

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

@Berwyn -- release notes are up, reference docs and sample code are coming ASAP.

Original comment by api.roman.public@gmail.com on 2 Apr 2010 at 10:42

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

This issue is marked as "fixed", but it appears only set distance units is 
fixed and
NOT  the ability to set the StatusBar units to "decimal degrees".  

Does a NEW issue need to be opened to request the ability to set the StatusBar 
units
to Decimal Degrees?  

We really need the ability to set the Lat/Lon units to Decimal Degrees (instead 
of
degrees, minutes, decimal seconds.

Thanx

Original comment by chet_per...@denso-diam.com on 14 Apr 2010 at 10:49

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

I need decimal degrees as well.

Original comment by underbluewaters on 14 Apr 2010 at 11:10

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

if one needs output displaying decimal degrees, a work around may be to set up 
an
event listener for ge.getGlobe(), 'mousemove' to update an displaying the 
decimal
lats and longs

the following example should work with  getLongitude and getLatitude

http://code.google.com/apis/earth/documentation/samples/mousemove_listener_examp
le.html

Original comment by Berwyn.M...@gmail.com on 15 Apr 2010 at 2:02

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Comment 38 mentions updating the GE plugin by replacing the npgeplugin.dll, but 
I
can't find the updated DLL.   I tried updating my full Google Earth 
installation but
I got the message that no update was available (I have the Jan 2010 release.)

How can I get the updated GE plugin (v5.2.0.5860) short of reinstalling the 
entire
Google Earth application?

I need this update since new Google Earth installs get this updated GE Plugin 
and my
existing C# application does not not work with GE Plugin v5.2.0.5860 unless it 
is
compiled against this version.

Original comment by chet_per...@denso-diam.com on 15 Apr 2010 at 3:17

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Comment 44
After you have deleted npgeplugin.dll in C:\Program
Files\Google\Google Earth\plugin, you restart your browser and open a page with 
a GE
API (go to the example page in Comment 43, by example) and there a link will be
displayed to install the plugin. Just make it!

Comment 43
Event listener is not exactly what we need. We want decimal degrees in status 
bar,
nothing else.

Original comment by c6b64...@free.fr on 15 Apr 2010 at 5:39

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

I just created a new topic for this issue. See "Issue 426: Decimal degrees in 
status bar.

Original comment by c6b64...@free.fr on 15 Apr 2010 at 5:47

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Come ONNNNNNNNNNNN! 3 years later, tons of interest and we still don't have 
meters in the scale bar?

Really I have no other complaint about this software, but restricting units 
seems like a pretty glaring oversight especially when most of the world is 
METRIC

You guys rock for making such awesome, free software so I feel bad saying this 
but PICK UP THE SLACK GOOGLE!

Original comment by stevendg...@gmail.com on 29 Jun 2011 at 12:37

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

It seems only logical since the plugin uses decimal degrees to build the 
placemarks that one should be able to then show the lat/lon in the status bar 
as decimal degrees.

Original comment by Spyral...@gmail.com on 1 Sep 2011 at 3:05

chiranthsiddappa / earth-api-samples

Set unit of measurement #15