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GE should support the concept of a terrain overlay. Analogous to an image overla... #115

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
GE should support the concept of a terrain overlay. Analogous to an image 
overlay, one should be able to replace parts of the terrain with user-supplied 
terrain of possibly higher accuracy.

Requestor: locksmith

Supporters: SKK

Original issue reported on code.google.com by api.pame...@gtempaccount.com on 14 Aug 2008 at 6:20

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Original comment by api.roman.public@gmail.com on 2 Dec 2008 at 10:17

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Seconded. Big time.

Original comment by xenonofa...@gmail.com on 9 Dec 2008 at 5:47

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
One current workaround is to use COLLADA models, though it's an arduous task..

Original comment by api.roman.public@gmail.com on 9 Dec 2008 at 9:42

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Oh, I already know that quite well:
http://3dnature.com/scenesample.html#KML

We're the ones who discovered that your COLLADA models have a limit on the 
number of
vertices. Don't get me started on why COLLADA/XML is a terrible choice for a 3D
object file format.

Original comment by xenonofa...@gmail.com on 9 Dec 2008 at 9:46

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Please please please

Original comment by matthew.s.whalley@gmail.com on 4 Nov 2009 at 9:54

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
COLLADA models seems like a workaround, but that is only a usefull workaround 
if your fine-tuned terrain is higher (larger altitude) than the terrain 
supplied by Google. It is not possible to make a hole in the ground using this 
technique, right?

Please could this be included in the next version of KML (to be supported by GE 
5.3), please, please, please.

Jarl

Original comment by j...@gavia.dk on 30 Jun 2010 at 8:43

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Also when using COLLADA models to workaround this problem, forces you to also 
supply ground imagery, which makes the ground model stand out and not smoothly 
blend in with the GE ground.

Original comment by j...@gavia.dk on 30 Jun 2010 at 8:49