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Need a mechanism to toggle Layers, Places and View settings across LG rig #8

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
enhancement request.

(1) It'd be nice to be able to dynamically control the displayed layers on the 
view slaves from the view master (besides tweaking .ini files and restarting 
the GE clients).

(2) When a layer is opened up in the master it'd be nice to have this layer 
automatically distributed to the slaves (if it's not a layer already on the 
slave). Or at least be able to send a message to the GE clients saying "go get 
this kmz/kml from this URL".

Actually... does the GE client respond to a Unix signal to re-read it's config? 
That might be a workaround for those using Unix systems.

Cheers, Andrew.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by alfski on 12 Oct 2010 at 5:42

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Agreed.  KML can be loaded over HTTP, and I believe refresh is supported.  That 
might lead to a workaround.

Original comment by jh...@google.com on 12 Oct 2010 at 6:06

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Update: We have a method for loading KML onto the LG now. 

So this Issue is still about controlling and syncronising the standard layers 
provided within Google Earth. eg. Road, Borders, Weather, etc.

Suggestion:
Perhaps it could be possible to use a /tmp/query.txt like method to pass UI 
settings to a running GE instance?

UI:Layers:Primary Database:Borders and Labels:ON
UI:Layers:Primary Database:Borders and Labels:Borders:Country Names:OFF
UI:Layers:Primary Database:Weather:Clouds: OFF

Using some sort of XML schema?

Original comment by alfski on 3 Jul 2011 at 3:37

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
merging Issue 7.

This same control of map layers also applies to Google Earth display option 
such as: 

 View->Sun
 View->Grid
 View->Overview Map
 View->Atmosphere
 ...etc..

At the moment these are not sync'd across Liquid Galaxy systems. So they have 
to be set manually on each display.

A workaround is to use a software kvm such as Synergy or InputDirector, but it 
is messy.

Original comment by alfski on 3 Jul 2011 at 4:28

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Toggling on/off "Places" is needed to. And could probably be handled with the 
same fix.

UI:Places:My Places:Whatever:On

We're not talking about adding/removing things, just being able to 
Check/Uncheck them like the GUI can.

Original comment by alfski on 3 Jul 2011 at 4:53

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
(tweaked summary line)

Original comment by alfski on 3 Jul 2011 at 4:54