Google Earth

[+Master Mariner]

Is it possible to display a track in (on) Google Earth? If, for example, I recorded my track whilst out caching can the track be displayed as a line? I can get GE to display individual points from a track but cannot get it to join the dots. Anyone done this and, if so, how?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Charles

[+wildlifewriter]

You don't say which software tool you are using to extract and store the tracks.

 

I'm a Garmin person myself, and it works fine for me when:

 

(1) Tracks are dumped from GPS to PC, and saved in .GPX format.

 

(2) GPX file opened directly in GE. Interestingly, this displays the "track" as a line, but not any points along it. Just the line.

 

I'm pretty sure that the GPX file must show the correct attribute of a track, for this to work as you want it to...

 

<time>2005-10-28T19:14:11Z</time>
   <bounds maxlat="54.215169" maxlon="-5.893478" minlat="54.192209" minlon="-5.911245"/>
 </metadata>

 <trk>
   <name>ACTIVE LOG</name>
   <trkseg>
     <trkpt lat="54.205663" lon="-5.893929">
       <ele>8.789185</ele>
       <time>2005-09-20T10:53:00Z</time>
     </trkpt>
     <trkpt lat="54.205642" lon="-5.893950">
       <ele>8.789185</ele>
       <time>2005-09-20T10:53:08Z</time>
     </trkpt>
     <trkpt lat="54.205513" lon="-5.894508">
       <ele>6.866455</ele>
       <time>2005-09-20T10:53:27Z</time>
     </trkpt>
     <trkpt lat="54.205363" 

 

... and so on.

 

-Wlw.

[+Pasha]

If you use e.g. GPSBabel to convert your GPX to the native GE KML format, you'll get the points too, I believe.