View in Google Earth

[phillipderstein]

Phil the nube again....

When grabbing a trackable item and then registering it - does this get automatically posted to Google Earth to update the "tracking line" and "stop" marker or does one need to manually update Google Earth when finding a trackable item? Been a long day and thought it would be quicker to post this vs do the research.

Yawn - tired not board man !

Thanks !

Phil

[+goldcoin]

? no idea what you are talking about mabye a little clarification? sorry mabye someone else can help you?

[phillipderstein]

? no idea what you are talking about mabye a little clarification? sorry mabye someone else can help you?

happy to clarify...

in the description page for a trackable item off to the right there are trackable item options that you can click on:

Found it Log it

Watch this trackable item

Print info sheet

View in Google Earth

when you click on view in google earth it launches google earth - my assumption is that you either have to have this installed (freeware) on your computer or if you dont perhaps it asks if you want to install it.

Its a satilite view of the world that you can navigate.

Long story short it appears to show the path that the trackable item has taken VERY COOL !

Just not sure if this is automatically done when you register a trackable item or if the one finding the trackble item has to do the updating.

Anyone else had fun with this feature??

[+S-t-r-g-z-r]

The link you select for "View in Google Earth" is only generating a (.KML) file that Google Earth opens and reads. The new location will not automatically update in Google Earth when you go back at a later date.

 

I recommend adding the trackable item to your watch list. This way you can see the progress.