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April 10, 2009
Simple Embedding of a Google Earth 5 Tour
Right after yesterday's post about how popular the Google Earth 5 Tours will be with the Google Earth plugin, I ran into a post showing a new Google Gadget that lets you easily embed a Tour in a browser with a simple code snippet. It uses Google Gadget to generate the necessary code, and provides a simple interface to give a URL for the Tour and for choosing options for the playback. Perfect for blogging and putting on a web page! As an example, here's the Jimmy Buffet Tour Google did for the GE 5 launch event (if you are using a feed reader, you'll need to visit the blog to see this) :
By the way, this is NOT a video! First hit the "Play" button to start. While it is playing, try clicking with the mouse and moving while the Tour is playing. Interactive 3D playback! You can also pause and go exploring GE and resume playback. I'm sure other developers will either modify or create tools for embedding Tours on your site as well. But, if you have a burning need to show off content and make it available on your blog/web site - you can start right now. I think my blog posts may get more dynamic in the future...
Posted by FrankTaylor at April 10, 2009 9:52 AM
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Posted by: Jim at April 11, 2009 4:24 AM
New Imagery added today in Dublin/Ashburn/Skerries/Ballbriggan (Ireland) dated 2008.
Posted by: Mark Reidy at April 11, 2009 5:00 AM
Awesome! Really, it is.
Posted by: Bill Sweeney at April 11, 2009 3:40 PM
This is such a cool tool! Wondering why the pictures embedded in the description bubbles are not visible/always show up as broken links? I am having this problem in embedding a tour of my own in my blog as well...
Posted by: Angela at July 10, 2009 5:10 AM
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Delighted to find your post on embedding. I'm a real fan of the new touring opportunities and thought the Buffet example was a hoot. It appears that the embedded GE runs quite efficiently. I'm in London now looking for ways my students can share their experiences. This may be the kay. Thanks, Jim