Google Earth Network Link for Where's Tim

April 30, 2006 · 1 min read

This is pretty cool technology. I got an email this morning from Frank Taylor and he said that the Google Earth integration we have on Where's Tim is cool, but not even close to what we could be doing. He suggested looking into Network Links. A Network Link is basically a .kml file that points to another .kml file and tells it how often to update.

So I created a .aspx page that dynamically creates a .kml file based on data from the web service. And then created another .aspx page that generates a .kml file with the Network Link info. Check it out http://www.timhibbard.com/wherestim/GENetworkLink.aspx

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This article is part of the GWB Archives. Original Author: Tim Hibbard

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