AnswerID: 225023 Submitted: Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 07:27
Member - Fizz (NSW)
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David,
1. Make an Excel (or other spreadsheet) file of your data with column headings (I use Lat, Long, Name). Save it as a .txt file. (It won't work unless you have column headings.)
2. Don't have more than 100 lines in the file unless you've got more than just the free Google Earth or the Plus version.
3. Just drag the file's icon onto the GE screen. As easy as that.
4. Gets awkward to put a whole set of trackpoints such as obtained from
PlotSwap because of the 100 limitation (Typically a track will have 5000+ trackpoints). If you know how to stuff around with Excel, you can select just every 4th or fifth or whatever-th trackpoint and put them onto GE in bunches of 100. You still get a very good indication of the track.
5. To join the points etc on GE you need to have GE Plus - it's only US$20 and mightily worth it.
6. If you send me your email address via Member Messages I'll send you some of what I've done. All you'll need to do is open the file I send you and you'll see it all there on the GE screen.
7. I'm happy to answer other questions on the process up to the limit of what I've workd out!
Graham.
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