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Map of the Week: Upande’s Virtual Kenya

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Map of the Week: Upande’s Virtual Kenya

[Editors Note: Earlier this month we lauched morethanamap.com to showcase the unique features of the Google Maps API. As part of this project, each week we’ll be featuring one story from our global community of developers who are using the Google Maps API to start businesses, help improve their communities or save the environment.]Upande LtdVirtual Kenya

Google Earth APIdeforestationpopulation issuesthreats to wildlifeGoogle Maps based mashups

morethanamap.comon Google+UbilabsPosted by Carlos Cuesta, Google Maps API Product Marketing Manager

Map of the Week: runtastic PRO

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Map of the Week: runtastic PROWhy we like it: runtastic is using Google Earth to show a user 3D Earth View video playback of every run or GPS activity they track with runtastic PRO for Android. In addition to retracing a route, runtastic displays the time, pace, elevation, places of interest, and more. Users can also choose to review their activities with three zoom levels and three playback speeds.
[Editor’s note: For this week’s “Map of the Week” post, we’ve asked Stephan Brunner, Head of Android Development at runtastic, to write a guest blog post about what his team used to create runtastic Earth View - Paul Saxman]
Whether you’re running your first half marathon, biking across the Golden Gate Bridge, or hiking in Nepal, runtastic’s Google Earth playback feature allows you to hold on to the memory and imagery of your activity.
How do we make this happen? The runtastic app captures GPS coordinate data and transforms it into a KML file, and then starts the Google Earth app with an Android Intent, passing a reference to the file in the Intent URI. The Google Earth app loads the track and takes it from there.

The <gx:Track> and <gx:Tour> extension to KML are the perfect tools for making the new 3D experience happen. The <gx:Track> element contains the entire GPS data recorded by the runtastic app, and <gx:Tour> defines the camera animations, overhead view and angle. The Google Earth app matches the elements of both lists using the time-span information from each list element. The result is a smooth animation of the track being painted based on the data from a run, which makes the user feel like they’re flying along it!

runtastic PRO Google Earth Tour on Galaxy Nexus

runtastic PRO Google Earth Tour on Nexus 7

With this great new 3D Earth View, we think that there is no reason to stay on the couch. Get out there and record some amazing activities!Posted by Paul Saxman, Google Maps API Developer Relations Team

Fab Friday: Bringing in the Globe

Friday, March 2, 2012

Hi, welcome to Fab Friday, the late edition! Today we have the pleasure of sending you another in our series of screencasts. This week, Josh Livni talks about using the Maps API Utility Library to add Google Earth to your Maps API application, with only 4 lines of code. Check it out:In other news, Chris Broadfoot and I really enjoyed giving our talk Beautiful Vectors yesterday at Strata 2012. Thanks for the warm welcome and great feedback. If you’re interested, here are our slides, though our demos are not yet ready for release.In upcoming events, Josh and Chris will be at South by Southwest in the Google Village. And they’ll be speaking Saturday, March 10th. Stop by and say hi if you’re in Austin.Posted by Mano Marks, Maps Developer Relations Team

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