With many small Islands in the way of the fleet there is inevitably some work for the repair yards - and a few near misses as the boats move closer to Cape Town. (View in Google Earth to see how close some of those near misses were.) Read More
Leg 4 Update - Gameweek 23
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Leg 4 Update - Gameweek 22
Following the recent storm there have been a couple of changes within the fleet…
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Leg 4 Update - Gameweek 21
Suitably refreshed the fleet move out of Sydney to begin the final leg in the southern hemisphere. Read More
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Leg 3 Update - Gameweek 18
A belated update for Leg 3.
The fleet sail into Sydney and then take a break over Christmas and New Year before beginning the next leg to cape Town Read More
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Leg 3 Update - Gameweek 17
One of the shortest Legs of the Race sees the fleet leave Wellingtion and head for Sydney.
With only 2 Gameweeks making up this section the quick sprint could easily change the overall standings. Read More
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Leg 2 Update - Gameweek 16
The final week of Leg 2 sees the port of Wellington welcome the boats of the fleet. The winners of 2 Pools had already been decided but the remaining 2 were still up grabs. Read More
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Leg 2 Update - Gameweek 15
Ronaldo may be a great footballer - but a great sailor he isn’t. Following on from 2 weeks ago when he took 35 boats onto the rocks he surpassed himself this time round by falling overboard from no less than 57 of the 60 boats taking part in the Challenge. Read More
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GE Plugin in Wordpress Example
The Google Earth Plugin allows you to embed Google Earth within a browser. At present this is only available on the Windows platform but has been promised for some time on the MAC and Linux ones - and is eagerly awaited.
To that end this post will only be viewable on Windows and only if you have the plugin installed.
The plugin can be downloaded from http://desktop.google.com/plugins/i/googleearth.html
This is also a test to show one way of embedding GE within Wordpress and in this case uses an iframe tag to embed a separate page. The code I’m using for this example is:-
<iframe scrolling="no" style="border:0;padding:0;margin:10px 0 10px 0;" src="http://www.TheKMZ.co.uk/GEPlugin/gepi_test_1.htm" width="500" height="600"></iframe>
Finding yourself in Google Earth
This is something, as a Google Earth enthusiast, I would love to do - but what are the chances…?
For me, and most of us, very very small, but it is possible for a lucky few. Read More
Using an external Style KML file
If you save a KML from within Google Earth the Styles that you have used, Placemark icons for example, are included in the KML. While this works for simple KMLs it’s not ideal for more complex ones.
A better way to store and reference Styles, especially if you generate them from a source such as a database or have multiple Network Links within your files, is to use an separate KML that is used purely for your styles - no Placemarks or other Features - just Styles.