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Permalink Reply by Paul Mather on April 21, 2011 at 4:32am

It is not possible to solve. Google Earth's Javascript API is not available without an internet connection.

 

I recently upgraded to a "smart" cell phone with Hot Spot tethering so I can connect my laptop to the internet from anywhere.

 

You can use Michael Obourne's APM Planner instead. He has offline maps.

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Permalink Reply by mauricobain on April 22, 2011 at 6:01am

Thanks Happykillmore,

 

So i will test the APM planner, but, whats happens if we use another maps source without internet conextion. It is possible?

 

Mauricio

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Permalink Reply by Paul Mather on April 27, 2011 at 8:31pm

I do have plans to add offline maps.... I just need to find the time to do it.

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Permalink Reply by Tom in ON on May 9, 2011 at 8:35pm

A few years ago with the earlier version of Google Earth there were some third party free programs where while Internet is on, you can set an area on the map (where you plan to travel) and this simple program would systematically "visit" those areas in a grid-type fashion and store the kml(?) or some other files on your hard drive. You can map hundreds of miles, of course you would need a large cache set first and would take couple of hours.  When it's done and you can go offline and point Google Earth towards that "recorded" cache and when you travel there it will pull up the actual location into Google Earth.  

 

You had to set altitude, etc. In smaller areas, a few square miles of known territory you should be able to set several layers of altitudes.

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Permalink Reply by Tom in ON on May 9, 2011 at 8:51pm

Here is one program that should be free: http://download.cnet.com/Google-Earth-Voyager/3000-2648_4-10667194....

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Permalink Reply by Tom in ON on May 9, 2011 at 8:54pm

The manual attached.

Attachments:

• GEVUG.pdf, 485 KB

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Permalink Reply by Kenneth R. Hall on May 9, 2011 at 10:14pm

Thanks Tom.  I needed that.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Mather on May 10, 2011 at 6:22am

That will work for Google Earth, but not for the Google Earth Javascript API. The Google Earth API (non Javascript) support was dropped in GE v5.2. It might be working in the current version, but it's going away completely very soon in favor of the Javascript API. I have contacted Google and have been told offline mapping with Google Earth's Javascript API is not possible....but they won't tell me why they made this change.

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Permalink Reply by Tom in ON on May 10, 2011 at 7:40pm

Java is way beyond my knowledge, but found this: http://code.google.com/p/gmapoffline/

 

Not sure how legal it is, as I read Google places restrictions on some use of its products.

Permalink Reply by Martin Bellomo on July 3, 2011 at 6:58pm

Do you find the time to do it?

I`m very interested in this feature.

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