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import java.applet.Applet;import jaron.flightgear.FlightGearNMEAReceiver;import jaron.google.GoogleEarthKMLProvider; public class ProvideKML extends Applet { FlightGearNMEAReceiver receiver; GoogleEarthKMLProvider provider; public void init() { receiver = new FlightGearNMEAReceiver(); provider = new GoogleEarthKMLProvider(); receiver.addTrackpointListener(provider); }}Google Earth KML file (Start-GoogleEarth-Tracking.kml)<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.1"> <NetworkLink> <name>UAV Playground Network Link</name> <Link> <href>http://127.0.0.1:8080/</href> <refreshMode>onInterval</refreshMode> <refreshInterval>2</refreshInterval> </Link> </NetworkLink></kml>FlightGear startup file (Start-FlightGear-NMEA.bat)
"%PROGRAMFILES%\FlightGear\bin\Win32\fgfs" ^ "--fg-root=%PROGRAMFILES%\FlightGear\data" ^ "--nmea=socket,out,0.5,127.0.0.1,5557,tcp"Start the application- Start the Java application as an Applet- Start FlightGear with the above batch file- Start Google Earth by double-clicking on the above KML file or just open the file in Google EarthTo navigate to the track In Google Earth double-click on Places -> Temporary Places -> UAV Playground Network Link -> Tracks -> GPS Tracks.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Maryland woman was charged Friday with exporting miniature controls for small unmanned aircraft to China.The government says the controls are the world's smallest and involve a technology that cannot be shared with China because of national security concerns. The devices can be used to fly small military reconnaissance planes.Yaming Nina Qi Hanson of Silver Spring, Md., is accused of taking the controls to China last August without a required export license. If convicted, she faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine (emphasis mine -J).Qi Hanson and her husband, Harold Hanson, arranged over e-mail to buy the controls from a Canadian company, MicroPilot of Manitoba, according to the criminal complaint. Company officials told the couple they could ship the controls to the United States but the couple would have to get an export permit to send the controls to another country.Read the full articleIt doesn't really help anyone here to have the government use this incident as an excuse to crack down on amateur unmanned aerial vehicles. So please don't do anything stupid like this.
