tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47896653854399647.post8482322260836206804..comments2024-03-19T08:43:55.574+00:00Comments on Google Earth Design: Google Earth Tour Builder ReviewRich Treveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00074610839485450953noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47896653854399647.post-57132801511606499522014-04-23T17:34:28.068+01:002014-04-23T17:34:28.068+01:00I think that would be a great idea too, as of yet,...I think that would be a great idea too, as of yet, you can't do it. Google may not choose to do it either...Rich Treveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00074610839485450953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47896653854399647.post-88109209961844860892014-03-13T15:08:48.730+00:002014-03-13T15:08:48.730+00:00I'm trying to find out if a Tour built with To...I'm trying to find out if a Tour built with Tourbuilder can be exported to KMZ or KML and opened in Google Earth. Any ideas?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07959269456263578202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47896653854399647.post-43289652346440301722014-01-14T17:54:50.479+00:002014-01-14T17:54:50.479+00:00p.s. to Jesse: yeah, don't go spending lots o...p.s. to Jesse: yeah, don't go spending lots of time building stuff needing GETB at the moment. 'Beta' implies, 'no promises' that they'll keep it. <br /><br />RRich Treveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00074610839485450953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47896653854399647.post-86671739709682913832014-01-14T17:45:28.966+00:002014-01-14T17:45:28.966+00:00Jesse,
I understand your frustrations. Note that...Jesse,<br /><br />I understand your frustrations. Note that its 'in Beta' and is an experiment. This means that Google thinks it may be a good idea but is just putting it out there to see the response. <br /><br />Given that, don't expect them to respond to your requests at the moment. <br /><br />Your choices are wait for Google to get more serious about it or pay a developer to build you a tool that does what you want. The code to manipulate tours is XML so it would be pretty straightforward to do.<br /><br />hope that helps<br /><br />RichardRich Treveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00074610839485450953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47896653854399647.post-86839517131162860752013-12-11T21:24:12.278+00:002013-12-11T21:24:12.278+00:00As a non-profit that helps teachers bring travel e...As a non-profit that helps teachers bring travel experiences into classrooms, my organization, GEEO (www.geeo.org), is very excited about tour builder. I sent the following questions to the tour Builder team and am yet to hear a reply: <br /><br />Is there any way I can import a folder of Placemarks or a kmz file into a new tour? We have created 35 different presentations in Google Earth that incorporate typically 30 Placemarks each. Re-entering the locations will be tedious given the 3-D nature of Google Earth. A simple import option would be great. If this is possible now please let me know how to do it. If it is an option that will be ready soon, please let me know when so I know how long I have to wait until I get to work on this project.<br /><br />It would be nice to allow one of my co-workers to edit the tour when I share it with them. Now it seems like they can only be viewers, not editors, unless I let them login with my google account.<br /><br />At the moment I don't have the ability to make a copy of a tour someone sends me. This is a great function in Google docs and I hope it will be in tour builder as well as it allows the teachers using our presentations to customize them without changing our general version. <br /><br />I can't seem to set a Placemark/snapshot for the Introduction slide. How come there is no snapshot ability here? <br /><br />It would be great if during the fullscreen view we could have photos or video automatically go full screen. I am not sure my audience will click on each of the images in the side bar. <br /><br />I can't seem to make an invisible pin for placemarks. That would be really useful as sometimes I don't want to place a pin down. <br /><br />Is there any timeline on when I can see these kinds of upgrades?<br /><br />Is this on the chopping block, like Reader was? I don't want to put hundreds of work hours into a product that will be unsupported, or worse, cut, in a few years. Jesse Weiszhttp://www.geeo.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47896653854399647.post-44459387064507780162013-11-16T11:31:38.800+00:002013-11-16T11:31:38.800+00:00Have been playing around with GETB. Looks very coo...Have been playing around with GETB. Looks very cool and dead simple to use. I have been using something called myHistro with my students. It's very good but not particularly user friendly. I have shown one group of my students and they agree that it is easier to use than myHistro.<br />What I found very interesting was that I couldn't upload images to GETB until I stopped a website tracking app I use to block things like Google Analytics. Tonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16584052955268444515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47896653854399647.post-14548509910438187292013-11-16T11:30:58.101+00:002013-11-16T11:30:58.101+00:00Have been playing around with GETB. Looks very coo...Have been playing around with GETB. Looks very cool and dead simple to use. I have been using something called myHistro with my students. It's very good but not particularly user friendly. I have shown one group of my students and they agree that it is easier to use than myHistro.<br />What I found very interesting was that I couldn't upload images to GETB until I stopped a website tracking app I use to block things like Google Analytics. Tonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16584052955268444515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47896653854399647.post-47202342578136350732013-10-30T04:11:08.394+00:002013-10-30T04:11:08.394+00:00I'm running Chrome on Lion....I think the true...I'm running Chrome on Lion....I think the true explanation is that your computer hates you.John Baileynoreply@blogger.com