Control Google Earth Plugin API in Labview

[Dan t]

I am trying to access the Google Earth plugin api from labview. I've already done this with the Google Earth COM API, but for the plugin it wont work in the same way. I've seen posts of someone doing this in C# here.

I am currently playing with putting the GE plugin into an activeX container on the front panel, but have yet been unsuccessful.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

Dan

[tbd]

Hi Dan,

       A few months ago my brother installed Google Earth on my PC and I had fun with it.  Today I installed the plugin and got it working inside an AX Container - taking pieces from here and here.

Perhaps the attached VI will help (assuming you haven't already discovered a solution.)

Cheers.

[tbd · Accepted solution]

Sorry!

This attachment [VI] works more consistently (on my PC.)

Cheers.

[Dan t]

Thanks very much, that works! That's essentially what I was trying to do, I just couldn't fit all the pieces together.

[tjy2]

I can't seem to get this working.  I think google earth plugin has changed a bit.  Has anyone able to get the google earth plugin working in LV 8.6 with the current google earth plugin?

[J-M]

Try this:

http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&message.id=447549#M447549

Jean-Marc

[Stargool]

does anybody work with current google earth plugin api in labview?

i have the same problem,the example doen't work in labview with current google earth plugin

i don't know what is the problem and how to fix it

[Porras]

Hi all.

Sorry if I'm asking a trivial question, but what's the difference between using Google Earth Plugin and Google Earth COM API?

Thanks,

Francisco

[Dan t]

Hi Francisco,

The GE Plugin is what you can embed in a web browser, and has its own API, here. It is the better supported API of the two.

The COM API is an interface for the GE application, what you install and run on your computer. It has an older, outdated api, here.

There was an update to the GE plugin a year or so ago that made the same code I used to embed and control the google earth plugin in a front panel no longer work. I'm not sure if it's still possible to use LabView with the GE plugin, but there are threads about controlling the Google Earth application with the COM API.

Cheers,

Dan

[Porras]

Hi all.

Thanks for your reply, "Dan t".

I'm not very familiarized with application interfaces, so, let me show you if I had understood well:

GE Plugin. It works on web browsers, so you have to include a web browser on the front panel. You work with Google Earth in this way like you were navigating the internet (similarly to Google Maps). You don't need to install Google Earth application on your computer.

Google Earth COM API. It's used for communicating with the Google Earth application, so you have to have it installed on your computer. You'll need to run simultaneously both LabView and Google Earth in order to work with this API in LabView.

What I want to do is to show a map on the LabView front panel and place several marks on it, depending on several data LabView generates. I mean, I want the Google Earth application embedded on the LabView front panel, I don't want to communicate with another instance of the Google Earth application while it's running, or surf the web like I had Internet Explorer embedded on the front panel, either.

So, what do you think I should use, GE Plugin or Google Earth COM API?

Thanks,
Francisco