Complete Urban Area Add-on

TomServo · 05-17-2005, 12:40 AM

Ok, so taking what Progressland started with.. I have gone and created a finished add-on that you can use to get ALL the USGS Urban imagery and don't have to depend on terraserver anymore.

Here is a screen shot of the markers to show WHERE you can see the imagery.

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To get to the later, open the Layer Manager and open the USGS Urban Areas (Direct) section. Listed are ALL the current areas covered my USGS, they date they were taken and at what resolution.

Download this add-on from here.

Progressland · 05-17-2005, 01:11 AM

Excellent! The only things that seem to be missing are the new imagery for Helena and Wichita, which I edited into my original posting last night.

-Jason

Progressland · 05-17-2005, 01:12 AM

Actually, I see the layers are there; just the ortho markers are missing.

-Jason

TomServo · 05-17-2005, 01:19 AM

I cheated.. I took the old 1.2 add-in for the urban area markers and made it work in 1.3... I didn't update it

1.2 version will have all the markers in there. I am just tired of looking at the XML for the add-on.. it came in at.. 5619 lines tota.. WHEW!

Partly your add-on too.. if you want to teak the XML for the mistakes I made

bull · 05-17-2005, 01:46 AM

Ok heres one missing marker, las vegas - worldwind://goto/world=Earth&lat=36.16795&lon=-115.21637&alt=487599

Good work lads.

PSK · 05-18-2005, 12:33 AM

Very cool addon, thx a lot!

But i have a problem viewing the Apr 2004 0.0762m Color SeaIslandGA Imagery.
It seems not to be 0.0762 resolution. Or is WW only not loading/displaying these tiles?
I can only see the normal usgs urban resolution. thanks in advance for your help.
P.

TomServo · 05-18-2005, 01:34 AM

Looking at the XML, it is refering to the right dataset on the USGS server..

Maybe the levels for usgs need to be tweaked? I remember back in 1.2 the urban area's were set to 6 and should have been 8.. maybe the same is true here? hmm.

TomServo · 05-18-2005, 07:25 PM

Ok, there has been an update to this add-on.

Progressland has been busy making a couple of tweaks and here they are:

1) Changed the names for each layer, so the area is first, rather than the date.

2) Added the locator icon for each layer...rebuilt it from the ground up

3) Made the bounding boxes match the coordinates given in the WMS Capabilities file

The first one WILL affect your cache. The root folder's will have a different name. All you need to do is copy out of the old and into the new is all.

PSK · 05-18-2005, 11:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TomServo@May 18 2005, 01:34 AM
Looking at the XML, it is refering to the right dataset on the USGS server..

Maybe the levels for usgs need to be tweaked? I remember back in 1.2 the urban area's were set to 6 and should have been 8.. maybe the same is true here? hmm.

Quoted post

Yes, this helped, i can display up to 13 levels now, thank you! Really cool images... i can watch people playing tennis. :lol:

TomServo · 05-19-2005, 12:13 AM

What did you have to edit to get the levels in correctly?

.. never mind.. duh!

I'll update the xml again

05-17-2005, 01:19 AM	#4
TomServo God. Root. What is difference? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Eastern Pennsylvania Posts: 2,847	I cheated.. I took the old 1.2 add-in for the urban area markers and made it work in 1.3... I didn't update it 1.2 version will have all the markers in there. I am just tired of looking at the XML for the add-on.. it came in at.. 5619 lines tota.. WHEW! Partly your add-on too.. if you want to teak the XML for the mistakes I made __________________ Earth is Square blog PUBLIC NOTICE AS REQUIRED BY LAW: Any use of this forum post, in any manner whatsoever, will increase the amount of disorder in the universe. Although no liability is implied herein, the consumer is warned that this process will ultimately lead to the heat death of the universe.

05-17-2005, 01:46 AM	#5
bull Cosmic Overlord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 2,362	Ok heres one missing marker, las vegas - worldwind://goto/world=Earth&lat=36.16795&lon=-115.21637&alt=487599 Good work lads. __________________ Bull_[UK] ooo00 Bullsworld.net 00ooo ooo00 Fighting for my Rights 00ooo

05-18-2005, 12:33 AM	#6
PSK Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Freiburg/Germany Posts: 194	Very cool addon, thx a lot! But i have a problem viewing the Apr 2004 0.0762m Color SeaIslandGA Imagery. It seems not to be 0.0762 resolution. Or is WW only not loading/displaying these tiles? I can only see the normal usgs urban resolution. thanks in advance for your help. P. __________________ http://www.garnichts.net

05-18-2005, 01:34 AM	#7
TomServo God. Root. What is difference? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Eastern Pennsylvania Posts: 2,847	Looking at the XML, it is refering to the right dataset on the USGS server.. Maybe the levels for usgs need to be tweaked? I remember back in 1.2 the urban area's were set to 6 and should have been 8.. maybe the same is true here? hmm. __________________ Earth is Square blog PUBLIC NOTICE AS REQUIRED BY LAW: Any use of this forum post, in any manner whatsoever, will increase the amount of disorder in the universe. Although no liability is implied herein, the consumer is warned that this process will ultimately lead to the heat death of the universe.

05-18-2005, 07:25 PM	#8
TomServo God. Root. What is difference? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Eastern Pennsylvania Posts: 2,847	Ok, there has been an update to this add-on. Progressland has been busy making a couple of tweaks and here they are: 1) Changed the names for each layer, so the area is first, rather than the date. 2) Added the locator icon for each layer...rebuilt it from the ground up 3) Made the bounding boxes match the coordinates given in the WMS Capabilities file The first one WILL affect your cache. The root folder's will have a different name. All you need to do is copy out of the old and into the new is all. __________________ Earth is Square blog PUBLIC NOTICE AS REQUIRED BY LAW: Any use of this forum post, in any manner whatsoever, will increase the amount of disorder in the universe. Although no liability is implied herein, the consumer is warned that this process will ultimately lead to the heat death of the universe.

05-17-2005, 01:11 AM	#2
Progressland Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Laguna Hills, Calif. Posts: 25	Excellent! The only things that seem to be missing are the new imagery for Helena and Wichita, which I edited into my original posting last night. -Jason

05-17-2005, 01:12 AM	#3
Progressland Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Laguna Hills, Calif. Posts: 25	Actually, I see the layers are there; just the ortho markers are missing. -Jason

05-19-2005, 12:13 AM	#10
TomServo God. Root. What is difference? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Eastern Pennsylvania Posts: 2,847	What did you have to edit to get the levels in correctly? .. never mind.. duh! I'll update the xml again __________________ Earth is Square blog PUBLIC NOTICE AS REQUIRED BY LAW: Any use of this forum post, in any manner whatsoever, will increase the amount of disorder in the universe. Although no liability is implied herein, the consumer is warned that this process will ultimately lead to the heat death of the universe.

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