Opportunity Route Map |
Opportunity Route Map |
Oct 26 2010, 10:15 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
I know I'm at the back of the class but I won't be shy. What is a KML?
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Oct 26 2010, 10:39 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
Keyhole Markup Language
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Oct 26 2010, 11:03 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14431 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
It's the file that ET has been attaching to every map update for months and months, and loads directly into Google Earth (once you've added on the local maps for Opportunity ) so you can see the route for yourself, as much or as little as you want.
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Oct 26 2010, 11:29 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
This shows you what you can do with Google Earth and Eduardo's .kml files, Nigel...
http://roadtoendeavour.wordpress.com/2010/10/26/moving-on-2 -------------------- |
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Oct 27 2010, 09:30 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
Thanks all re KMLs. My system comes up with 'unknown file type' when I click on those. However I do greatly appreciate 'Road to Endeavour' which is always admirably clear and instantly accessible.
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Oct 27 2010, 10:14 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Thanks, but I have to stress it's only because of Tesheiner's brilliant work with those KML files that my blog is of any use to anyone!
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Oct 27 2010, 03:30 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Here's the map update corresponding to sol 2402.
Route_Map_Sol2402.kml ( 64.38K ) Number of downloads: 577 My system comes up with 'unknown file type' when I click on those. Mmm, don't you have Google Earth on your computer? |
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Oct 27 2010, 06:57 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
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Oct 29 2010, 11:43 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Now that Opportunity has almost reached the flat parking lot / tarmac I thought it was time to post again the "biggie" map. It is updated up to sol 2404.
Route_Map_Sol2404.kml ( 65.11K ) Number of downloads: 467 Edit: Here's an updated KML file with a corrected position for sol 2404. The "mobility data" was off by around 5m. Route_Map_Sol2404n.kml ( 65.11K ) Number of downloads: 485 This post has been edited by Tesheiner: Oct 29 2010, 05:24 PM |
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Oct 29 2010, 06:28 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 194 Joined: 3-January 10 Member No.: 5156 |
Cool. For those who want to follow the trek of opportunity I have this tip: Just save the new big map from Tesheiner to your desktop. Every time he posts a new small map of the current progress, just open it, copy the picture and paste it into the big map. The alignment is easy. This is done within 30 seconds. I made this the last half year. You always have the the current route as picture and always the context of current drive.
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Oct 30 2010, 08:39 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 404 Joined: 5-January 10 Member No.: 5161 |
Cool. For those who want to follow the trek of opportunity I have this tip: Just save the new big map from Tesheiner to your desktop. Every time he posts a new small map of the current progress, just open it, copy the picture and paste it into the big map. The alignment is easy. This is done within 30 seconds. I made this the last half year. You always have the the current route as picture and always the context of current drive. Thanks for this excellent idea, especially since Google Earth is working awfully for me with the overlays. My Mac Pro is loaded with 5 GB of RAM, but freezes up constantly in GE. Can't figure it out. I delete the overlays and it works great. Still waiting for the folks at NASA to embed the detailed overlays right into Google Mars' servers! That's gonna be great. |
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Oct 30 2010, 03:49 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
I'm currently using the overlay created while testing the MapTiler tool (see this post) and it works quite smoothly. Let's see if I can make it available.
And back to the business of this thread, here's a crop of the map around sol 2405 and the corresponding KML file. Route_Map_Sol2405.kml ( 65.29K ) Number of downloads: 472 |
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Nov 2 2010, 11:23 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
ADMIN: Several unproductive posts moved to the "Kitchen Junk Drawer" thread.
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Nov 4 2010, 04:42 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
There's still not enough images to confirm the position after sol 2410, but if we trust the rover's mobility info here's our current site.
Route_Map_Sol2410.kml ( 66K ) Number of downloads: 522 |
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Nov 5 2010, 10:10 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
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