Google Earth links - #75
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Is there a quick test that can be done (without the API of course) to see if the line of sight is visible from Google Maps? The other thing to consider is that we can ship this (or go the other direction and definitely don't ship this) and focus on getting our in-browser elevation data visualizations so don't have to care if Google Maps has the line of sight or not |
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I think I figured it out! Check it out https://tombh-google-earth-link-viewview.tom-364.workers.dev I put it in the "Current Line Of Sight" box |
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I managed to figure out how to manually construct Google Earth links. But there's a showstopper: if Google Earth doesn't think the camera can't see the target point, which is often the case for long lines of sight, it raises the altitude of the camera until it believes it can see the target. For the longest lines of sight the camera is often many kilometers above the land 😞
Relates to #61