Takes two NASA datasets (the International Space Station location, and exoplanet data), and overlays them on Google Earth and Google Sky, respectively; written in C#/ASP.NET.
This was based on an interactive session given as part of Trayport's internal employee tech talk series.
http://marsweather.ingenology.com/ (e.g. http://marsweather.ingenology.com/v1/archive/)
http://exoapi.com/ (e.g. http://exoapi.com/api/skyhook/planets/search?habitable=1)
http://open-notify.org/Open-Notify-API/ISS-Location-Now/ (e.g. http://api.open-notify.org/iss-now.json)
google.load('visualization', '1.0', { 'packages': ['corechart'] });
google.setOnLoadCallback(function() {
$.ajax({
url: "@Url.Action("HttpRequestSync", new { url = api_call })"
}).success(function_to_render_data);
});https://developers.google.com/chart/
https://developers.google.com/chart/interactive/docs/gallery/barchart
var ge;
google.load("earth", "1", { "other_params": "sensor=false" });
function init() { google.earth.createInstance('map3d', initCB); }
function initCB(instance) {
ge = instance;
ge.getWindow().setVisibility(true);
(Make call to api, call showMap with returned data)
}
function showMap(data) {
ge.getOptions().setMapType(map_type);
setTimeout(function () {
(Parse data here)
// Create location object
var lookAt = ge.getView().copyAsLookAt(ge.ALTITUDE_RELATIVE_TO_GROUND);
lookAt.setLatitude(some_latitude);
lookAt.setLongitude(some_longitude);
// Zoom to point
var oldFlyToSpeed = ge.getOptions().getFlyToSpeed();
ge.getOptions().setFlyToSpeed(.2); // Slow down the camera flyTo speed.
ge.getView().setAbstractView(lookAt);
ge.getOptions().setFlyToSpeed(oldFlyToSpeed);
}, 1000); // Start the zoom-in after one second.
}
google.setOnLoadCallback(init);http://www.google.com/earth/explore/products/plugin.html
https://developers.google.com/earth/documentation/index
https://developers.google.com/earth/documentation/sky_mars_moon
http://earth-api-samples.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/examples/placemark-point.html
http://earth-api-samples.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/examples/event-placemark.html
$.ajax({
url: "@Url.Action("HttpRequestSync", new { url = some_url })"
}).success(some_function);JSON.parse(data)var placemark = ge.createPlacemark('');
ge.getFeatures().appendChild(placemark);
var point = ge.createPoint('');
point.setLatitude(some_latitude);
point.setLongitude(some_longitude);
placemark.setGeometry(point);