Marlin
October 26th, 2009, 21:14
October 26, 2009
3D plane in flight in 3D Buildings layer (http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2009/10/3d_plane_in_flight_in_3d_buildings.html)
A sharp-eyed GEB reader named 'Will' has discovered something pretty cool. At the north end of the Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, the Netherlands' main airport, there is a 3D model of an airplane coming in for a landing. The plane was modeled by 'KG800 (http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/doadvsearch?uq=04059975397564534197&isbestofgeo=true)'. You can view the plane using this KML file (http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2009/10/25/3D-Plane-in-Flight.kml) http://www.gearthblog.com/images/gelogoicon.gif. Be sure to have the "3D Buildings" layer turned on.
<center>http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2009/10/25/plane-in-flight.jpg</center> As far as we know, this it the first 3D plane included in the main "3D Buildings" layer. However, there are been plenty of planes added via third-party KML files before. There was a 3D Plane Tracker (http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2006/01/3d_planes_for_f.html) we showed a few years ago, the Wirefly X Prize Cup Event (http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2006/10/wirefly_x_prize_cup_1.html), and even an aircraft carrier (http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2007/09/news_roundup_flight_simulator_goodies_photoviewer_ stuff_video_tourism_.html) that you can use with the flight simulator mode.
For normal satellite imagery of airplanes, you can browse this collection of planes in flight (http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2005/12/planes_in_fligh_1.html), a Lancaster Bomber (http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2006/01/lancaster_bombe.html) from a few years ago, or a U-2 Spyplane (http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2009/01/u2_spyplane_caught_in_flight_in_goo.html) discovered earlier this year. If you still want more, Google Earth Hacks (http://www.gearthhacks.com/) has nearly 300 planes in their "aircraft in flight (http://www.gearthhacks.com/dlcat24/Aircraft-in-flight.htm)" category, and more than 900 "aircraft on the ground (http://www.gearthhacks.com/dlcat30/Aircraft-on-the-ground.htm)". You can even find tons of aircraft in Google StreetView: 121 in flight (http://www.gearthhacks.com/streetview/cat.php?catid=14), or 283 on the ground (http://www.gearthhacks.com/streetview/cat.php?catid=24).
All of that being said, it's still really cool to see a built-in 3D model of a plane in Google Earth. If you find others, please let us know.
[UPDATE 26-OCT: GEB reader 'Tom (http://twitter.com/tdriver1974)' just let us know that there are a few 3D planes parked at London Heathrow. I've created a KML file (http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2009/10/26/Planes-at-Heathrow.kmz) http://www.gearthblog.com/images/gelogoicon.gif for you to check them out. Let us know if you find others.]
[UPDATE #2 26-OCT: GEB reader 'Christoph' pointed out that there's a second plane at Schiphol that we missed. You can view it here (http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2009/10/26/747-from-KLM.kml) http://www.gearthblog.com/images/gelogoicon.gif]
Posted by mickmel at 8:54 AM (http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2009/10/3d_plane_in_flight_in_3d_buildings.html) | Comments (5) (http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2009/10/3d_plane_in_flight_in_3d_buildings.html#comments)
3D plane in flight in 3D Buildings layer (http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2009/10/3d_plane_in_flight_in_3d_buildings.html)
A sharp-eyed GEB reader named 'Will' has discovered something pretty cool. At the north end of the Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, the Netherlands' main airport, there is a 3D model of an airplane coming in for a landing. The plane was modeled by 'KG800 (http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/doadvsearch?uq=04059975397564534197&isbestofgeo=true)'. You can view the plane using this KML file (http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2009/10/25/3D-Plane-in-Flight.kml) http://www.gearthblog.com/images/gelogoicon.gif. Be sure to have the "3D Buildings" layer turned on.
<center>http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2009/10/25/plane-in-flight.jpg</center> As far as we know, this it the first 3D plane included in the main "3D Buildings" layer. However, there are been plenty of planes added via third-party KML files before. There was a 3D Plane Tracker (http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2006/01/3d_planes_for_f.html) we showed a few years ago, the Wirefly X Prize Cup Event (http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2006/10/wirefly_x_prize_cup_1.html), and even an aircraft carrier (http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2007/09/news_roundup_flight_simulator_goodies_photoviewer_ stuff_video_tourism_.html) that you can use with the flight simulator mode.
For normal satellite imagery of airplanes, you can browse this collection of planes in flight (http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2005/12/planes_in_fligh_1.html), a Lancaster Bomber (http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2006/01/lancaster_bombe.html) from a few years ago, or a U-2 Spyplane (http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2009/01/u2_spyplane_caught_in_flight_in_goo.html) discovered earlier this year. If you still want more, Google Earth Hacks (http://www.gearthhacks.com/) has nearly 300 planes in their "aircraft in flight (http://www.gearthhacks.com/dlcat24/Aircraft-in-flight.htm)" category, and more than 900 "aircraft on the ground (http://www.gearthhacks.com/dlcat30/Aircraft-on-the-ground.htm)". You can even find tons of aircraft in Google StreetView: 121 in flight (http://www.gearthhacks.com/streetview/cat.php?catid=14), or 283 on the ground (http://www.gearthhacks.com/streetview/cat.php?catid=24).
All of that being said, it's still really cool to see a built-in 3D model of a plane in Google Earth. If you find others, please let us know.
[UPDATE 26-OCT: GEB reader 'Tom (http://twitter.com/tdriver1974)' just let us know that there are a few 3D planes parked at London Heathrow. I've created a KML file (http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2009/10/26/Planes-at-Heathrow.kmz) http://www.gearthblog.com/images/gelogoicon.gif for you to check them out. Let us know if you find others.]
[UPDATE #2 26-OCT: GEB reader 'Christoph' pointed out that there's a second plane at Schiphol that we missed. You can view it here (http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2009/10/26/747-from-KLM.kml) http://www.gearthblog.com/images/gelogoicon.gif]
Posted by mickmel at 8:54 AM (http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2009/10/3d_plane_in_flight_in_3d_buildings.html) | Comments (5) (http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2009/10/3d_plane_in_flight_in_3d_buildings.html#comments)