Log flight path in Google Earth

[Joe Kurr]

This evening I did some testing with exporting flight data from DCS World to a kml file and opening it in Google Earth.

I already experimented with this a couple of years ago in FC2, and decided to try again in DCS, with quite satisfying results :)

It looks like the coordinate system exported from DCS matches Google Earth better than FC2, but I haven't done a comparison flight yet.

 

 

I'll post the lua code tomorrow, when I have a better (more readable) script.

[Jumbik]

Hmm, for what purpose do you want to use it?

[Boltz]

Looks very good! Does it show the flight in real time or can it only be opened as a kml file after the flight?

[Joe Kurr]

Hmm, for what purpose do you want to use it?

 

In its current form it has no real use, other than that it's fun to see the track you have flown in the real world.

But this script can be extended and improved to be more useful.

 

Looks very good! Does it show the flight in real time or can it only be opened as a kml file after the flight?

 

Currently, it only generates a kml file which can be opened in Google Earth afterwards.

I'm working on a realtime version, but that is a bigger challenge.

I think I need to take out my old TCP Listener script for that.

[HiJack]

This would be a great add-on for TacView I think! I would love to see Google earth in stead of the default terrain in TacView.

[Joe Kurr]

It would be cool indeed to have a TacView-like export to Google Earth, although a possible drawback could be that the DCS terrain doesn't quite correspond to Google Earth's terrain, so units might go under ground at times.

I'm now experimenting with animated tracks, and have found that the time in Google earth is way too fast to have any real use other than showing the complete track in 10 seconds.

I haven't found a way yet to replay my flights in real time in Google.

 

Here is a screenshot of my latest test, showing two flights: