On Friday 04 November 2005 07:57 pm, Aron Smith wrote: > On Friday 04 November 2005 03:12 pm, Mike Adolf wrote: > > On Friday 04 November 2005 10:38 am, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: > > > On November 3, 2005 21:38, Miark wrote: > > > > On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 12:54:18 -0700, Aron wrote: > > > > > having been looking for a linux equivalent to Google Earth > > > > > I found this > > > > > http://freshmeat.net/projects/earth3d/ > > > > > there was an RPM available ..it loaded and ran :-) > > > > > anyone else using it? > > > > > > > > There's a Mandriva RPM for it, too. I installed it and tried > > > > it, but the interface is pretty bad. I haven't used it since. > > > > > > > > Miark > > > > > > I tried the Mandriva rpm under 10.1, and nothing happened. ps showed > > > the program was running, but nothing ever appeared on the screen. > > > > > > When I started it from the command line, it stopped after giving the > > > message "CONNECTTOSERVER". I'm guessing for whatever reason it couldn't > > > contact the server. I wonder if the firewall is getting in the way > > > (didn't think it would stop an outgoing connection, but I'm no expert > > > in this area). > > > > > > I noticed that the Mandriva rpm is for version 1.0.2, but the latest > > > source release is 1.0.4. Don't have the time to try building from > > > source. > > > > I installed 1.0.2. When executed from command line, it comes up. I > > select a map and it puts lots of info in the terminal window along with > > several " error=1 errorstring, request aborted" messages. When finished > > I am left with a big white circle in a black square--not very > > interesting. terminal. > > I am currently looking at the gulf of Arden at 100 meter resolution > you have to click on one of the urls and select a source > zoom in and out with your mouse wheel >
I do select a url from the list on the left of the window. I am able to display marks like city names and flags, but if I select a map from one of the urls, the globe is just covered with large grayscale rectangles. Mike
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