1. Overview

As you know, we can search KML files on Google Search with "your_key_word filetype:kml" or "your_key_word filetype:kmz". This tool's duty is integrate the search result directly into Google Earth.

2. Requirements

OS:

• Linux tested.(note: without startup shell script)

• Windows tested.(note: with startup shell script)

Java:

• Java 6.0 /1.6.0

3. Files Tree

• ${GS2GE_HOME}

  • start.cmd - Windows startup shell script

  • conf

    • log4j.xml

    • setting.xml - the main setting file

  • doc

    • manual.html - this file

  • lib

    • *.jar

4. Setup

5. Windows

You may need to modify ${GS2GE_HOME}/start.cmd file. Insert line set JAVA_HOME=Your Java Home Directory below line REM set JAVA_HOME here.

5. Usage

1. Start GS2GE Server

   • Windows: Type below commands in command line console
     > cd ${GS2GE_HOME}
     > start.cmd

You can goto step 3 directly if you know the query URL format and all your query parameter are ASCII char.

2. Generate query URL
   a. Open a browser. Go to URL : http://localhost:7070/servlets/la.ge.server.servlets.gs2ge.ui.GEURLGeneratorServlet
   b. Enter your search keyword
   
   
   c. Get the result(GE Network Link URL)
   
   
   

3. Create Network Link in GE with the generated URL
   
   
   
   
   
   

4. Some result return by Google may be invalid. Just Ignore it.