Playing with this plug-in I tried to use GPS track from my visit in LA to create some kind virtual trip :-)
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Nice? :-) [you must remember that to see it you will need Google Earth Plugin and rather quick connection to the Internet]
Most important thing in this solution is using of GPS data not only to place us "in the World" but also to determine camera angle.
I decided to use vector created from current point and next point of GPS track [OK, truly it's not full GPS track but only some points], when I know this vector I may calculate camera angle.
function fixAngle(angle,dx,dy) {
if (dx==0) {
if (dy>=0) angle = 90;
else angle = 270;
} else if ((dx>0) && (dy>=0)) {
angle = angle;
} else if ((dx>0) && (dy<0)) {
angle = angle+=360;
} else if ((dx<0)) {
angle = angle + 180;
}
return angle%360;
}
[...]
var dx = nx-x;
var dy = ny-y;
var angle = 0;
if (dx!=0) {
angle = Math.atan(dy/dx);
}
angle=angle/Math.PI*180;
angle=fixAngle(angle,dx,dy);
(nx,ny) are coordinates of next point in track and (x,y) are coordinates of current point.Btw. imagine, using this plug-in and some server we may build real-time and super realistic multiplayer flight simulator :-)
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