The movie was created whilst examining the models performance with various placemarks, in this case the London Tube stations of Bank, Barbican, Euston, Waterloo and Kings Cross.

The model streams in nicely although some slow down is evident in places. We might be out of the park on this one but we added a Trance soundtrack as it was all a bit dull without audio.

Not sure if it works but still, its just an experiment in soundtracks to Google Earth, if anyone else knows of a Google Earth movie with a good soundtrack (apart from from Jason Dancing..which if you havent seen it is neat, although not as good as the genius that is Where the Hell is Matt) let us know..

A higher resolution version can be downloaded here (.wmv 46Mb)

Our post on progress in the London Google Earth Model last week highlighted the ability to stream in data using the Network capability of KML thanks to Richard Milton at CASA.

The movie displayed was created using data direct from Ordnance Survey Master Map. This is suitable for general outlines but not for landmark buildings that require higher levels of detail. To import these into Google Earth we have used a combination of ESRI’s ArcGIS, SketchUp, GeoTools and good old Notepad. The landmark KMZ’s are spliced into the original file structure allowing Network Streaming functionality with the inclusion of landmark buildings. The latest movie illustrates the Swiss Re and Tower 42 in the wider context of the London model.

All the work flows are in place all we need now is for the parties involved to sort out their data licensing policy…