Giant Squid versus Sperm Whale - In 3D discussion

pegasus88 · 03-09-2009, 04:06 PM

This is a discussion thread for the following file:

Giant Squid versus Sperm Whale - In 3D

When you turn on your 3d buildings layer in Google Earth 5 and move to this placemark, you see a whale and a squid duking it out.

pegasus88 · 03-09-2009, 04:32 PM

File corrupt?

The file has been downloaded 6.136 times.

I renamed the file ...
112207-_Giant_Squid_versus_Sperm_Whale_-_In_3D_[97891].kmz
to
112207-_Giant_Squid_versus_Sperm_Whale_-_In_3D_[97891].kmz.zip

unzipped the file, and opened it with notepad. There are only 36 lines
and I did not find any 3D data.

So, how sould the program GoogleEarth know how to
display the 3D whale?

Is this file corrupt?

Captain Hornblower · 03-09-2009, 05:15 PM

This is nothing but a placemark, no 3D datas included. The placemark points on a 3d-model of a whale, therefore you have to turn on the 3d-bulidings-layer. Anyway, I don't see any whale when opening the placemark.

pegasus88 · 03-09-2009, 05:48 PM

Do you think when turning on the 3d-bulidings-layer option a whale will be displayed?

Captain Hornblower · 03-09-2009, 07:16 PM

So I understand the file-description

Quote:

When you turn on your 3d buildings layer in Google Earth 5 and move to this placemark, you see a whale and a squid duking it out.

Captain Hornblower · 03-09-2009, 07:18 PM

Quote:

When you turn on your 3d buildings layer in Google Earth 5

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain Hornblower

Anyway, I don't see any whale when opening the placemark.

Ooops... just found out, that I still have GE 4.3xxxx on this computer

hikethereef · 11-08-2009, 03:15 AM

I had to zoom in before it showed up, but it's pretty cool. I had no idea stuff like this was on Google Earth.

03-09-2009, 04:06 PM	#1
pegasus88 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2	Giant Squid versus Sperm Whale - In 3D discussion This is a discussion thread for the following file: Giant Squid versus Sperm Whale - In 3D When you turn on your 3d buildings layer in Google Earth 5 and move to this placemark, you see a whale and a squid duking it out.

03-09-2009, 05:15 PM	#3
Captain Hornblower Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Koblenz, Germany Posts: 1,903	This is nothing but a placemark, no 3D datas included. The placemark points on a 3d-model of a whale, therefore you have to turn on the 3d-bulidings-layer. Anyway, I don't see any whale when opening the placemark. __________________ Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e., it always increases. Norman R. Augustine

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03-09-2009, 04:32 PM	#2
pegasus88 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2	File corrupt? The file has been downloaded 6.136 times. I renamed the file ... 112207-_Giant_Squid_versus_Sperm_Whale_-_In_3D_[97891].kmz to 112207-_Giant_Squid_versus_Sperm_Whale_-_In_3D_[97891].kmz.zip unzipped the file, and opened it with notepad. There are only 36 lines and I did not find any 3D data. So, how sould the program GoogleEarth know how to display the 3D whale? Is this file corrupt?

03-09-2009, 05:48 PM	#4
pegasus88 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2	Do you think when turning on the 3d-bulidings-layer option a whale will be displayed?

11-08-2009, 03:15 AM	#7
hikethereef Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Salem, Utah, USA Posts: 4	I had to zoom in before it showed up, but it's pretty cool. I had no idea stuff like this was on Google Earth.