RaceTracker playback

A few quick instructions & tips for playback of your race in Google Earth


This is the TimeLine control that displays in the upper left hand corner of the earth view.

 This control can be used to set a viewpoint and run, pause, fast forward, etc thru the race.
It sucks!



This is the Tour control that displays in the lower left hand corner of the earth view, and it's the way to go.

This control is used to control a following viewpoint of any specific boat in the fleet.  To use this, you:

• Expand the race's folder to view the individual race tracks
• Select a track
• Click on the track button on the bottom of the screen to display the control
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• Used the buttons on the left to start, fast forward etc
• Play around with it.

Use this GoogleEarth-Preferences-Touring popup to give yourself the view perspective you like.

 The Camera Tilt Angle (degrees from vertical down) and Camera Range (meters from the selected track) are the values to tweek.

Have fun.