RockWorks | Utilities | EarthApps | Images | Legend
This program:
- Reads a single image file.
- Creates a KML output file to display the image in the legend area of the Google Earth display, with no rescaling.
- Creates a KMZ (zip) output file, containing the KML and the image files.
- Loads the KMZ file in Google Earth. Legends remain fixed in size regardless of the zoom state of your view.
Menu Options
Step-by-Step Summary
Menu Options
- Image to be used for Legend: Click the browse button to the right to browse for the image to be displayed as a legend in your Google Earth scene. This image should be fairly small in size, as it will be displayed at its native pixel size with no rescaling. For example, at 96 dots per inch on your screen, an image that is 96 pixels x 96 pixels will appear 1 inch by 1 inch in Google Earth. This program supports .BMP, .JPG, .PNG, .GIF, .TGA, and .TIF images.
Step-by-Step Summary
- Access the Utilities program tab.
- Select the RockWorks | Utilities | EarthApps | Images | Legend menu option.
- Enter the menu options as described above.
- Click the Process button to continue.
The program will create a KML file containing a legend using the raster image you selected. It will create a KMZ file with the KML file and the image files. The Google Earth KML and KMZ file names will be assigned automatically.
- Confirm:
- Automatically load file into Google Earth: Be sure this is checked if you want to display the output at this time.
- Show this message every time a KMZ File is Created: If checked, this window will be displayed each time a Google Earth output is created. Uncheck this if you prefer not to see this window in the future.
(Both of these settings are also available via the Preferences menu.)
- Click OK to continue or Cancel to cancel the operation.
The resulting output will be displayed in Google Earth, if requested.
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