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This document covers the installation process and working of the add-in.
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3. Specify whether the installation should only be performed in the current user profile or for all users.
Figure 1.1: Add-in Setup Wizard Figure 1.2: Destination Folder Selection Dialogue
You can also uninstall the add-in through Windows Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs.
The Export to Google Earth add-in icon is available in the Add-in Toolbar.
You can deactivate add-ins in the Add-ins and Macros dialogue. For example, if you clear the GoogleEarthAddin Class
check box in this dialogue, the Export to Google Earth add-in icon will no longer be available in the Add-in Toolbar.
You can also verify the installation details of the add-in by clicking the Infos button in the Add-ins and Macros dialogue.
1. Click the Export to Google Earth add-in icon in the Add-in Toolbar. The Export to Google Earth dialogue
appears (see Figure 1.9: on page 11).
You can choose to export the site altitudes as Absolute values or Relative to the Ground.
- Transmitters: Select this check box to export the transmitter heights, azimuths, antenna beamwidths,
mechanical tilts, and activity statuses to Google Earth.
You can export other transmitter properties to Google Earth as well. For more information, see step 3.
Note:
• When you export site altitudes as relative to the ground, the altitudes of transmitters are
also exported as relative to the ground and, therefore, depend on the topology of the map.
- Microwave Links: Select this check box to export the microwave link heights and activity statuses to Google
Earth.
You can export other microwave link properties to Google Earth as well. For more information, see step 3.
You can select the Fresnel Ellipsoid check box if you wish the add-in to generate and export Fresnel ellip-
soids to Google Earth for the exported microwave links.
- Coverage Plots: Select the coverage prediction plots to export to Google Earth. The list contains all the plots
available in the Predictions folder for the current Atoll document.
3. Select site, transmitter, and microwave link properties to export to Google Earth:
a. Click the Browse button ( ) next to the Properties box corresponding to Sites, Transmitters, or Microwave
Links. The Selection of fields dialogue appears (see Figure 1.10: on page 12).
b. Select the fields you want to export.
- To select a field to be exported, select the field in the Available fields list and click to move it
to the Selected fields list.
- To remove a field from the Selected fields list, select the field and click to remove it from the
Selected fields list.
- To change the order of the fields, select one or more fields in the Selected fields list and click or to
move it up or down in the list. The exported properties will be sorted in the order of the fields in the Selected
Figure 1.11: Sites, Transmitters, and a Signal Level Coverage Prediction Plot
• Default name and storage location for the file created by the add-in
DefaultStorage = "C:\TEMP\Atoll.kmz" (example)
If you do not specify any name and location in the .ini file, files created by the add-in will be stored under the default
name and location: "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Google\GoogleEarth\Atoll.kmz".
• Radius (in metres) of the polygon that represents transmitters in Google Earth
TransmitterSize = 50 (default value)
• Width and height of the maximum texture size supported by Google Earth (see About box in Google Earth)
MaximumWidth = 2048 (default value)
• More accurate export of coverage plots (coverage prediction overlays in Google Earth might have some overlap)
UseAccuracy = 0 (default value) or 1
• Width and height of the tile used for the accurate coverage plot export
TileWidth = 128 (default value)
version 2.0
ADD_GE2_E0
February 2010
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