My guess would be that he is passing the DDE satellite position output from some tracking program to Google Maps via KML (Keyhole Markup Language)...
See http://code.google.com/apis/kml/documentation/ for more info on KML.
George, KA3HSW
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From: Zachary Beougher zack.kd8ksn@hotmail.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Wed, May 18, 2011 10:24:43 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] AO51 Tracking Gadget
Hi All,
Can anyone tell me how/where I can get the code for the AO51, AO27, ISS, SO50, etc., Google tracking gadgets powered by N2YO? See AO27’s gadget here: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=7&retURL=/sa... p
(halfway down) I see these things on a couple different sites, so there must be an easier way to get it on my page without creating an entire new gadget.
BTW, for those of you that will be commuting to Dayton, you can board the ark in Cincinnati. ;-) It does look like the rain is going to hold off for most of the weekend:
Friday, 20th: Partly Sunny, 74F Saturday, 21st: Partly Sunny, 76F Sunday, 22nd: Mostly Sunny w/ a 30% chance of storms. 80F
73,
Zack KD8KSN