Synchronize ArcMap 10 and Google Earth via Python?

[jacobne]

Hello,

Anyone know if it's possible to synchronize ArcMap & GE Desktop with something like an Add-In or maybe even a script written in Python? I recall using vb to accomplish this task back at version 9.3, but I'm not sure if it would work at version 10 or not. Any ideas?

Thanks!

[mvolz47]

jacobne:

What do you mean by synchronize? Do you mean putting the data together in the same projection?

[jacobne]

jacobne:

What do you mean by synchronize? Do you mean putting the data together in the same projection?

Woops, I wasn't very clear at all in my first post. I want Google Earth to respond to pan/zoom events from ArcMap. Sometimes it's really convenient to have both ArcMap and GE synchronized on a dual monitor set-up.

The trick is I'd really like to accomplish this in Python if possible. At first I had considered executing a python script with every pan event in arcmap and controlling GE via PyWin, but I'm back pedaling from that approach now. Any thoughts?

[johnmikejones]

There is an arc2google tool that I can't seem to get running smoothly. It would be nice to have it run straight through GE.

[mzcoyle]

Arc2Google works perfectly for me.

http://www.husseinnasser.com/2011/01...arcgis-10.html

[jacobne]

Thanks for responding! Arc2Google is a pretty neat tool, but at the time I was looking for something to directly interact with Google Earth Desktop. Unfortunately, the only way I know of doing this is via COM, so I might wait until my organization upgrades to 10.1.