Google Earth与Python CGI交互例子

看了Servlet-based Google Earth Tours感觉挺好，不过他这个不够简单，我来仿照KML官方网站的python例子，写个简单的小例子把文章的精髓拿出来.

快速体验：

1. 把下面的getest.kml和getest.py保存到本机。

2.把getest.py的第一行改成你的python解释器路径，并放到Apache的cgi-bin下。

3. 双击getest.kml会启动google earth，在Place面板里会出现Python Demo目录，选中它，当你移动屏幕的时候，你会发现屏幕中心一直会有一个placemark，这个placemark是python程序动态返回的。

原理介绍：

1. 先看看KML的<NetworkLink>标签的样子，比如getest.kml

<? xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
< kml  xmlns ="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.2" >
   < Folder >
     < name > Python Demo </ name >     
     < visibility > 0 </ visibility >     
     < open > 0 </ open >     
     < description > Liu Test </ description >     

     < NetworkLink >   
         < name > Random Placemark </ name >    
         < visibility > 0 </ visibility >       
         < open > 0 </ open >       
         < description > my discription </ description >       
         < refreshVisibility > 0 </ refreshVisibility >       
         < flyToView > 0 </ flyToView >       
         < Link >         
             < href > http://localhost/cgi-bin/getest.py </ href >       
             < refreshInterval > 2 </ refreshInterval >
             < viewRefreshMode > onStop </ viewRefreshMode >
             < viewRefreshTime > 1 </ viewRefreshTime >
         </ Link >     
     </ NetworkLink >  

   </ Folder >
</ kml >

这里主要有两个地方：

一个是 <href>http://localhost/cgi-bin/getest.py</href> ，GE向这个URL要数据，并把BBOX以GET方式发送到该URL，比如http://localhost/cgi-bin/getest.py?bbox=121,36,122,37

另一个是<refreshInterval>2</refreshInterval>
            <viewRefreshMode>onStop</viewRefreshMode>
            <viewRefreshTime>1</viewRefreshTime>

这几个标签指定了GE发送数据的时间间隔和其他设定。

当我们在GE中打开这个KML文件的时候，GE就回向 http://localhost/cgi-bin/getest.py 要数据，我们就可以在getest.py中对该请求进行处理，并返回结果(KML)。

2. 第二步就是编写getest.py处理这个响应，最简单的是返回一个位于屏幕中心的地标，代码如下：

# !C:/Python24/python.exe
# replace the line above with our own python path

import  cgi

url  =  cgi.FieldStorage()
bbox  =  url[ ' BBOX ' ].value
bbox  =  bbox.split( ' , ' )
west  =  float(bbox[0])
south  =  float(bbox[ 1 ])
east  =  float(bbox[ 2 ])
north  =  float(bbox[ 3 ])

center_lng  =  ((east  -  west)  /   2 )  +  west
center_lat  =  ((north  -  south)  /   2 )  +  south

kml  =  ( 
    ' <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> '
    ' <kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.2"> '
    ' <Placemark> '
    ' <name>View-centered placemark</name> '
    ' <Point> '
    ' <coordinates>%.6f,%.6f</coordinates> '
    ' </Point> '
    ' </Placemark> '
    ' </kml> '
   )  % (center_lng, center_lat)

print   ' Content-Type: application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml '
print  kml

 

我们也可以在getest.py中编写复杂的功能，比如从数据库中提取数据生成KML文件，然后返回客户端与GE的数据叠加。原理介绍，简单至上，就这么简单吧。

学习资料(摘自http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-11-2005/jw-1114-google.html)：

Resources

• Download the source code that accompanies this article “Servlet-based Google Earth Tours”
  http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-11-2005/google/jw-1114-google.zip
• Cylindrical projection
  http://mathworld.wolfram.com/CylindricalProjection.html
• Google Earth API
  http://code.google.com/apis.html#earth
• Google Earth Community
  http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php/Cat/0
• Google Earth download
  http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html
• Google Earth homepage
  http://earth.google.com/
• Hibernate framework
  http://www.hibernate.org/
• iBATIS framework
  http://ibatis.apache.org/index.html
• Jamon framework
  http://www.jamon.org/Features.html
• Microsoft Virtual Earth
  http://virtualearth.msn.com/
• Nasa World Wind
  http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/
• Google Earth KML Tutorial, where you'll find the algorithm for centering
  http://www.keyhole.com/kml/kml_tut.html#tracking_point
• For more articles on servlets, browse the Servlets section of JavaWorld's Topical Index
  http://www.javaworld.com/channel_content/jw-servlets-index.shtml
• For more articles on how to put your Java skills to work, browse the Applied Java section of JavaWorld's Topical Index
  http://www.javaworld.com/channel_content/jw-applied-index.shtml