Getting the data into Google EarthĮxporting geographic datasets from R into a format that can be used in Google Earth Studio and customising their appearance is not a straightforward process, at least in part due to the scarcity of dedicated documentation and tutorials. If you are unfamiliar with R, but still want to read more about Google Earth Studio, you will also probably want to skip the following section. If you have data in the format used by Google Earth (.kml), or already know how to convert data into it, you can skip the following section detailing how to convert data to. Taking the time to get some basic understanding of how camera movement works in the online interface will spare much frustration going forward. Their own documentation is mandatory reading to to get started. In order to use Google Earth Studio, some familiarity with video editing software will be useful.

The workflow described in this post is less than ideal, but perhaps this can still be useful as a starting point for someone considering to give it a spin. This post will be something in between a product review and a collection of points of reference that may be of use to anyone tempted by the idea of using Google Earth for data visualisation. If you are here just for the action, you may want to skip past the first couple of minutes.

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