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diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.30.07/Tue/aimge.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.30.07/Tue/aimge.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0553098 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.30.07/Tue/aimge.txt @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +If you love the idea of Twittervision, but don't really like [Twitter][1], the developer's behind the AIM protocol have released a similar tool for Google Earth that you might enjoy. The new KML layers allow you to overlay nearly real-time [AIM conversation data in Google Earth][2]. + +Using IP to City geocoding, the AIM visualization displays all the conversations that have started in the last minute, in real time. When you're pulled back to the world view only the newest conversations are shown, when you start to zoom in past conversations become visible. + +To add the layers, just download them from the AIM site and open Google Earth. Head to File>>open and select the downloaded layers. Then check for the new layers in your "Places" panel. + +[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/03/8_cool_twitter_.html "8 Cool Twitter Tools" +[2]: http://x.aim.com/ge/ "AIM Google Earth Visualizations"
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