Built-In Image
When you click a plotted symbol, it displays a link called "Image File (JPG). This link is for adding an image file to be associated with a crash record.
     You can add an image file to any crash record at any time, in "jpg" format. When you click the "Image File ..." link, If you have added an image file for that crash record, it will display the image on the screen. If you have not added an image for that crash record, it will simply indicate it cannot display it and you can add it at any other time.    
     The way it works is as follows: Each plotted symbol is associated with a crash record. Each crash record has a unique ID, such as report number. If you save the image file with a file name equal to the unique ID, when you click a plotted symbol, it will associate with a crash record, and it will associate with a image file.
     The following steps shows how to make use of the built-in feature to add image files:
  1. Create a subfolder called "Images" under the folder where the KMZ file (the file for displaying collision diagrams or crash locations  in Google Earth) is located. For example, if CCC is the folder where the KMZ file is located. Create a subfolder called "CCC\Images".
  2. Use any software to create an image file.
  3. Save the image file in "jpg" format. Use the report ID as the file name. For example, if the crash record has a report ID of XXX, then save the file as XXX.jpg. 
  4. Put the image file in "CCC\Images\XXX.jpg. 
  5. When you click a plotted symbol, and when you click the link "Image File ...", it will display the image file that you have saved in step 3.

Copyright © 2008, JMW Engineering, Inc. All rights reserved. Protected by U.S. Patent 6104410