The site was once equipped with missiles in the open air, with embankments between paired launch sites. Here, one of those sites, the Oahu Defense Area in Hawaii, is shown in 1968. His plan is to build a geo-referenced database so that anyone can research the Nike missile sites through Google Earth. Those missiles became obsolete with the advent of long-range intercontinental ballistic missiles (opens in new tab) (ICBMs).ĭavid Tewksbury, a GIS (geographic information system) specialist at Hamilton College in New York, aimed to preserve a visual record of the abandoned Nike missile launch sites before they vanish - either as a result of being reclaimed by nature, repurposed by the military or redeveloped. Some of those missiles even carried nuclear warheads. Nike missiles, which were supersonic surface-to-air missiles, sat ready to launch at nearly 300 sites across the United States during a period of the Cold War, from 1954 to the 1970s.

(Image credit: Google Earth) (opens in new tab) Tip 3: You can always select keyframes manually, just hold down shift when you click on them to add to original selection.Īdd to the comments if you know an easier way slow down a section of Google Earth Studio.This Google Earth image shows the Oahu Defense Area in Hawaii, which was equipped with missiles in open air with earthen revetments, or embankments, between paired launch sites, shown here in 1968. Click the small arrow next to the attribute (far left of keyframe editor). This usually means that you can see everything without needing to scroll down. Tip 2: Roll up (shrink) attributes before selecting multiple keyframes. Tip 1: Selecting multiple keyframes (spots) - click and drag mouse but remember to select all keyframes including those out of sight. This increases the time to get between the 2 keyframes (section to be stretched) automatically slowing the section down. Drag the selected keyframes to the right.Highlight all the keyframes AFTER and including the end of the section to stretch (the spots on the keyframe editor, bottom half of screen).Increase the overall length of the animation in project setting, see above.I have found a better way to slow down a section of Google Earth Studio but it's still a bit clunky.

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