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TableofContents
1 Exportto
Google
Earth
Add
in
..................................................4
2 InstallingtheExporttoGoogleEarthAddin .......................................4
3 ActivatingandDeactivatingtheAddininAtoll ....................................4
4 UsingtheExporttoGoogleEarthAddin ..........................................5
5 AdvancedConfiguration.......................................................9
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1 ExporttoGoogleEarthAddin
The Export to Google Earth addin can export items such as sites, transmitters, microwave links, their properties, and
coveragepredictionplotsfromAtollsingleRATandmultiRATdocumentstoGoogleEarth.
TheExporttoGoogleEarthaddinisdevelopedbyForskusingthestandardAtollAPI.Itisavailableondemandandcanbe
usedwithAtollversion2.5.2andlater.
2 InstallingtheExporttoGoogleEarthAddin
InstallingtheAddinSeparatelyFromAtoll
Toinstalltheaddinusingtheaddinsownsetupprogram:
1. Runtheaddinssetupprogram.
2. Selectaninstallationfolderfortheaddin.ItisnotnecessarytoinstalltheaddinintheAtollinstallationdirectory.
3. Specifywhethertheinstallationshouldonlybeperformedinthecurrentuserprofileorforallusers.
4. ClickNext.Theaddinisinstalled.
5. Oncetheinstallationiscomplete,clickClosetoexitthesetup.
RepairingtheAlreadyInstalledAddin
The addins setup program allows you to repair the alreadyinstalled addin by reinstalling it using the installation
parametersthatyoudefinedwheninstallingitthefirsttime.
Torepairthealreadyinstalledaddin:
1. Runtheaddinssetupprogram.
2. SelectRepairExporttoGoogleEarth.
3. ClickFinish.Theaddinisinstalledagainusingtheinstallationparametersthatyoudefinedwheninstallingtheaddin
thefirsttime.
UninstallingtheAddin
Touninstalltheaddin:
1. Runtheaddinssetupprogram.
2. SelectRemoveExporttoGoogleEarth.
3. ClickFinish.Theaddinisuninstalled.
YoucanalsouninstalltheaddinthroughWindowsControlPanel.
3 Activatingand
Deactivating
the
Add
in
in
Atoll
Onceinstalled,theaddinisavailableinthelistofaddinsinstalledwithAtoll.
ThesetupprogramoftheExporttoGoogleEarthaddinissuppliedinboth:
a32bitversionforAtoll32bit:"ExportToGoogleEarth.msi",and
a64bitversionforAtoll64bit:"ExportToGoogleEarth_x64.msi"
Beforeinstallingthe64bitversionofthisaddin,makesurethatAtoll64bitisinstalled
correctly.Formoreinformation,seetheAtollAdministratorManual.
ThesetupofAtoll3.1.0andlaterincludestheExporttoGoogleEarthaddin,whichcan
beinstalled
at
the
same
time
as
Atoll.
You
can,
ifyou
wish,
install
the
add
in
separately
fromAtollusingtheaddinsownsetupprogram.
Incaseyouareinstallinganewversionofthisaddin,uninstallthecurrentversionbefore
youinstallthenewone.
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ToactivatetheaddininAtoll:
1. SelectTools >AddinsandMacrosfromthemenubar.TheAddinsandMacrosdialogboxappears.
2. SelecttheGoogleEarthAddinClasscheckbox.
3. ClickClose.TheExporttoGoogleEarthaddinicon isavailableintheAddintoolbar.
YoucanverifytheinstallationdetailsoftheaddinbyclickingtheDetailsbuttonintheAddinsandMacrosdialogbox.
YoucandeactivatetheaddinintheAddinsandMacrosdialogbox.Forexample,ifyoucleartheGoogleEarthAddinClass
checkboxinthisdialogbox,theExporttoGoogleEarthaddinicon willnolongerbeavailableintheAddintoolbar.
4 Usingthe
Export
to
Google
Earth
Add
in
Oncetheaddinisinstalled,theExporttoGoogleEarthaddinicon isavailableinAtoll.YouhavetoinstallGoogleEarth
beforeusingtheExporttoGoogleEarthaddininAtoll.
ToruntheExporttoGoogleEarthaddin:
1. ClicktheExporttoGoogleEarthaddinicon intheAddintoolbar.TheExporttoGoogleEarthdialogboxappears
(seeFigure 2
on
page 5).
2. Select
the
items
to
export
to
Google
Earth: Sites:SelectthischeckboxtoexportthesitelocationsandheightstoGoogleEarth.
YoucanexportothersitepropertiestoGoogleEarthaswell.Formoreinformation,seestep 3.
YoucanchoosetoexportthesitealtitudesasAbsolutevaluesorRelativetotheGround.
Figure 1:AddinsandMacrosdialogboxinAtoll
TheTerrain layershouldbeactive inGoogleEarth.Otherwise,theheight information
exported by the Export to Google Earth addin will not be correctly interpreted by
GoogleEarth.
Figure 2:ExporttoGoogleEarthAddindialogboxfora3GPPdocument
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Youcanalsoselect/cleartheDisplayLabelcheckboxtoshow/hidesitelabelsinGoogleEarth.
Transmitters:Selectthischeckboxtoexportthetransmitterheights,mechanicalandelectricalazimuths,antenna
beamwidths,mechanicaltilts,andactivitystatusestoGoogleEarth.
YoucanexportothertransmitterpropertiestoGoogleEarthaswell.Formoreinformation,seestep 3.
IfyouareworkingonaMultiRATdocument,youcanselecttransmittersofeachtechnologyandtheirproperties
separately.
MicrowaveLinks:SelectthischeckboxtoexportthemicrowavelinkheightsandactivitystatusestoGoogleEarth.
YoucanexportothermicrowavelinkpropertiestoGoogleEarthaswell.Formoreinformation,seestep 3.
FresnelEllipsoid:SelectthecheckboxifyouwanttheaddintogenerateandexportFresnelellipsoidstoGoogle
Earthfortheexportedmicrowavelinks.
OtherLinks:Selectthischeckboxtoexportotherlinks(FOand/orLL)propertiestoGoogleEarth.
CoveragePlots:Select thecoveragepredictionplots toexporttoGoogleEarth.The listcontainsall theplots
availableinthePredictionsfolderforthecurrentAtolldocument.
Bydefault,
coverage
plots
are
exported
in
raster
format.
You
can
also
export
them
in
vector
format.
To
do
that,
rightclickonthecoverageplotyouwantandselectVectorFormatinthecontextmenu.Youcangobacktoraster
formatbyselectingRasterFormat.
3. Selectsite,transmitter,andmicrowavelinkpropertiestoexporttoGoogleEarth:
a. ClicktheBrowsebuttonnexttothePropertiesboxcorrespondingtoSites,Transmitters,orMicrowaveLinks.The
Selectionoffieldsdialogboxappears(seeFigure 3).
b. Selectthefieldsyouwanttoexport.
Toselectafieldtobeexported,selectthefield intheAvailablefields listandclick tomove ittothe
Selectedfieldslist.
ToremoveafieldfromtheSelectedfieldslist,selectthefieldandclick toremoveitfromtheSelected
fieldslist.
Tochangetheorderofthefields,selectoneormorefieldsintheSelectedfieldslistandclick or tomove
themupordowninthelist.TheexportedpropertieswillbesortedintheorderofthefieldsintheSelected
fieldslist,fromtoptobottom.
c. ClickOK.
4. InSaveas,enterthenameandlocationfortheGoogleEarthexportdatastoragefilecreatedbytheaddin.
Whenyouexportsitealtitudesasrelativetotheground,thealtitudesoftransmittersare
alsoexportedasrelativetothegroundand,therefore,dependonthetopologyofthe
map.
Figure 3:SelectionofFieldstoExporttoGoogleEarth
KMZfilesarecompressedarchivesthatincludetheKMLfilecontainingsite,transmitter,
and
microwave
link
data,
as
well
as
the
coverage
prediction
plots
exported
in
PNG
format. You can open KMZ files and access their contents in most compression/zip
utilities.
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5. ClickOK.TheselecteditemsareexportedtoGoogleEarth.
TheExporttoGoogleEarth addinautomatically runs GoogleEarth if installedandsets the focuson the locationofthe
exporteditems.TheselectedpropertiesarealsoexportedtoGoogleEarthandcanbedisplayedintiptextinsideGoogleEarth
byclickingthedesirediteminthePlaceswindow,orbypressingandholdingtheCtrlkeyandclickingthedesireditemonthe
map.
Thefollowingfiguresshowexamplesoftheexportusingtheaddin.
Figure 5showsthedifferentcellandtransmittersizesdisplayedinGoogleEarth.Fromlargesttosmallest:
GSMtransmitters(topleftsite)
UMTScells(toprightsite)
LTEcells(bottomsite)
Smallcell
(top
cell
in
bottom
site)
Figure 4:Sites,Transmitters,andaSignalLevelCoveragePredictionPlot
Figure 5:CellandTransmitterSizesinGoogleEarth
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Figure 6:TransmitterProperties
Figure 7:MicrowaveLinkwithFresnelEllipsoid
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5 AdvancedConfiguration
SomeoptionsmaybeconfiguredthroughtheGoogleEarth.inifile.ThisfilemustbelocatedintheExporttoGoogleEarthadd
ininstallationfolder.Thefollowingoptionsareavailableinthe[Options]section:
Verbose=0(default)or1
Verbosemode.
OpenDocument=0or
1(default)
AutomaticallylaunchGoogleEarthafterexportingdata.
DefaultStorage="C:\TEMP\Atoll.kmz"(example)
Defaultnameandstoragelocationforthefilecreatedbytheaddin.
Ifyoudonotspecifyanynameandlocationinthe.inifile,filescreatedbytheaddinwillbestoredunderthedefault
nameandlocation:"%USERPROFILE%\ApplicationData\Google\GoogleEarth\Atoll.kmz".
SimplifyTower=0(default)or1
DonotdrawtowergraphicaldetailsrepresentingsitesinGoogleEarth.
TransmitterSize=50(default)
Radius(inmetres)ofthepolygonthatrepresentstransmittersinGoogleEarth.
CellPower=30(default).Cellpowerthresholdunderwhichacellisregardedasa"smallcell".
EllipsoidNumber=4(default)
Numberof
Fresnel
ellipsoids
to
be
drawn
for
microwave
links
in
Google
Earth.
DetailLevel=128(default)
Levelofdetail.Youcanuse"DetailLevel"tospecifyaminimumlevelofdetail(insquarepixels).Whenyourcoverage
plotisprojectedontothescreen,itmustoccupyanareaofthescreenthatisgreaterthan"DetailLevel"inordertobe
visible.Iftheprojectedsizeofthecoverageplotisbelowthislimit,thenthecoverageplotwillnotbevisible.
MaximumWidth=4096(default)
MaximumHeight=4096(default)
Widthandheight(numbersofpixels)ofmax.texturesizesupportedbyGoogleEarth(seeAboutboxinGoogleEarth).
UseAccuracy=0(default)or1
Moreaccurateexportofcoverageplots(coveragepredictionoverlaysinGoogleEarthmighthavesomeoverlap).
TileWidth=1024(default)
TileHeight=1024(default)
Widthand
height
(numbers
of
pixels)
of
the
tile
used
for
the
accurate
coverage
plot
export.
TileNumber=1024(default)
Maximumnumberoftilesthatcanbegenerated,indirectproportiontothesizeofthecoveredareaandthesizeof
thetiles(TileWidth,TileHeight).
OverlapLayers=0(default)
Indicateswhetherornotthepolygonscorrespondingtodifferentsignallevelswillbesuperimposed.
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