How to See Visitors from Woopra on Google Earth
One of the cool features of Woopra that was never documented is the KML server. Your Woopra on the desktop can serve KML files over http.
We are using the port 9565 (WKML) to serve KML over http. All you have to do is to use the following url:
http://<localhost>:9565/<mywebsite.com>
Let’s go over the setup step by step:
- Download and install Google Earth
- Launch the Woopra Application, login to your account and connect to your desired Website
- Launch Google Earth
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Once connected to your desired website, Add a Network Link on Google Earth:
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Enter a name for your Place and the KML Link. Usually, the host is always localhost since the Woopra Desktop is on the same machine, but you can request the KMLs from a different machine on your network. Replace ekhoury.com with your connected website:
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Now, go the Refresh tab, and change the Time-Based Refresh value. One of the downsides of this feature is that it pulls information periodically from the Woopra App instead of getting pushed. In this configuration, I’m pulling updates every 5 seconds:
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Press Okay and we’re done! You should see the following Item under Places:
Here’s what you should see on Google Earth:
If you want to know more about similar Woopra updates, follow me on Twitter or @woopra. Let us know if you like this feature and how you use it!
Stay tuned!
Elie Khoury
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Ok, THAT is completely awesome! Nice work guys!
I can’t seem to get it working.
I only see a red dot on the network folder; not green like in the example.
I’m using a mac BTW.
Awesome – got it to work on my mac right away… fun!
Uou!!! Really, Really nice. Didn’t know this was possible.
I can’t seem to get it working either – I only see a red dot on the folder not a green one like in the example
Your link should look like this……http://localhost:9565/mywebsite.com and not like this http://:9565/
Very slick indeed!
Works good on the Mac, however…is there a way to make it show historical data rather than live data?
For the Mac users, you may wish to check your firewall to ensure that the port is opened up. By default, all incoming connections are disabled.
I just want to be clear. You want to show historical data on Google Earth? Hmmm. Will check to see if that is possible. Interesting.
Yes, for a low hit rate site like mine, historical data would also be useful – I don’t care so much as when they visit as where they are from! :-)
The historical data would come from within Woopra itself. :D Hard to really replace that, even if Google Earth is so cool.
Very cool feature.
using a mac, added google earth and woopra to the incoming connections allowed list on firewall
woopra works but i cant seem to get the google earth to show or go to vistors
Takes a little fiddling around with but it works fine.
This is such a fantastic Plugin for the Google Analytics that I have captured about this on my blog recently. I have tested few and I am so impressed with this one that I may like to write a separate blog post about this. Any way you can read more about this at
http://instantblogsolutions.com/blog-basics/wordpress-plugins-visitors-tracking/.
Will not work in Germany as noone has static ip here.
But nice feature for somewhere else (I guess)… :)
Dogo, no need to have a static IP since the server and client are both on the same machine. You refer to the KML server as “localhost”. I hope that helps!
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It’s not working for me. I think Norton Internet Security is blocking it, and I can’t figure out how to tell Norton un-block it.
Blocking Google Earth or Woopra access? Set your firewall to open 11228 and read through the comments and links within them. People are offering suggestions for such problems. Thanks!
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I am planning on using this as a display for our office lobby and need to change the size and style of the markers. I have tried to do that within Google Earth but the style changes do not seem to be holding. Is there a way I can do this?
Thanks.
That is an issue related to Google Earth, not Woopra, so check with their support. And let us know if you find out how to do it. Thanks.