Chapter 6. Network Links

After reading this chapter, you’ll be able to do the following:

• Give several reasons why network links are useful.

• Create a network link that fetches a KML file from a web server.

• Create a network link that refreshes the fetched KML file every half-hour.

• Create a network link that refreshes the fetched KML file 5 seconds after the user moves to a new location in Google Earth.

• Explain the relationship between a web client and a web server.

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