Dec 25
2007
NORAD Uses Google Earth To Track Santa
Every year about this time, the United States Northern Command (NORAD) is given a mission-critical assignment: provide aerial escort for and track the movements of Santa Claus. (See http://www.noradsanta.org/ for details.) This year NORAD provided a Santa Tracker KMZ file that could be loaded into Google Earth and auto-refreshed every few minutes. The Santa Tracker makes use of the KML programming capabilities of Google Earth to mark his whereabouts with gift-wrapped icons and a 3D sleigh pulled by 9 reindeer.
You can also see the Santa Tracker in action on YouTube.
