So, what are these KML and KMZ files anyway? They are Google Earth’s file format for storing placemarks, network link information, and much more. I won’t go into detail here, since there are excellent reference documents available from Google (see below). But, let me describe the fundamentals.KML stands for Keyhole Markup Language (Keyhole was the name of the application before Google bought it and added their own features and larger databases).
If you understand HTML/XML you will have little problem understanding the syntax of KML. You can learn about KML from the, or get the full details from the.KMZ stands for KML-Zipped. It is the default format for KML because it is a compressed version of the file. One of the more powerful features of KMZ is that it allows any images you use – say custom icons, or images in your descriptions – to be zipped up within the KMZ file.
That way you can share these details without having to reference the files through some link to the Internet. For KMZ files without images, the file size will be much smaller than the equivalent KML file.If you understand basic HTML/XML you can easily get started by saving a simple placemark you’ve created as a KML file (not the default KMZ), and looking at the resulting text file. If you are a programmer you will probably be fascinated by the topic of Network Links.
Network links are one of the most powerful features of GE enabling a KML file to reference data dynamically on a server somewhere out on the Internet.In a nutshell, learning to do things with KML/KMZ is the equivalent to learning to write a web page, but instead of a web page you are changing the face of the GE. Just like with web page creation tools, you don’t have to know KML to create a KML file. You can start placing Placemarks or Image overlays straight from GE’s interface.
What kind of feedback can be gathered from GE presently, and what is planned in the near future versions? As far as I read from the KML tutorial, I can get my server triggered on regular periods, with the wiew box currently visible in the client. That is great, but I want want more control, I want to enable user to click on the map (or doubleclick, right-click and choose option, click&move the placemark, etc.) so that the server is informed about certain point in the map. Possible use of this would be updating of my places database, and, in the longer run, an online game about nations and their quest for power and territory.
I hope this doesn’t mean that I need GE Pro version. It seems like the COM API does not provide functionality to remove polygons from the “My Places” folder in GE. As a workaround I’m thinking about 1. Setting the feature to invisible and 2. Remove the kml file from the computer through jscript, except that I can’t find where GE stores the kml files for that.
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I’ve gone through all the GE directory on my machine. Is there a way I can remove a polygon from the “My places” folder in GE from outside GE? Using com api in hta app). Thanks a bunch. The myplaces.kml file is saved inC:DokumenteundEinstellungenusernameAnwendungsdatenGoogleGoogleEarth(sorry for the German folder names, but I would have to guess the English names and they would probably not right).Anyway, when you restored your system partition then, I’m afraid, all your files are gone.It is my principle not to save my data on the system partition, but convince the programs to store them elsewhere. For Google Earth there is some tweaking of the registry necessary to get this done.
I created a.kmz file by creating a subfolder under My Places, putting placemarks in the subfolder and saving the subfolder as a.kmz file.However, when the file is opened by Google Earth, the structure is “filename.kmx subfolder placeholders”.Therefore if I post this.kmz online as a tour, the tour does not start automatically. If I press the ‘play’ button, I get “There are currently no placemarks selected for the tour.
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Please activate the checkbox for those Placemarks you wish to visit and restart the tour. You can also select a folder and play a tour of all its items whether or not they are checked.”However, other tours posted on the bulletin board begin automatically as soon as the file is downloaded.I cannot move my placeholders up out of the subdirectory as I have other placeholders there. I cannot edit the.kmz file as it is zipped, and I cannot save to.kml (for the purpose of editing the file) because I am using a custom image for the placholder, and this would probably not be incorporated into the.kml file.Question: how to get my tour to start automatically? I converted a points layer from ArcGIS to.kmz (using ArcToolbox) and everything loads fine the first time that I start Google Earth. When I exit Google Earth I’m prompted to save my file to “My Places”.
I click yes and then when I reopen Google Earth the file is in “My Places” but the points themselves are missing. The labels are still there, however. If I delete the.kmz file from “My Places” and then reopen the.kmz file everything looks normal.What am I doing wrong? Is there any way to save the file to “My Places” without losing the points the next time that I load Google Earth?
Is my only option to keep reopening the.kmz file every time?Thanks,Jeff. Hi,I’m trying to create a kmz file with 1000 points and attached images or perhaps video files that can be viewed in the pop-up display box.How do I do this? I realize its possible with Google maps so what I am going to try is thisFirstly import my 1000 files into Google Earth Plus as a shapefile created in Arc.Save it as a kmz on my organisations website.Open in Google mapsAttach media files through linking them to web based storage, such as you tube.I would then like to share this file so is it possible for people to download from my site?I’d really appreciate help with this. Its for a humanitarian project in Uganda.Bernard.
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Please clarify when you would use the “File, Save My Places” in Google Earth? (I thought I understood this and after doing further testing, there was some confusion.) When I have locations and placemarks in the My Places folder, they are automatically saved. When getting out of the GE application, and coming back into it MY Places appear. So why would I ever have to do a File, Save My Places?Please note that I understand that File, Save Place As saves my place to a computer location I specify. It is the Save My Places command that is underclear at this point.
I want to draw a path that is a great circle from one location to another in Google Earth. I’d like the path to be a fixed distance above mean sea level at every point along it, independent of the elevation of the topography below it. Is there any easy way to accomplish this in a KML file without knowing the lat/long of many points on the great circle route between the start and destinations points?I notice that when one enters one location GoogleEarth flies to it, then if I enter another location Google Earth flies from the first to the second location and as it does so it appears that the viewpoint is first rising, then staying at a more-or-less constant altitude, then falling again while traversing what appears to be a great circle route from the first to the second location. What I seek is a way to draw a visible path that follows a similar route. I have found what appears to be a “bug” in Google Earth 6.0’s interpretation of KML files. If I draw a path that is long by specifying only the start and end points, and if I specify as clampToGround, Google Earth draws the path as a great circle between the two points. But if the is specified as either Absolute or relativeToGround then the path is drawn as a straight line in space from start to finish going through the earth.
Clearly the interpretation of those latter two modes aren’t what the names suggest.Is this something that can or will be fixed in the near future? And is there any way to work around it to get the great circle route elevated above the ground either a fixed distance from the ground or a fixed distance above mean sea level? In my previous posting I tried to include the term altitudeMode in carets (left and right angle brackets), but when the post appeared in the blog that term was missing.What I meant to have my post say is this:I have found what appears to be a “bug” in Google Earth 6.0’s interpretation of KML files. If I draw a path that is long by specifying only the start and end points, and if I specify the altitudeMode as clampToGround, Google Earth draws the path as a great circle between the two points. But if the altitudeMode is specified as either Absolute or relativeToGround then the path is drawn as a straight line in space from start to finish going through the earth. Clearly the interpretation of those latter two modes aren’t what the names suggest.Is this something that can or will be fixed in the near future?
And is there any way to work around it to get the great circle route elevated above the ground either a fixed distance from the ground or a fixed distance above mean sea level? How can i add logo in kml file using c#.
So now you can use the custom blue flag numbered icons with the 'new map for someone' and any other map you add under 'hide'. All maps clicked on under 'My Maps' that appear under 'Hide' can share icons with the other maps under 'Hide'.These custom blue flag markers you imported with 'markers blue flag 1-25' can be used with a new map you create anytime in the future just by selecting it from 'My Maps'.
Import other groups of icons and save them to their own map. Select from one or more groups depending on your needs.The icons contained in these imported maps will appear under 'My icons' in your new map.You can uncheck the box next to 'markers blue flag 1-25' under 'hide'. Those markers no longer show on the active map to the right,but the custom icons are still available for use.Now click on 'new map for someone' and zoom out until you see the blue marker over Kansas for that map.