1) make the variable for GeoXml global.. its needed for both EGeoXml and
GeoXml
2) in GeoXml currently the options parameter isnt not optional.. if you
dont want to set anything pass {}
Taylor wrote:
> Thanks for the quick reply and sorry for the confusion! I have
> created a google site with the code that replaces the "http://
> mapgadgets.googlepages.com/cta.kml" path with "http://localhost/
> doc.kml". I have also attached the doc.kml file to this site.
>
> I see my map, and my map is centered where it should be, I just don't
> see the kml file. Is there an addOverlay() type command that I am
> missing while using the GeoXml function?
>
>
> Code and file:
> http://sites.google.com/site/mapsapiproject/Home
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Taylor
>
> On Oct 1, 4:51 pm, Lance Dyas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Your path is to an external webserver.. not localhost
>> to get something like that to work you need a proxy
>> script of some sort.
>>
>> var path = ["http://mapgadgets.googlepages.com/cta.kml";];
>>
>> in other words you just posted something other than what you described.
>>
>> Taylor wrote:
>>
>>> Help! I am new to the Maps API world and am trying to figure out how
>>> to visualize a .kml file in my Google Map. The catch is that I can
>>> only work from my local machine, so from what I have read the GGeoXml
>>> functionality won't work since the reference to my .kml file will be
>>> http://localhost/...kmland not a public URL that google has access
>>> to.
>>>
>>> I came across the GeoXML functionality
>>> fromhttp://www.dyasdesigns.com/geoxml/.
>>>
>>> Am I right in that you can use this geoxmlfull.js script instead of
>>> the GGeoXml function?
>>>
>>> I am having trouble getting anything to work from this geoxmlfull.js
>>> script. I have downloaded the script and placed it in myhttp://localhost
>>> folder. Below is the code I am using to try and visualize someone
>>> else's .kml file. I have also tried this code to visualize my own kml
>>> file which also resides in thehttp://localhostfolder. Can anyone
>>> help? My goal is to be able to see the .kml file in thehttp://localhost
>>> folder. The key I got from google was for thehttp://localhostURL.
>>>
>>> I am sorry about the code post, but I don't know how to share any more
>>> efficiently.
>>>
>>> Thank you!!!!
>>>
>>> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
>>> "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd";>
>>> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";>
>>> <head>
>>> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/
>>>
>>> <title>Google Maps JavaScript API Example</title>
>>> <script src="http://maps.google.com/maps?
>>> file=api&v=2&key=ABQIAAAAoVq8d0aZElfu2eUGkhFdzhT2yXp_ZAY8_ufC3CFXhHIE1NvwkxQXOns9BCCyQuULtRV8q3B3RH_j3A"
>>> type="text/javascript"></script>
>>>
>>> <script src="geoxmlfull.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
>>> </head>
>>>
>>> <body onunload="GUnload()">
>>> <div id="map_canvas" style="width: 500px; height: 300px"></div>
>>>
>>> <script type="text/javascript">
>>>
>>> if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) {
>>> //<![CDATA[
>>> map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map_canvas"),
>>> {draggableCursor: 'crosshair', draggingCursor: 'move',
>>> iconFromDescription:true});
>>>
>>> map.addControl(new GLargeMapControl());
>>> map.setCenter(new GLatLng(41.897332, -87.749474), 10);
>>> map.addControl(new GLargeMapControl());
>>> map.enableScrollWheelZoom();
>>> map.enableDoubleClickZoom();
>>>
>>> var path = ["http://mapgadgets.googlepages.com/cta.kml";];
>>> var exml = new GeoXml("exml", map, path);
>>> exml.parse();
>>> //]]>
>>>
>>> }
>>> </script>
>>> </body>
>>> </html>
>>>
>
> >
> .
>
>
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