On Oct 28, 5:33 pm, Andy <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is the url to the page with the map I am talking > about:http://www.uky.edu/UKFCU/membership.php > > There used to be an overlay over the map
It's still there. :) I see the overlay without any problem in FF2, FF3 and Chrome, and in IE7 it takes a very long time to load, but it does load. Something in that page is too big for IE. Try to see if including the VML namespace speeds things up: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/index.html#XHTML_and_VML -- Marcelo - http://maps.forum.nu -- that was shaped like the > overlay on this > map:http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&ie=UTF8&hq=U... > > But recently in the last couple weeks this has stopped working. > Looking into it, I found that the KML file used in the map from the > first link (http://www.uky.edu/UKFCU/js/area.kml), which I got from > the second link map when I clicked on "view in google earth," it (the > KML file) links to the actual KML file on google's server. When I try > to go the file to get the coordinates (http://maps.google.com/maps/ms? > ie=UTF8&hl=en&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=109220166310348897073.000476ffaaa7f2100792f&output=kml) > it tells me I am unable to connect. Which may be why the overlay is > not showing up, that's just my guess. But since the "KML" I am hosting > is referencing a KML file on google's server, which I think should be > the same KML used to create the overlay on the second link map, it > should still be showing up. > > So I am not sure if there is something wrong with google's server or, > I think there was an update to the API over the last couple weeks, and > maybe that is what is causing my overlay to not show up??? > > I also loaded the KML file from my server (http://www.uky.edu/UKFCU/js/ > area.kml), although from my desktop, into Google Earth and the area > shows up, so I am thinking that Google's servers are working just > fine. However, I copied out the raw KML file from GE and tried to load > that in the map on my site (http://www.uky.edu/UKFCU/membership.php). > However that didn't work either. I'm not sure if there is style > information included when you copy the KML from GE, but again that is > just a thought. > > Anyone who can point me in the right direction would be much > appreciated. I tried to search for a similar topic but couldn't find > one, I apologize if this has already been discussed. > > Thank you, > Andy Thank you, > Andy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
