On Jul 13, 9:15 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, > I had noticed that the kml schema allows custom elements. However, > Google Earth unfortunately does not appear to have the ability to add > such a custom element to a placemark element. Therefore I would have > to do it in an xml editor. It is also still unclear to me how I would > get GeoXml to test for this element and its value.
Looks like Lance will be implementing it in the "official" version. -- Larry > joe > > On Jul 13, 8:38 am, Rossko <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > A decision to make now is how/if you want your KML to display with any > > other viewer, e.g. back in Google Earth or on someone else's map. > > > If you add a magic word to a placemark description, it'll normally be > > visible in other viewers - even in your own until/unless code is > > written to hide it. That might be fine for you. > > You could actually "hide" the magic message by something like > > inserting an empty <div class='xxx'> into the description with some > > magic class name, and hope that the chosen word should never match any > > genuine CSS where it might get displayed. > > A hidden div might also work, but there is more chance of some viewers > > ignoring inline CSS and displaying it anyway. > > > To find any of those, you'd need to inspecta placemark's description > > before building the infowindow. I _think_GeoXmlallows you to > > specify a custom infowindow function to do that, wthout altering the > > basic tool? > > > KML does allow for insertion of non-standard data, which will normally > > be ignored by ordinary viewers. This would leave your KML compatible > > with anyone > > else.http://code.google.com/apis/kml/documentation/extendeddata.html > > The ExtendedData with something like <directions>true</directions> > > might be simplest? > > I know not if this is easy to add from GE or if you would need to post- > > edit what GE produces to insert it. > > > Then in your customised parser, for each placemark you'd need to look > > for the inclusion of the extended data. This is probably the most > > difficult but more 'correct' way to do it.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
