Confirmed... It doesn't matter what you call the extended data element to elicit the "directions bubble" behavior in Earth. I tried changing "<geoxml:directions>1</geoxml:directions>" to "<geoxml:plywood>1</ geoxml:plywood>" and go the same behavior. Eliminating the entire extended data element resulted in no information window at all which is true for all the other placemarks in my kml file... really odd and unexpected! joe
On Jul 14, 12:01 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, and even more intriguing due to the fact that "my" directions > element is under a separate namespace so presumably Earth should not > have any idea how to interpret it. I may experiment later to see if > it is really because I have a directions element or if the same > behavior is elicited with any extended data element. I suspect this > is an Earth bug since it really should be ignoring elements outside > the kml namespace... I think. > joe > On Jul 14, 8:22 am, Lance Dyas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > That is intriguing.. I am pretty sure there isnt a <directions></directions> > > in the kml specification especially one with the namespace... heheh > > > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 8:18 AM, [email protected] > > <[email protected]>wrote:> Hi all, > > > In response to a request by Lance, I edited a kml file and added the > > > extended data element to one of the placemarks exactly as indicated in > > > my previous post. I was quite surprised to find that when I opened > > > the file in Google Earth, that one placemark behaved differently from > > > all others. Only the placemark with the extended data element opened > > > an information baloon with directions to here / from here links. > > > I had expected that Earth would ignore the extended data element. > > > joe > > > > On Jul 13, 10:00 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > :) .... I think that problem is one that I brought up also, under an > > > > alter ego, bttman. Sorry to be such a PITA. > > > > > I am free to alter the kml. I actually am generating it with Earth > > > > from gpx files that I export from garmin basecamp. I would prefer not > > > > to have to add yet another step to the already tedious process, but > > > > your suggestion does make the most sense technically speaking. > > > > So, I guess we're talking about something like this perhaps??? > > > > > <Placemark> > > > > <name>Trailhead</name> > > > > <!-- Imported schema requires use of namespace prefix --> > > > > <ExtendedData xmlns:geoxml="http://www.dyasdesigns.com/geoxml/";> > > > > <geoxml:directions>1</geoxml:directions> > > > > </ExtendedData> > > > > <Point> > > > > <coordinates>-114.041,53.7199</coordinates> > > > > </Point> > > > > </Placemark> > > > > > On Jul 13, 9:41 am, Lance Dyas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Rossko <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > (or another attribute on the Placemark) > > > > > > > That sounds smart ; any well-behaved KML parser would ignore > > > > > > attributes it doesn't understand, surely? > > > > > > > > I was thinking would be a better better solution... it would be > > > > > > relatively > > > > > > > natural. > > > > > > > Sounds like Lance needs some encouragement to add this as a feature > > > to > > > > > >GeoXml > > > > > > Will likely be looking in to it tonight.. there is an error with > > > regards to > > > > > markers not being created in a way that is google earth plugin > > > > > friendly > > > I > > > > > need to get at too. > > > > -- > > > 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]<google-maps-api%[email protected]> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api?hl=en. > > -- 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.
