On Mar 31, 10:04 am, Nick <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks for the reply. More questions however.
>
> Do you mean inside of the kml/kmz file? Sorry not sure what you mean
> here.
Yes. If I unzip it, I get:
unzip -t cigvis.kmz
Archive: cigvis.kmz
testing: usr1/ge/products/MADIS/sfc/metar/cigvis.kml OK
No errors detected in compressed data of cigvis.kmz.
Each of the icons is specified locally to the placemark (and while I
didn't look at them all, they seem to be the same).
> The file is supposed to automatically update...so I don't think
> I can change it.
>
> Is there a way to change the style by changing something on the google
> map/or in the html code for the page?
Not for a file like yours.
-- Larry
> I just add the kml/kmz file as
> an overlay. Trying to display it on this map.
>
> http://www.srh.noaa.gov/zme/?n=brief
>
> You might have to click and reclick on the flight category for the
> blue icons to come up.
>
> Hopefully this explains things. Thanks again,
>
> Nick
>
> On Mar 31, 11:29 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > On Mar 31, 7:08 am, Nick <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > I want to display this kml file on google maps
>
> > >www.srh.noaa.gov/gis/kml/metar/metarCigVisLink.kml
>
> > > or this file,
>
> > >http://www.srh.noaa.gov/gis/kml/metar/cigvis.kmz
>
> > > Both files only show up how I'd like it to display in Google
> > > earth...when I put it on google maps just shows blue place markers.
> > > Any way to get this file to display correctly on google maps? Thanks
> > > for the help.
>
> > Google Earth and Google Maps are
> > different.http://code.google.com/apis/kml/documentation/mapsSupport.html
>
> > However, you should be able to get custom icons. My suspicion is it
> > has something to do with the path embedded in the kmz file and or the
> > way you are using the icon styles (have you tried a shared style?).
>
> > -- Larry
>
> > > Nick
>
>
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