There are a few tags in your kml that aren't map supported. Perhaps that's the reason why it isn't diplayed. You kml contains a network link. If you load the linked file directly it will be displayed. Don't know if a network link is really supported by the maps.
http://code.google.com/apis/kml/documentation/mapsSupport.html On Jul 3, 3:12 am, Philip <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi I am using this code: > > <html> > <head> > <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" /> > <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/> > <title>1537 News in the Gulf... Oil Platforms</title> > <script type="text/javascript" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js? > sensor=false"></script> > <script type="text/javascript"> > > function initialize() { > var myLatlng = new google.maps.LatLng(42.796675,-88.65625); > var myOptions = { > zoom: 6, > center: myLatlng, > mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP > } > > var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), > myOptions); > > var platformLayer = new google.maps.KmlLayer( 'http://www.brechler- > web.de/geodb/livedata.kml'); > platformLayer.setMap(map); > > } > > </script> > </head> > <body style="margin:0px; padding:0px;" onLoad="initialize()"> > <div id="map_canvas" style="width:100%; height:100%"></div> > </body> > </html> > > and I want to show a line on the map that generated by that kml. The > file is public accessible and a valid kml file but it won't work. Can > someone help me out? > > Thanks Philip -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" 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-js-api-v3?hl=en.
