Update New link to map http://cs1.ucc.ie/~nmh2/uccMap.html Making the kml file xml helps - however for some reason the marker that should be over UCC is in the artic link to xml/kml file http://cs1.ucc.ie/~nmh2/mapPoints.xml
I've tried reversing the lat long values. Any Ideas? Cheers Noelette On Aug 10, 11:15 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Aug 10, 9:24 am, Noelette <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thank you, I knew I had missed something vital. I've moved the files > > in to the public HTML folder and still no marker. Would I be correct > > in assuming that I need to change the access permissions to the file.. > > The most common problem is that the server isn't configured to serve > kml files (I use a .xml extension on thehttp://www.geocodezip.com > server because it doesn't allow .kml files to be served) > > What happens if you enter the public url of the kml file into your > browser? (you haven't followed the posting guidelines and provided a > link to your map or your kml so we can do that... I know you have > indicated you are on a local machine, but it is much easier to help > you if you follow the posting guidelines and make everything public) > > -- Larry > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks again > > > Noelette > > > On Aug 6, 9:22 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > On Aug 6, 1:09 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > On Aug 6, 8:03 am, Noelette <[email protected]> wrote:> I'm > > > > currently working on a local machine - I've not moved anything to the > > > > > server yet. I want to create a KML file with a number of placemarkers > > > > > like > > > > > in Googles own example > > > > >http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/la... > > > > > > However when I take the source code but change the KML file URL to > > > > > kml file > > > > > in the same directory as the source code no marker is displayed. (I'm > > > > > using > > > > > the centre point of the map as the test maker I want to display) > > > > > Your KML file must be publicly accessible to use KmlLayer (Google's > > > > servers need to fetch it). > > > > > Your test page can be on a local machine, not on the web, but the kml > > > > file must be on the web. > > > > See:http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/overlays.ht... > > > > Which states: > > > + These data formats are displayed on a map using a KmlLayer object, > > > whose constructor takes > > > + the URL of a *publicly accessible* KML or GeoRSS file. > > > > (note the *publicly accessible*) > > > > -- Larry > > > > > > MY KML looks like this > > > > > > <kml xmlns="http://www.google.com/earth/kml/2";> > > > > > > <Placemark> > > > > > > <name>Library</name> > > > > > > <description>Main Campus</description> > > > > > > <Point> > > > > > > <coordinates>40.65, -73.95, 0</coordinates> > > > > > > </Point> > > > > > > </Placemark> > > > > > > </kml> > > > > > > Any help would be much appriciated! -- 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.
