Hi all, I know that viewing KML map files / URLs via the iPhone Maps app officially stopped working a while back (some time after iPhone OS 2.0?), but there was a hack that made it possible again (see this site for a JavaScript example of a tool that would do the encoding work for you: http://adlr.info/mymaps-iphone.html). I was using it with Google's My Maps tool to draw up some handy maps that were included with our mobile iUI-based web app. It was great because you could specify up to 100 locations and retain the names when the pins were selected, etc.
I knew it was a hack that Apple might "fix" at some point, and it looks like they may have done just that. As of OS 3.1.2 I can't seem to get it to work -- all I get is a "no results found" message when clicking the links in Mobile Safari that used to work. Anyone else have experience working with these kind of links, or noticed the same thing? Should I assume that KML is gone for good from the native iPhone OS? For those interested, the hack worked by taking the URL of the KML file you wanted to view, passing it through a urlencode() function, and tacking 'maps:q=' to the front and '%26output%3Dkml' to the end. Just like that, the Maps app was happy to display the pushpins as expected, just like the olden days of the iPhone (by the way, anyone know why KML links are no longer supported?). Thanks for any info... Adam --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iPhoneWebDev" 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/iphonewebdev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
