Mike, I've used Point2GE and Area2GE with Maptitude 4.5 since the add-ins were released in 2006. I cannot thank Marcelo Luna enough for producing these add-ins. They have been extremely useful for my purposes.
One thing I have noticed with the add-ins is that they don't seem to work if you have more than one layer in a map. But that doesn't really matter since you can only export one layer at a time anyway. (Maptitude 5.0 allows for multiple layer exports all at once). I have gotten "function undefined" errors with Marcelo's add-ins, but that is usually because I failed to check the necessary menu items. If you want to see something other than the ID number, you need to change ID to another field under the "Label" item. There is room for one more field under "Description". You can show more than one field by simply creating a formula field and using that field name in "Description". Here is the syntax I use to create multiple field labels in the Area2GE description -- this is just for two fields but I've defined a half dozen or more with no problem.: "Total Pop.="+string(Population)+"<br>"+left(string([% 18+_AnyPart]*100),4)+"% Any Part Indian 18+" Here is an example created using Area2GE and converted to a Google Map. http://www.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=http:%2F% 2Ffairplan.u31.infinology.net%2FColorado%2FOtero_CO_3_districts_1-19- 07.kmz&om=1&ll=37.982092,-103.730164&spn=0.820481,1.557312&z=9 Marcelo's add-ins automatically sort labels -- something even Maptitude 5.0 does not do. I think it's worth upgrading to 5.0 just for the Google Earth export features. You can easily export multiple layers and multiple labels with Maptitude 5.0. Also, if you are creating thematic maps for polygon geography, Maptitude 5.0 handles islands and holes better than Marcelo's add-in. This post describes a Google Earth file I produced using Maptitude 5.0 (some editing of the KML file was necessary). http://www.fairvote2020.org/2008/01/zillow-neighborhood-demographic- and.html Bill Cooper --- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi - read back in the archives and found some add-ins to export > layers to google earth. So far I've only experimented with the point > converter, Point2GE. I've found that if I don't change anything in > the export box, it works in google earth but the icons are black > squares and the only label is the maptitude ID number. If I try to > change the label, I get a google earth layer "parser error... not > well formed..." > > If I leave all else alone and go to the icon tabl and select an icon > it won't run at all. In fact, once it froze my computer as GE got > about 44% streaming. The next time it changed my screen resolution > and then all went blank and I got a video error saying "out of range" > > Anyone had similar problems? Also wondering if maptitude 5.0 does > the Google Earth/Maps well? > > thnx > > Mike > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Maptitude/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Maptitude/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
