[Xerte] Google Maps KML problem
Patrick Lockley
Patrick.Lockley at nottingham.ac.uk
Tue Mar 10 16:42:30 GMT 2009
I ported it to COBOL with a fortran API instead - did I do bad?
From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett
Sent: 10 March 2009 16:38
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] Google Maps KML problem
Done.
Just a few bits missing....
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] Google Maps KML problem
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:35:30 +0000
From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Let me know when you're done,
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[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Mark
Tomlinson
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 4:32 PM
To: 'Xerte discussion list'
Subject: RE: [Xerte] Google Maps KML problem
Rewrite Xerte in AS3??
:P
Mark
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[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
Sent: 10 March 2009 09:56
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] Google Maps KML problem
Hi,
I have a dilemna here I'd like the community's input on.
I spent yesterday investigating some of these problems with google maps
and kml and discovered the component we use is no longer supported by
the people who wrote it, as google have released their own maps API for
Flash. From what I can tell, google are insisting that their API is the
only permitted method to access their mapping data. The problem is, it
is only available as an AS3.0 version, and so I can't integrate it into
toolkits in the same way as the current component.
I don't really want to try and support an unsupported component, and
think we should probably not continue to use it in toolkits - so, what
to do?
Options:
- Do nothing. Keep using the current solution and cross our
fingers.
- Yahoo make an AS2.0 component for their mapping that I could
use, but it is also no longer supported by Yahoo. However, it is
probably a better solution than the existing one in that the component
will probably continue to work for some time. The drawback with the
Yahoo solution is, basically, I think people like google maps, and it
doesn't support kml. Rather it supports something called geoRSS for
overalying data onto your maps. I couldn't get it to work yesterday when
I tried with geoRSS from a google map.
- Open a new window from Xerte with the map in it. So perhaps
we have a clickable static map, that when clicked throws open a new
window with the interactive map in it. This window could directly
contain a maps.google.com map - you create a map at mymaps, and use the
link as the url for the clickable static map. The popup window contains
the map itself.
- Create an AS3.0 solution for the new window. This is
basically the same as the last one, but we would have control over the
sort of functionality the swf performed - i.e. nice looking interface,
layers you can toggle on and off, etc. This would take the most time.
I'd like to keep support for some sort of mapping solution because I
think it is sufficiently useful / interesting. I also don't want to
re-create complex mapping tools for creating / annotating maps. I think
google maps is where the momentum is, and is my preferred option I
think. I'd like to settle on a solution before we release v1.0 of
toolkits, which is quite close now,
What do you think?
J
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[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Tyler Clair
Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 8:12 PM
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: Re: [Xerte] Google Maps KML problem
I have the newest version (2.5). I followed the directions Julian gave
me and still nothing. They were a little different like having to go to
insert > misc > google map but i don't see how that would be a problem.
I have been looking at the actual KML files and they are completely
different. I took the Google Map KML and imported it into Google Earth
then exported one of the placemarkers and I noticed that there is not
any Lat or Lon references just coordinates:
Created in Google Earth
<Placemark>
<name>W Wisconsin Ave & N Plankinton Ave</name>
<LookAt>
<longitude>-87.91060997694737</longitude>
<latitude>43.03866589851576</latitude>
<altitude>0</altitude>
<range>182.6580423814871</range>
<tilt>0</tilt>
<heading>0.04980345284858622</heading>
<altitudeMode>relativeToGround</altitudeMode>
</LookAt>
<styleUrl>#msn_palette-30</styleUrl>
<Point>
<coordinates>-87.91058050017033,43.03879047695281,0</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>
Created in Google Maps imported to Google Earth then exported as KML:
<Placemark>
<name>W Wisconsin Ave & N Plankinton Ave</name>
<description>Originaly Grand Ave and West Water St.
Detective Peter Schmidt and Detective William McManus apprehended Frank
and Oscar on the corner of Grand Ave. and West Water St. Frank almost
killed McManus but his gun misfired and was wrestled to the
ground.</description>
<styleUrl>#sn_blue-dot</styleUrl>
<Point>
<coordinates>-87.91120100000001,43.038757,0</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>
The KML file from Google maps just links to the map and doesn't contain
any data.
I have tried this on several computers with the newest version of Xerte
and still no luck, I can take the KML file contents and paste it into
this site: Display KML on a Google Map <http://display-kml.appspot.com/>
and they display fine.
I have attached the xterte project if you would like to look at it as
well.
If I recreate the map in Google Earth everything displays just fine, its
just very odd to me that it works straight from Google maps for Julian
but not for me. is there a setting I'm missing?
Thanks,
Tyler
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 1:29 AM, Julian Tenney
<Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
Each of those examples contains a single point, somewhere in Milwaukee.
Both of them work for me. So we know we're all running the same code,
can you install the latest Xerte and then follow these steps:
Open Xerte
Templates -> Page Templates
Insert -> Google Map
Add new KML layer
Browse for and select the KML file - either of the ones you sent work
Run the piece
Navigate in the map so you can see Milwaukee.
It works?
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[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Tyler Clair
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 11:34 PM
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: Re: [Xerte] Google Maps KML problem
Hi Patrick,
I've attached the two files.
I hope this doesn't scrub the attachments.
Thank you so much! Ive been playing around with this for about a day and
a half and I and the hand full of instructors I have showed this to are
very impressed and excited with the features.
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Patrick Lockley
<Patrick.Lockley at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
Hi Tyler,
Could you send the KML layers? Or let us know where we could find them?
Cheers
Pat
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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Tyler Clair
Sent: Thu 05/03/2009 22:48
To: Xerte List
Subject: [Xerte] Google Maps KML problem
Hello,
I have been trying to create a google map page by using a KML file from
a google map I created. If I create a map in Google Earth the KML file
displays just fine but if I get the KML file from google maps nothing
shows up. I have even tried taking the KML file and importing it into
Google Earth then saving it as a different KML file but still nothing
gets displayed. I just dont understand why it would be different.
Thanks,
Tyler
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