I am trying to build KML / KMZ files with Census Department
cartographic boundary files.

The KML file works

    http://polylibs.googlepages.com/st26.kml

The KMZ file fails

    http://polylibs.googlepages.com/st26.kmz

I zipped the KML file to produce the KMZ file.  I cannot control the
mime-type on my googlepages files.  Any suggestions ?

Thanks very much.

I'm not sure why the kml works, it is missing the z value for your
coordinates. It doesn't work in Google Earth. Maybe if you fix that
your kmz will work.

On Oct 6, 3:55 pm, bratliff <bratl...@umich.edu> wrote:

LinearRing .. is not a valid direct child of polygon..

 <Polygon>
    <outerBoundaryIs>
      *<LinearRing>*
        <coordinates>
          -122.365662,37.826988,0
          -122.365202,37.826302,0
          -122.364581,37.82655,0
          -122.365038,37.827237,0
          -122.365662,37.826988,0
        </coordinates>
      *</LinearRing>*
    </outerBoundaryIs>
  </Polygon>

Grok:

Thanks for the suggestion.  I made the change.  Unfortunately, no
improvement.

Lance / Garthan:

I will make the change but I believe it is an error in the KMZ file
not the KML content.  I just zipped it & renamed it.  I must be doing
something wrong in the conversion.

maps.google.com renders it with no complaints:

    maps.google.com/maps?q=http://polylibs.googlepages.com/st26.kml

perhaps it's because the file inside st26.kmz is ST26.KML and the
unzipping process on google is case-sensitive?

did you name the kml... doc.kml?

On Oct 6, 7:47 pm, bratliff <bratl...@umich.edu> wrote:

ummmm most of my kmz arent even named the same inside as out
Google Earth didnt like the kml at all till I made the change that I
mentioned.

On Oct 7, 12:31 pm, Lance Dyas <lance...@inetnebr.com> wrote:

yeah you are right, I wasn't testing with Google Earth, just whether
google maps site would display it.

anyway I had another look, and here's the results

1. server test

upload st26.kml and st26.kmz to another server.

st26.kml displays in google maps
st26.kmz does not display in google maps

2. file test

unzip st26.kmz and compare with st26.kml

no differences found

3. kmz creation test

zip st26.kml and upload new st26.kmz to server
st26.kmz displays in google maps

4. filename test

rename st26.kml to ST26.KML, zip and upload as st26.kmz to server

st26.kmz does not display in google maps

however I had big problems due to caching of the kmz and kml files on
servers and proxy servers so sometimes the changes did not display

Thanks very much guys.  I was using an old command line version of
"PKZIP" in batch in order to automate the conversion.  It only
recognizes DOS file names.  It forces file names to upper case.  I
guess I will have to preserve lower case file names.  It is fairly
easy to hack the ZIP file directory with DEBUG.

Slightly off topic, I would like to be able to influence styles/colors
in the URL parameters.  Something like:

    ?id=http://polylibs.googlepages.com/st26.kml&color=FF0000FF

I assume it cannot be done.  It would eliminate a lot of redundancy.

Wasn't it bratliff who wrote:

You can't influence what GGeoXml does, but you can detect the addOverlay
and change things to be the way you want.

 GEvent.addListener(map,"addoverlay",function(overlay) {
   if (overlay instanceof GPolyline) {
     overlay.setStrokeStyle({color:"#ff0000",opacity:1.0});
   }
 });

All polylines that get addOverlay()ed while that code is active are
immediately recoloured.

--
http://econym.org.uk/gmap
The Blackpool Community Church Javascript Team

On Oct 7, 2:44 pm, Mike Williams <nos...@econym.demon.co.uk> wrote:

Thanks Mike.  Unfortunately, "mapsdt" must be able to build real
tiles.