Andy, I'm using Windows XP and I am in Europe. It's been mentioned in another thread that someone was experiencing problems with KMLs loading OK in Europe, but not in the US. http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api/browse_thread/thread/ceeb1a8503ff103b# Something similar happened in the past, when a proxy in Australia broke down.
This might be one for Dann and Pamela to look into. -- Marcelo - http://maps.forum.nu -- On Oct 28, 9:21 pm, UKFCU UKFCU <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for taking a look. I checked it in FF3, FF3.5, and FF2 > (viahttp://spoon.net/browsers/), Safari 4 and Chrome (although I can't seem to > figure out where the "help" button is to find out the version of chrome...oh > well) also IE8. It still is not showing up for me. Oh I also checked it on > an iphone 3g, no overlay. > > I'm on Windows XP, if that makes a difference. What OS are you using > Marcelo? Also, where are you located (US, Europe, etc)? > > Again, thanks for taking a look, > Andy > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Marcelo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Oct 28, 5:33 pm, Andy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Here is the url to the page with the map I am talking about: > >http://www.uky.edu/UKFCU/membership.php > > > > There used to be an overlay over the map > > > It's still there. :) > > I see the overlay without any problem in FF2, FF3 and Chrome, and in > > IE7 it takes a very long time to load, but it does load. > > Something in that page is too big for IE. > > > Try to see if including the VML namespace speeds things up: > >http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/index.html#XHTML_and_VML > > > -- > > Marcelo -http://maps.forum.nu > > -- > > > that was shaped like the > > > overlay on this map: > >http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&ie=UTF8&hq=U... > > > > But recently in the last couple weeks this has stopped working. > > > Looking into it, I found that the KML file used in the map from the > > > first link (http://www.uky.edu/UKFCU/js/area.kml), which I got from > > > the second link map when I clicked on "view in google earth," it (the > > > KML file) links to the actual KML file on google's server. When I try > > > to go the file to get the coordinates (http://maps.google.com/maps/ms? > > > ie=UTF8&hl=en&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=109220166310348897073.000476ffaaa7f2100792f&output=kml) > > > it tells me I am unable to connect. Which may be why the overlay is > > > not showing up, that's just my guess. But since the "KML" I am hosting > > > is referencing a KML file on google's server, which I think should be > > > the same KML used to create the overlay on the second link map, it > > > should still be showing up. > > > > So I am not sure if there is something wrong with google's server or, > > > I think there was an update to the API over the last couple weeks, and > > > maybe that is what is causing my overlay to not show up??? > > > > I also loaded the KML file from my server (http://www.uky.edu/UKFCU/js/ > > > area.kml), although from my desktop, into Google Earth and the area > > > shows up, so I am thinking that Google's servers are working just > > > fine. However, I copied out the raw KML file from GE and tried to load > > > that in the map on my site (http://www.uky.edu/UKFCU/membership.php). > > > However that didn't work either. I'm not sure if there is style > > > information included when you copy the KML from GE, but again that is > > > just a thought. > > > > Anyone who can point me in the right direction would be much > > > appreciated. I tried to search for a similar topic but couldn't find > > > one, I apologize if this has already been discussed. > > > > Thank you, > > > Andy Thank you, > > > Andy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" 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-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
