These helped me a lot to understand the limits of the KML/NetworkLink/ SuperOverlay in Google Maps, and since I've changed strategy:
http://groups.google.com/group/kml-support-server-side-scripting/browse_thread/thread/6da79cdb0088c1b4/ea6c898bc3243d48?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=Google+Maps#ea6c898bc3243d48 http://groups.google.com/group/kml-support-third-party-applications/browse_thread/thread/2c65f43014856d6a/0ce66c9c2dc64a7f?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=Google+Maps#0ce66c9c2dc64a7f Hopefully future GMaps versions can handle KML refresh issues better, which would allow GEarth SuperOverlays to function properly with their structure of Network Links. Instead, a custom map type is most likely the right solution in my case-- I'm building an historic map browsing interface and I definitely need "deep zoom" capabilities. On Mar 17, 10:31 am, Lance Dyas <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh and most things built with a super overlay I have seen are raster > imagery and could probably be done with a tileset in google maps... in fact > vector based tilesetting might be useful as well. > > > > > > > > On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Lance Dyas <[email protected]> wrote: > > A super overlay has multiple levels of detail built in depending on where > > you zoom in and the distances and when things load are based on size of an > > area as it currently shows within each view each changes every zoom and > > loads and unloads parts of it. > > > On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 7:14 PM, Robert Fletcher <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> When you guys are referring to overlays, I'm assuming you are talking > >> about making the state or county light up? Google has these already made > >> and they polygons, which are coded in KML are available from this website > >> url: > > >>http://support.google.com/fusiontables/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=118... > > >> Take a look, hope this helps. > > >> On Saturday, March 10, 2012 4:08:43 PM UTC-5, Garthan wrote: > > >>> On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 8:41 AM, [email protected] < > >>> [email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> On Mar 7, 4:59 am, CaptainHudson <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > Anyone have an update on this ancient topic? My issue may or may not > >>>> be > >>>> > the same--I need to load "super overlays" from kml. The tiled images > >>>> load > >>>> > per zoom level in google earth successfully, but in google maps only > >>>> one > >>>> > zoom level displays. For instance: > > >>>> >http://maps.google.com/?q=**http://maps.nypl.org/warper/** > >>>> maps/7738.kml<http://maps.google.com/?q=http://maps.nypl.org/warper/maps/7738.kml> > > >>>> If Google Maps doesn't support it. You could check the third party KML > >>>> parsers (GeoXml for v2, geoxml3 for v3), if they don't support it (I'm > >>>> pretty sure geoxml3 doesn't, don't know about GeoXml), you could add > >>>> support (or see if the developer is willing to add it or accept a > >>>> patch for that functionality). > > >>>> -- Larry > > >>>> > On Monday, March 5, 2007 5:32:09 PM UTC-5, chrismarx wrote: > > >>>> > > anybody? > >>>> > > thought this might be boon for a lot of people, I mean, image > >>>> overlays > >>>> > > without tiling!!! > > >>>> > > On Mar 2, 2:56 pm, "daniel" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > > > i'd also be interested in this. i would nice to have goole do the > >>>> > > > image processing, rather than making tiles!!! > > >>>> > > > On Mar 1, 4:30 pm, "chrismarx" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> > > > > ok, i've started to answer this question check out > > >>>> > > > >http://maps.google.com/maps?**q=http://chrismarx.** > >>>> googlepages.com/usaB.kml<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://chrismarx.googlepages.com/usaB.kml> > > >>>> > > > > this shows that google can overlay kml's (i exported kml from a > >>>> gis, > >>>> > > > > then replaced the reference from the accompanying tif, to a > >>>> .png image > >>>> > > > > generated from the same source) > > >>>> > > > > but when I try to make this work within my own site, the overlay > >>>> > > > > doesn't come up. I've tried a variety of url's to see whether > >>>> the kml > >>>> > > > > generator for images was a little different. you can see the > >>>> site here > >>>> > > > > - > > >>>> > > > >http://chrismarx.googlepages.**com/overlayG.html<http://chrismarx.googlepages.com/overlayG.html> > > >>>> > > > > any ideas? > > >>>> > > > > On Feb 27, 8:30 pm, "chrismarx" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> > > > > > here's a quote from one of the google help pages > > >>>> > > > > > "Please note that Google Maps currently supports KML files > >>>> with > >>>> > > > > > points, lines, polygons, styles, icons, and network links > >>>> (without > >>>> > > > > > view-based refresh). We plan to add support for ground > >>>> overlays, > >>>> > > > > > screen overlays, folders, and visibility in the near future. > >>>> For more > >>>> > > > > > information about creating your own KML file, please click > >>>> here. " > > >>>> > > > > > so does anyone know the current status of kml support with > >>>> images?- > >>>> > > Hide quoted text - > > >>>> > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > >>>> > > > - Show quoted text - > > >>>> -- > >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>>> Groups "Google Maps API V2" group. > >>>> To post to this group, send email to > >>>> google-maps-api@googlegroups.**com<[email protected]> > >>>> . > >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>>> google-maps-api+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<google-maps-api%[email protected]> > >>>> . > >>>> For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/** > >>>> group/google-maps-api?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api?hl=en> > >>>> . > > >>>> Its a pretty complex piece of capability because its generally very > >>> nested and involves well deciding what the google earth parameters really > >>> mean in a 2d environment. > > >>> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "Google Maps API V2" group. > >> To view this discussion on the web visit > >>https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-maps-api/-/tRynHBX4b9kJ. > > >> 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API V2" group. 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