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Re: Custom Controls using Screen Overlays or IFRAME shims

2010-01-07T16:31:56Z

Looking at the page in IE8, I see a new issue. When the page first
draws, the iframe is only a couple of pixels high (even though its
style is set to "height:100%"). If you click on the bit of the title
bar thats visible, the iframe suddenly jumps to full size (or at
least, almost full size).

Re: Any way to bring a marker to the front?

2010-01-07T16:24:27Z

This is for Google Earth. You're referring to zIndex in Google Maps,
right?

Re: How to find & highlight nearest POINT PLACEMARK(S) from a clicked point on GE Plugin?

2010-01-07T14:02:38Z

Hi Shiva,

There isn't an API based command to do this. You have to write it
yourself, but it If your points are not to spread out you can use a
simple Pythagorean distance calculation. The distance you want is the
hypoteneuse of a right triangle; each end of the hypoteneuse is one of
two points to be measured (one of these is the point the user clicks,

How to find & highlight nearest POINT PLACEMARK(S) from a clicked point on GE Plugin?

2010-01-07T05:43:49Z

Hello Everybody,

I am trying to create a GE Plugin application where I have to find &
highlight the nearest point placemark(s). These point placemarks
(lat,long) are added dynamically to the plugin through ajax from a MS
Acess DB. We can get the (lat,long) from the user clicked point, but
how to proceed further, i.e., is there a way to find the nearest point

Re: Custom Controls using Screen Overlays or IFRAME shims

2010-01-07T03:17:22Z

Hi,

I hope so - as I say I really like this solution. If only everyone
used FF..

My test is a simple as it comes I think. A small style sheet with
stuff for the map3d div and a standard, unaltered, jquery-ui css. (Any
changes I make in my Live enviroment I do as !importants in my own css

Re: Any way to bring a marker to the front?

2010-01-06T17:10:21Z

Not sure if it will work, but have you tried zIndex?

Re: Fetch KML with contents folder unchecked

2010-01-06T17:08:13Z

I believe you will have to parse the kml and change the values you
want before displaying it.

Re: Custom Controls using Screen Overlays or IFRAME shims

2010-01-06T16:51:33Z

Hi Nymor,

Im sure its solvable, and that it will be easy once we've figured it
out :-)

On my site, the dialogs dont lose the right hand side in IE. So not
sure what's causing that. It might be an inherited style (eg border/
padding/margin affecting where the iframe ends), but I took quick look

Re: Google Earth without the plugin?

2010-01-06T16:14:28Z

In addition to what Nymor said, now when you install Google Earth the
plugin is installed by default. So as long as the user has the
current version of Google Earth (which, really, they should
considering all the speed improvements they made), the plugin will be
available. Now if you want them to not even have to install Google

Any way to bring a marker to the front?

2010-01-06T16:12:01Z

I have a problem where multiple markers are at the same latitude and
longitude. I'd like to be able to programmatically tell GE which one
to show as the top one. Is there any way to do this, either
straightforward or a bit of a kludge? I've already tried things like
hiding/showing the other marker and removing/adding either the desired

Re: Check when the api google earth was loaded

2010-01-06T16:00:30Z

Also - as and aside - there are 2 other calls that might come in handy
before you create the GE instance as they may help you decide what to
do if the user doesn't have the plugin installed or whether or not it
is supported on their OS/broswer.

google.earth.isSupported();
google.earth.isInstalled()

Re: Custom Controls using Screen Overlays or IFRAME shims

2010-01-06T15:19:56Z

Hi Mark,

Sorry for the delay in getting back - Christmas/New Year and all. Hope
you had a good one :)

Can't quite remember what was what but seem to remember that removing
the debug did work.

I've been playing around with various options - using your bgiframe
code - trying to create my own shims etc - but there always seems to

Re: Check when the api google earth was loaded

2010-01-06T14:55:00Z

Hello,
Diogo A. Miranda!

Next simple code runs Google Earth Plugin in your web-application:

//---------------------
var ge;
google.load("earth", "1");

function init() {
google.earth.createInstance('m ap3d', initCallBack,
failureCallBack);
}

function initCallBack(instance) {

KmlMouseEvent getTarget() returns only topmost KmlPlacemark

2010-01-06T11:46:05Z

I have a KmlMouseEvent that is triggered over several layered
KmlPlacemarks. I notice getTarget() only returns the top most
placemark.

Does any one know of a way I can enumerate over all the placemarks/
features under a point? perhaps it's is possible to do using then
event object.

Thanks

Re: Fetch KML with contents folder unchecked

2010-01-06T11:43:59Z

Can someone please give me some suggestions? -Thanks