Placemark scaling

[DougH]

I almost posted a message suggesting that the way placemarks scaled
with altitude and not distance was a bug, but then I realized how
insanely complicated and possibly undesireable such a feature would be
if it was global, so I decided to try to write code for it. So far, I
have no idea how to approach it though...

Here's the situation: Placemarks change scale so you can see them at
any height, which means they are smaller relative to the ground the
closer the view gets to the ground. Unfortunately, that means you can
see them fine from a quarter mile straight up, and barely at all from
a quarter of a mile horizontally, even when it is on the side of a
mountain at view level.

I have a single placemark, and I know its absolute height, height
above the ground, height relative to the view, and distance from the
view. Anyone know how I can manipulate the scale style so that it is
the same size in an arc from straight overhead to horizontal?