Google Earth adding placemarker with Google Maps coordinates - no placemarker appears

[David Faiz]

Hello all,

I am reading a XML file placing its contents into an array and then I am trying to place placemarker using the API, the location of the placemarker is incorrect

Here is the code:

    var markers = [];

var counter =0;

$.get('Customers.xml', function(xml) {

      var jsonObj = $.xml2json(xml);

        $.each(jsonObj.Marker, function(){

            var stat = this.status == "Critical" ? "http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/red-dot.png" : "http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/green-dot.png";

                 var mark = {

                        title: this.title,

                        latitude: this.latitude,

longitude: this.longitude,

                        icon: stat

                        }

                markers.push(mark);

        });

});  

    var ge;

    google.load("earth", "1", {"other_params":"sensor=true_or_false"});

    function init() {

      google.earth.createInstance('map3d', initCB, failureCB);

    }

    function initCB(instance) {

      ge = instance;

      ge.getWindow().setVisibility(true);

 

var lon = markers[counter].longitude;

var lat = markers[counter].latitude;

     var image = markers[counter].icon;

var custname = markers[counter].title;

 

 addplacemark (lon,lat,image,custname);

    }

function addplacemark (lon,lat,image,custname)

{

 // create the placemark

 var placemark = ge.createPlacemark('');

 // Define a custom icon.

var icon = ge.createIcon('');

icon.setHref('http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/kml/paddle/red-circle.png');

var style = ge.createStyle(''); //create a new style

style.getIconStyle().setIcon(icon); //apply the icon to the style

style.getIconStyle().setScale(10.0);

placemark.setStyleSelector(style); //apply the style to the placemark

 

var point = ge.createPoint('');

point.setLatitude(lat);

point.setLongitude(lon);

placemark.setGeometry(point);

placemark.setName(custname);

 

// add the placemark to the earth DOM

ge.getFeatures().appendChild(placemark);

 } 

 

The coordinates are taken from Google Maps geocoding API.

No placemarker is placed, if I input the coordinates manually like so:

 point.setLatitude(52.3702157);

 point.setLongitude(4.8951679);

I do get a placemarker.

What can be the reason ?