KML line color different in Maps V3, Google Earth

[John Malpas]

Hello,

I am learning KML. I have a small test file
http://www.calflora.org/kml/sg3.kml

which displays the way I want it to in Google Earth
(lines are yellow), but in Maps V3 the lines are
blue and impossible to see against the Satellite
background.

Would there be some other way to specify
line color in KML that applies to both Google Earth
and Maps V3?

Thank you

[Chris Broadfoot]

Does this help?

http://code.google.com/apis/kml/documentation/kmlreference.html#linestyle

Chris

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[John Malpas]

Chris,

Yes that helps. What I am finding, though, is that
styles don't work the same in Maps and Earth, and
I am ending up writing different styles depending
on whether the KML is intended for Maps or Earth.
One example is the width of a polygon outline.
In Maps, if the width is 3, it will display as 3
no matter whether there is a polygon fill color or not.
In Earth, if there is a fill color, the displayed width
of a polygon outline apparently depends on the zoom.
Practically, the same small polygon with outline and
fill color, zoomed way out, will be visible in Maps,
and almost impossible to see in Earth.

On Jun 13, 10:57 pm, Chris Broadfoot <c...@google.com> wrote:
> Does this help?
>
> http://code.google.com/apis/kml/documentation/kmlreference.html#lines...

[Rossko]

> Practically, the same small polygon with outline and
> fill color, zoomed way out, will be visible in Maps,
> and almost impossible to see in Earth.

That seems reasonable. Earth attempts to provide a 'realistic' view,
Maps are by definition symbolic representations.