Cant get it to draw a path

[AnthonyBradley]

Hi,

Just getting into GE, and want to draw a path. Have downloaded the sample KML file, and can see the paths ok in that, so I saved off the Transparent Purple Path section and just changed the coords to put my own in, and changed the lookat to point at the path.

When I open it, it pans and zooms to the location I epxect, but I dont see the path there. Have tried it several ways around and still no visable path.

Any ideas whats wrong on the code below? This is driving me mad :-(

Thanks! Anthony

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.0">
<Placemark id="khPlacemark804">
<name>Absolute</name>
<description>Transparent purple line</description>
<LookAt>
<longitude>4.273216667</longitude>
<latitude>39.89243333</latitude>
<range>2569.386968383512</range>
<tilt>44.60763714203011</tilt>
<heading>-106.8262530024943</heading>
</LookAt>
<styleUrl>#khStyle580</styleUrl>
<Style id="khStyle1193">
<LineStyle id="khLineStyle1196">
<color>7fff00ff</color>
<width>4</width>
</LineStyle>
<PolyStyle id="khPolyStyle1195">
<color>7f00ff00</color>
</PolyStyle>
</Style>
<LineString id="khLineString1200">
<tessellate>1</tessellate>
<altitudeMode>absolute</altitudeMode>
<coordinates>
38.89243333,3.273216667,2357
39.88963333,4.2767,2357
39.89243333,4.273216667,2357
39.88963333,4.2767,2357
39.88963333,4.27675,2357
39.88965,4.276983333,2357
39.88955167,4.2772,2357
39.88945167,4.2773,2357
39.89091667,4.2767,2357
39.89133333,4.274883333,2357
39.89031667,4.2695,2357
39.89025167,4.269166667,2357
39.89030333,4.269133333,2357
39.891485,4.27275,2357

</coordinates>
</LineString>
</Placemark>
</kml>

[TheRealMcCoy]

Right click on your path and edit it.
Go to view and click on "Reset to default view" and you'll have a surprise

In fact you inverted Latitude and Longitude in the datas of your path between <coordinates> and </coordinates> (but not in the <LookAt> section

[AnthonyBradley]

DOH, great thanks!

I noticed that the tags for the view were reversed from the 'normal' lat,long notation, but totally neglected to think that the coord pairs may also be reversed!

Many thanks!

Anthony

[TheRealMcCoy]

You're welcome