connecting two points

[Globaldyne]

I'm trying to figure out how to draw a line between 2 points. They are at different elevations so the line drawing function doesn't work. I'm guessing that it will work if I edit the xml?. I've tried editing in my lat and long in the untesselated line example but every time I try to open it with GE it wants me to specify the delimiter and none of them seem to work. I don't know what I'm doing here. They lay out right in the preview but the lat and long fields seem to be messing it up. Any Help?

[PriceCollins]

Have you upgraded to Google Earth Plus?

At $20, it's a bargain.

[Terry_Pinnell]

I've just tried an example. I was messing around in Cyprus, so I created two placemarks at different elevations, Point 1 and Point 2. Then I saved the KML file. At its most basic (after removing the LookAt and Style tags, and stripping blanks) it looked like this in my text editor:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.0">
<Folder>
<name>Test joining 2 points</name>
<open>1</open>
<Placemark>
<name>Point 1</name>
<Point>
<coordinates>32.78173277943876,34.85302955360272,0</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>
<Placemark>
<name>Point 2</name>
<Point>
<coordinates>33.50950656180741,35.08924740935768,0</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>
</Folder>
</kml>

I then looked up the LineString tag on page 60 of the KML 2.0 documentation, and manually changed the above to look like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.0">
<Folder>
<name>Test joined 2 points</name>
<Placemark>
<LineString>
<coordinates>
32.78173277943876,34.85302955360272,0
33.50950656180741,35.08924740935768,0
</coordinates>
</LineString>
</Placemark>
</Folder>
</kml>

When loaded into GE Plus (with the original two placemarks also made visible, and after manually tilting and rotating), it looked like this:



Note how parts of the line are hidden by the mountains, like a string drawn tight between the two points.

--
Terry, West Sussex, UK

[mcshea98]

Terry_Pinnell,

Here is the info on the <tessellate> tag. I think that if you add this in it will work.

Code:

---

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.0">
<Folder>
  <name>Test joined 2 points</name>

  <open>1</open>
  <Placemark>
    <LineString>    
      <tessellate>1</tessellate> 

      <coordinates>
32.78173277943876,34.85302955360272,0 33.50950656180741,35.08924740935768,0 
      </coordinates>
    </LineString>
  </Placemark>
</Folder>
</kml>

---

Hope this helps.