Unicode in KML
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azzer
Aug 19, 2005, 2:34:27 PM8/19/05
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Hi. I've been writing a Firefox extension which integrates with Google Earth; with a view to internationalization, I'm trying to get unicode e.g. Kanji/Kana placenames in the <name> tag, and cannot do it, no matter in what encoding I try..
I've looked at the code.google.com docs, and they suggest this should work, but I've tried creating a placemark directly in the Google Earth client itself (スタート, if you can read that...): the katakana is rendered correctly in the 'Places' list, but is rendered as a series of boxes on the Earth. So I'm guessing that either this is a bug, or the Google Earth Client is missing the (Japanese) font. Or - more likely - I'm just not doing it right!
Any help (and an example!) would be really appreciated. Thanks.
(My extension's here: http://www.stemhaus.com/firefox/foxclocks/ )
I've looked at the code.google.com docs, and they suggest this should work, but I've tried creating a placemark directly in the Google Earth client itself (スタート, if you can read that...): the katakana is rendered correctly in the 'Places' list, but is rendered as a series of boxes on the Earth. So I'm guessing that either this is a bug, or the Google Earth Client is missing the (Japanese) font. Or - more likely - I'm just not doing it right!
Any help (and an example!) would be really appreciated. Thanks.
(My extension's here: http://www.stemhaus.com/firefox/foxclocks/ )
PenguinOpus
Aug 19, 2005, 7:47:37 PM8/19/05
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Be sure to choose a Primary font in the Options panel that supports Kanji characters. It sounds like you're inputting correctly, but don't have the client set up correctly to display.
azzer
Aug 20, 2005, 1:03:49 PM8/20/05
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Hmm. I didn't think it would display correctly... I'm not too worried about that; I'm concerned about Google Earth display. Unfortunately I don' t have Japanese IME on my laptop, or I'd have put a kml example on my website.
Essentially, what I'm seeing (and you need Japanese IME to enter Kanji/Kana), I can rename a placemark in Japanese, and that displays correctly in the 'Places' list, but does not display correctly in main Google Earth window. I'm guessing this is a Google Earth issue - either a geniune bug, or missing fonts.
Also, when I generate a kml file with eg. Kanji in it, I see the above symptoms.
Am I making some stupid mistake (in which case I'd love to find a kml file that does what I want), or is this really a Google Earth issue?
Thanks!
Essentially, what I'm seeing (and you need Japanese IME to enter Kanji/Kana), I can rename a placemark in Japanese, and that displays correctly in the 'Places' list, but does not display correctly in main Google Earth window. I'm guessing this is a Google Earth issue - either a geniune bug, or missing fonts.
Also, when I generate a kml file with eg. Kanji in it, I see the above symptoms.
Am I making some stupid mistake (in which case I'd love to find a kml file that does what I want), or is this really a Google Earth issue?
Thanks!
PenguinOpus
Aug 20, 2005, 1:30:57 PM8/20/05
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See my comment above. The Primary font in the Tools->Options->View menu needs to have Kanji characters in it. The default one does not (this is a different font than the one used in the list view).
azzer
Aug 21, 2005, 11:16:03 PM8/21/05
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Sorry. I was suffering from severe options-blindness. Works fine. Thanks.
PriceCollins
Nov 19, 2005, 2:49:08 PM11/19/05
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Can I put in an HTML <font face="Arial"> to get around the options problem for users who won;t bther setting the font?
Could this be used in both the place name and the description?
Could this be used in both the place name and the description?
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