here goes a simple question:
I've got a showKmz() function which receives an URL belonging to a KML/KMZ file and which goes straight ward to a fetchkml() method, after that it gets appended to my Google Earth instance.
Now I want to recover the coordinates of this fetched KML/KMZ file and use them to immediatelly after load a custom ico I want to put exactly on the same location of the KML/KMZ file I fetched.
The reason for that is that I want to show this files on Google Earth with their clicable icon despite of whatever icon those KML/KMZ could have by default...
Does anybody knows a way to either achieve the goal of retrieving the coordinates or even better: a more direct way to make this custom icon superposing I want?
Thanks in advance!!
Bye!!
From here
http://code.google.com/apis/earth/documentation/kml.html
When getting a KML/Z file with fetchKml, you have in the callback an option to interact with the KMLFeatures you've obtained before appending them to the globe. There could be several items in that file which have coordinates, as well as several icons. So it sounds like you want to get the features, iterate over them, and insert an IconStyle for each (or replace existing IconStyle) to have it render with the Icon you want. You don't have to place a new feature at the same location as the existing ones.
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I recently saw this Deezer Waveform in my Deezer-Explore-Feed:
http://cdn-images.deezer.com/images/waveform/9e5387f693247f77cd4a5bfa722d2ab3-0.png
It is similar to those used by soundcloud and seems to be avaiable to publicity via the above URL.
The linked Waveform is from the Track with the ID 86543213, called LA.Love by Fergie.
The only problem is that i dont know how to get the deezer-waveform-url for another ID, if it is possible to convert the ID somehow or if we need to use a specific API function.
I would really appreciate it if anyone has an idea on how to retrieve the URL.
Go to the Icon near the Heart shape. It's call Share. Copy URL paste to Clip board then Open Deezer downloader, paste the URL address. Then CONVERT, Download
The linked Waveform is from the Track with the ID 86543213, called LA.Love by Fergie.
The ID doesn't exist when making a call to http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/{track_id}.json?client_id={your_api_key}.
If the track your looking for has been modified and you still have the ID, you can just use the link template above and find the data you're looking for under the waveform-url attribute.
My friend has a website named as http://jobifly.com .Now the issue is that when you enter the site you will see Google maps on the navigation panel and that shows the jobs which are available, but its Pin-pointing them one by one, can't it show all of them together?
Awaiting Response..
Regards,
Zain Sohail
The problem with the page is that all the locations will be gecoded when the page loads. To avoid the OVER_QUERY_LIMIT this will be done with a delay.
To show them together you must wait until all locations have been geocoded.
So your friend may either:
use the current geocoding-strategy and initialize the map when all addresses have been geocoded(I don't think that it is an option for your friend)
or store the LatLng's somewhere when they have been geocoded, so he can use them directly without a delay (Note: this is only permitted for up to 30 days)
It's also possible to use a FusionTable to store these data, the geocoding would be done automatically there.
Another option to be able to store the LatLng's permanent: give the users that offer a job a map where they can select the location manually by clicking on the map, the returned LatLng may be stored without restrictions.
I have created a google map displaying markers and the weather layer using Google Maps API V3.
The weather layer is great for displaying weather information at well-known locations; however, for my map I only care about the wind speed rather than the forecast (ex. sunny, rainy, etc). Is there any way to modify the weather layer so that it displays "wind: s 5m/s" directly on the map instead of the sun/rain icon?
I realize that you can click on the icon to get the wind information but given that we do not care about the actual weather, we do not want people to have to click to get that. Instead we want the wind displayed directly.
(If it is not possible, then any alternative suggestions would be greatly appreciated as well :) )
I made a Weather API available on mashape, and they have a ready to use simple PHP SDK.
This api is really simple to use because we use the cool standards that are available nowadays, like JSON and REST.
If you like it please give it a try on mashape
I've tried but haven't found a way to change how the weather icons look when they are loaded.
It is possible (as you may know) to create a custom overlay using discrete weather data items (like wind speed) when a weather icon is clicked but that wouldn't seem to solve your problem.
See" "google.maps.weather.WeatherConditions object specification" in the V3 API reference
Like many of these kinds of things, I imagine it is theoretically possible to scan the DOM, find the weather 'markers', extract the info you want and redraw them as you wish them to look, but you may (unsure about this) find that the weather icons are actually images and data like wind speed doesn't actually exist in the DOM until the weather icon is clicked: The discrete data may be the product of an ajax load in response to the click event. Even if you got a DOM crawler to work it could be broken by a new release of the API and you'd never know what hit you.
Best bet may be to submit a change request to the API developers asking for the ability to format the weather icons and specify their content.
or
Use some other online source of json or xml weather data and create your own weather markers, labels, or whatever on your map.
Sorry I can't provide a more constructive answer :-(
Is there is a way to upload my own panoramic images of our hours/building using Google Street View API, then use Google Street View Engine to navigate throw them?
Yes, you need to make custom street view panoramas: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/streetview#CustomStreetView
Here's a great sample of someone who has done this: http://www.gta4.net/map/
I'm doing a similar project for a large building.
First, you need some way to generate a 360 degree panorama for the images. I've adapted hugin to be used in a set of bash scripts to generate the panos automatically in a Linux box. So, I just upload the images to a folder, execute the script with the folder location and number of images per panorama and leave it alone. Depending on the number of images you have per panorama, expect to wait 5-45 minutes for each panorama.
Second, check out the example link for how to use JS and StreetView. I think your task will be easier as you can probably write all your locations inside the JS file rather than relying on database calls and parsing.
Third, make sure your usage is under the limits set by the API if you're not paying for the service. If you go over the daily limit, the tour won't be available.
I am trying to get into the google maps api v3 to display store locations.
All non-flash tutorials for google maps, which I have seen so far, create an array with the latitude and longitude in either java script part of the html or in a seperate js file.
However, then I list all coordinates in plain text in the requested html site.
Is there a way to hide the exact location in a seperate file or layer, which is not accessible to the user? I would like to display the locations with a broad view and would like to keep the exact locations hidden.
Thank you for any suggestions.
I do not know if it is possible to do, but you can try create external PHP script that will returns JSON output with all Google Maps data.
In the beggining of the script you can check referer and it is correct (equals to the site script) show that data - otherwise, print some error, etc.
In JavaScript load whole data with Ajax.
However there is no way to permanently hide data from user - it is always possible to write some script that will export them from Google Map (for example using FireBug/Chrome console).