LANCER wrote on 08/19/08 at 07:25:40:Is it possible to combine the regions into one map ? or would we loose the ability to see each individual ?
Only through something like photoshop. I had to zoom in on certain areas for the reason you guessed- when icons are too close, the program stacks them and only shows what names it can fit.
Quote: You can email the current view of the earth shown in the Google Earth 3D viewer as:
* An image file for people who don't have Google Earth
* A KMZ file for other users of Google Earth
Im making additions, i just cant feasibly keep updating new pictures to my photobucket
every time I adjust it. These photos are merely screenshots from Google Earth like mentioned above. I have sent the KMZ file to several people.
Good news is that I found out that we can all, through the web, access the map
without having to have Google Earth.
But the file still needs to be hosted online. Google maps, which is a simple online version of GE (
www.maps.google.com) can read and display the KMZ file just by entering the address of the file (say...suzuki-savage.com/savage_riders.kmz)
Quote:Google Maps can now read KML or KMZ, the file formats Google Earth uses for the exchange of geographic information. This means that you can view data you create and share on Google Earth on Google Maps. You can use this feature to plot multiple points of interest, draw lines, and mark regions on Maps. Just paste a URL hosting your KML file into the Maps search box and click Search.
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Also, please keep in mind that your KML file must be hosted on a website to view it in Google Maps.
In addition, those who have GE or get it in the future benefit as well:
Quote:In addition to saving placemarks or folders to your local computer, you can also save place data to a web server or network server. Other Google Earth users who have access to the server can then use the data. As with other documents, you can create links or references to KMZ files for easy access. Storing a placemark file on the network or on a web server offers the following advantages:
* Accessibility - If your place data is stored on a network or the Web, you can access it from any computer anywhere, provided the location is either publicly available or you have log in access.
* Ease in Distribution - You can develop an extensive presentation folder for Google Earth software and make that presentation available to everyone who has access to your network storage location or web server. This is more convenient than sending the data via email when you want to make it persistently available to a large number of people.
* Automatic Updates/Network Link Access - Any new information or changes you make to network-based KMZ information is automatically available to all users who access the KML data via a network link.
* Backup - If for some reason the data on your local computer is corrupt or lost, you can open any of the KMZ files that you have saved to a network location, and if so desired, save it as a local file again.
I still advocate acquiring the program because that would allow people to mark
other places of interest and allow the map to become a geographical guide for anything Savage related.
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