Comments on: Virtual Earth vs. Google MyMaps KML Support

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By: Flüge

Flüge — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:21:35 +0000

Sean,
thank you for that useful post. To be honest, I always work with Google Maps and I am really satisfied with it. For user, who are not really familiar with the www it is really simple and comprehensible. But now, after getting to know Virtual Earth I will visit the site and try if I am able to work with it. Thank you for your troubles!

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By: John

John — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:39:57 +0000

Garret, no, I’m having this problem as well. Did you by chance ever come across a resolution? Thanks in advance.

By: Garret

Garret — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:03:38 +0000

I know this topic is fairly old, but I want to know if anyone it having the same trouble uploading KML in VE as I am. No matter how small or how few the number of features, I always get the error, “There was a problem importing your data. Either it is not a supported format or the file is larger than the 2MB limit.” I have not seen anything on this. Am I the only one with this problem?

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[...] GM vs VE – Sean Gorman of Fortius One has posted an interesting comparison of KML support between Google Maps and Virtual Earth. The end result? Both have some shortcomings. [...]

By: Barry Hunter

Barry Hunter — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:38:27 +0000

Yes as Bill mentions there is an alternative method to display KML in Google Maps – just paste in the url into the search box.

You can even use this to get round the MyMaps paging limit, as KML files use a geographical culling method ‘zoom in to see more detail’

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nearby.org.uk%2FallMyMaps-to-kml.php%3Ffetch%26session%3Dallmymaps4815d8826c95e

See:
http://www.nearby.org.uk/allMyMaps-to-kml.php

Its a shame Google dont expose this functionality natively and/or use it for MyMaps display.

By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:40:06 +0000

You can load several hundred polygons with Google Maps if you just use the URL method or simply post the file to the Google Earth forum.

The Google map accessed from the link below renders about half of the 1,900 voting precincts in West Virginia (slowly even with Firefox)

http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/1136716/page/vc/vc/1

Bill

By: Sean Gorman

Sean Gorman — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:55:13 +0000

Thanks for the pointer Bill, and nice map. We’ve thought about having the KML files in GeoCommons open directly in Google or MSVE via the URL, but have not been able to get around the log in requirement. One of the things the BBS gets to bypass Hopefully we can sort out a good work flow for exposing URL’s, but you can always right click to get the URL once we get it out publicly.

best,
sean