tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47896653854399647.post6014284040116295592..comments2024-03-29T09:12:39.693+00:00Comments on Google Earth Design: John Bailey on Producing a TourRich Treveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00074610839485450953noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47896653854399647.post-20258137208155799702009-02-11T20:45:00.000+00:002009-02-11T20:45:00.000+00:00It is confusing...although possibly not as confusi...It is confusing...although possibly not as confusing as my "fix".<BR/><BR/>I guess the lesson is to design you KML well :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47896653854399647.post-7250977086080593082009-02-11T14:20:00.000+00:002009-02-11T14:20:00.000+00:00Hmm. Well that seems to explain some of the odd b...Hmm. Well that seems to explain some of the odd behaviour I've been seeing. Seems pretty complex for the average user to deal with.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for adding that in.<BR/><BR/>RichRich Treveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00074610839485450953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47896653854399647.post-82896119008876996902009-02-11T04:15:00.000+00:002009-02-11T04:15:00.000+00:00Actually I really did me turn ON, however, for thi...Actually I really did me turn ON, however, for this to be a dead cert way of making sure a tour works I am assuming the KML has been suitably (manually) edited. <BR/><BR/>If you don't want to tinker with the underlying KML follow Rich's advice of turning everything off and then turning on whilst recording. However, to make this work correctly DO NOT place overlays (etc) in their own folder, place them and the tour in the same Document or Folder. And make sure the tour name has a checkmark by it before you start to play it. <BR/><BR/>The reason for this is that the "container" (folder or document) holding the overlays (etc) to be shown during the tour must be checked "on", even if all objects are "off" (unchecked). Checking the box by the tour name ensures the Document is "on". <BR/><BR/>During the Tour the problem of objects not turning on/off arises because they are not in the "correct" state at the start of tour (e.g. you've opened the file already and turned some features off/on randomly). Also, If the container is "off" (because all its contents are "off") nothing will appear when you play the Tour.<BR/><BR/>Obviously not all content will be needed right at the start of the tour so the first actions of the tour are to turn off stuff, using<BR/>gx:AnimatedUpdate to set their visibility to 0.<BR/><BR/>How to do this is laid out in the Google documentation:<BR/>http://code.google.com/apis/kml/documentation/touring.html#updates<BR/><BR/>Note:<BR/>* updates to the KML are reversed when the tour is exited, and<BR/>* updates to the KML are not included when the current state is saved.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com