Twister65 Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 I just downloaded it. It's not bad. Has a cleaner look. Haven't dug into it much yet. The first thing I noticed is that the Geocaching kml file only partially works with it. It'll display the caches, but not the specific icon for the cache type. Scott Quote Link to comment
+geognerd Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 The first thing I noticed is that the Geocaching kml file only partially works with it. It'll display the caches, but not the specific icon for the cache type. If this is the case, you might want to post this in the Geocaching.com website section of the forum. Not sure if Jeremy & Co can or will do anything about this since the problem concerns a beta release of GE. But they should probably know about this potential bug. Thanks for the heads-up; I'll be holding off on trying out the new version. Quote Link to comment
+hogrod Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 The first thing I noticed is that the Geocaching kml file only partially works with it. It'll display the caches, but not the specific icon for the cache type. Scott I noticed the same thing, it's not only you. Quote Link to comment
+scavok Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 I can tell it is beta for a reason. A handful of little glitches that are enough to make me go back to the previous version. IMHO Quote Link to comment
+Team JSAM Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 I can tell it is beta for a reason. A handful of little glitches that are enough to make me go back to the previous version. Ditto Quote Link to comment
Twister65 Posted June 13, 2006 Author Share Posted June 13, 2006 The first thing I noticed is that the Geocaching kml file only partially works with it. It'll display the caches, but not the specific icon for the cache type. If this is the case, you might want to post this in the Geocaching.com website section of the forum. Not sure if Jeremy & Co can or will do anything about this since the problem concerns a beta release of GE. But they should probably know about this potential bug. Thanks for the heads-up; I'll be holding off on trying out the new version. Done! I was thinking this morning that I might switch back to the older version as well. I like the cleaner look of the new version, but I need the right icons. Scott Quote Link to comment
jscheffl Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Hi there! I also faced the problem and tried a fix as workaround by fixing the XML file. It seems that changing the header from version 2.0 to 2.1 is enough to bring the icons up again (even though the specification says that the icons are defined deprecated...). To fix it until it is updated at geocaching.com I implemented a small filter proxy which does the dirty conversion job. If you go to your Google Earth client and just replace the KML URL in the properties of the Geocahing link it is working. Original URL: http://api.Groundspeak.com/networkkml/geocache.aspx?key=XYZ Updated URL which enables Icons again: http://www.jensscheffler.de/share/geocaching.php?key=XYZ Jens Quote Link to comment
+yyzdnl Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Thanks, worked like a charm. Quote Link to comment
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