KML export of bookmark listings

[+goldensurfer]

Hi folks,

 

I think there's a small error in the implementation of the KML export of bookmark lists. If we have a look at a bookmark-list's URL, it reads for example:

http://www.geocaching.com/bookmarks/view.a...66-d4a6be1c5d8d

 

If we replace "/bookmarks/view.aspx" by "/kml/bmkml.aspx", we get: http://www.geocaching.com/kml/bmkml.aspx?b...66-d4a6be1c5d8d as the new URL

 

Now we go to http://maps.google.com and enter the above URL into the search field. The bookmark list is being displayed in GoogleMaps (without having to install GoogleEarth). But we also seen an error: "parts of http://... could not be displayed due to errors", and see the blue standard flag displayed instead of the according cache item.

 

The lines causing the errors are:

	<Style>
  <Icon>
	<href>http://www.geocaching.com/images/kml/traditional.png</href>
  </Icon>
</Style>

 

Embedding the <Icon> tag in a <IconStyle>-Tag solves the problem:

 

	<Style>
 <IconStyle>
  <Icon>
	<href>http://www.geocaching.com/images/kml/traditional.png</href>
  </Icon>
 </IconStyle>
</Style>

 

I have no idea if the GoogleEarth application can cope with that code - I haven't installed it. If so, maybe someone could update the code on the geocaching.com website that generates the KML files?