+seedcorp Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Hi, I hawe tryied to work with my google earth, but my browser told me to wisit my acount page for downoloading a new wersion of this .kml file. After downloading and owerwriting the old one it doesent work... shows me some error message.... What should i do to fix it? Link to comment
+JLAM-D Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 We are having the same symptoms. Any suggestions? Cheers Link to comment
OpinioNate Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 We're working on this one, thanks! Link to comment
+seedcorp Posted October 11, 2007 Author Share Posted October 11, 2007 And now i hawe dicowered more problems.... Vhen i try to open GCZCY0, it giwes me an error, page cacnnot been displayed.... Another caches from today downloaded pq are ok. Where is a problem? Link to comment
+scooterpals Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 We're working on this one, thanks! We have solved our problem. Make sure you are opening this program with Google Earth. We had ours opening with Internet Explorer and it wouldn't open the KLM file. We went into the default program file ( on Vista it is in the Start Menu) and changed the KLM file to open with Google Earth and problem was solved. Link to comment
+JLAM-D Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 We're working on this one, thanks! We have solved our problem. Make sure you are opening this program with Google Earth. We had ours opening with Internet Explorer and it wouldn't open the KLM file. We went into the default program file ( on Vista it is in the Start Menu) and changed the KLM file to open with Google Earth and problem was solved. That did not work for us. Oh well, there goes another feature that we liked alot. Cheers and thanks for the suggestion. Link to comment
OpinioNate Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 The KML is fully functional again. Link to comment
+seedcorp Posted October 14, 2007 Author Share Posted October 14, 2007 Wow, thanks.... it works, but still not correct. When i try to open a cache with additional waypoints table in googel earth from database of pocket query or from the list showed by .klm file, it replies an -/-runtime error.... When i open this cache with additional waypoints in google mps, it works correctly. So ther is still some bug in the new code of geocaching pages, because previously it worked ok. Thanks. Link to comment
+buffpup Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 It's working again. I downloaded a new kml file & all was well. If it was part of the upgrades, no problem, but it would be sort of nice of someone said so. Upgrading is painful; we can be patient. Thanks. BTW, there are 2 threads going on this. I'm going to copy this message to the other one. Link to comment
macguyeric Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 I've only been able to get the KML to work off and on since it was first introduced. As of this morning, it fails on my Intel MacPro, with GE version 4.2.0198.2451 and a KML downloaded today. Link to comment
+Selwyn&Son Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 I have been redirected here to solve a problem with Google Earth, but I don't see a solution... Here is what I posted in my other thread Loading the Geocaching Network KML file in Google Earth I always get a message saying <QUOTE> Fetch of NetworkLink "Geocaching Network Link" failed... at line XX, column YY junk after document element.... </QUOTE> When I fetch the KML document by hand (using wget), the resulting file seems to have 2 kml documents in it. The first seems fine but the second say... <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.1"> <Folder><Placemark><name>Network KML Error</name><description><![CDATA[There has been an error in the Network KML File.]]></description><visibility>1</visibility><Point><coordinates>-122.34902, 47.620382, 0</coordinates></Point></Placemark></Folder></kml> The coordinates are always the same! Seems like there might be a problem with a file stored on the Geocaching WWW site. Can anyone help? Chris Link to comment
cozmik Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 I'm having the exact same problem. I go to File>Open in Google Earth, then select the KML file and get the same error as Chris gets. I have been redirected here to solve a problem with Google Earth, but I don't see a solution... Here is what I posted in my other thread Loading the Geocaching Network KML file in Google Earth I always get a message saying <QUOTE> Fetch of NetworkLink "Geocaching Network Link" failed... at line XX, column YY junk after document element.... </QUOTE> When I fetch the KML document by hand (using wget), the resulting file seems to have 2 kml documents in it. The first seems fine but the second say... <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.1"> <Folder><Placemark><name>Network KML Error</name><description><![CDATA[There has been an error in the Network KML File.]]></description><visibility>1</visibility><Point><coordinates>-122.34902, 47.620382, 0</coordinates></Point></Placemark></Folder></kml> The coordinates are always the same! Seems like there might be a problem with a file stored on the Geocaching WWW site. Can anyone help? Chris Link to comment
+Rattlebars Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Mine is broke too and does not work. KML says: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.1"> <NetworkLink> <open>1</open> <name>Geocaching Network KML</name> <description>Geocaching.com Caches located in the view window of Google Earth.</description> <open>1</open> <visibility>1</visibility> <refreshVisibility>0</refreshVisibility> <Url> <href>http://www.geocaching.com/kml/kml.aspx?key=MMU5VlmGl1lYR3rDCTOmdcAG0clz%2fwWtzzRnDX9aCG3PKGHIjbIEldcgzh%2bXiykbSoZUNhvT42JdXiD%2f%2bhJ2%2fA%3d%3d&</href> <viewRefreshTime>3</viewRefreshTime> <viewRefreshMode>onStop</viewRefreshMode> </Url> </NetworkLink></kml> I never did use this feature, but am now curious about it.... I know if you drag and drop a GPX file onto the Google Earth window, it will show them to you as long as there's not too many (my 100 daily crashes, but a shorter one works). Link to comment
+Justis Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 I just bought a new computer with Windows Vista Home Premium. Now I got the same problems as others with Google Earth. When I open My account and click on "Download Geocache browser in Google Earth", Google Earth will open OK, but when I zoom in to a place, where less than 100 caches are in the picture, I get a message: "Fetch of Network link Google Network KML failed... error at line 95, column 395..." And no caches will be shown. With my old computer, with Windows XP, I had no such problems. I hope someone can give me a way to solve the problems. Link to comment
+programmer64 Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 This is still not working still getting the junk message, is anyone going to fix this problem? Link to comment
robertlipe Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 <href>http://www.geocaching.com/kml/kml.aspx?key=MMU5VlmGl1lYR3rDCTOmdcAG0clz%2fwWtzzRnDX9aCG3PKGHIjbIEldcgzh%2bXiykbSoZUNhvT42JdXiD%2f%2bhJ2%2fA%3d%3d&</href> If that's really what it says, the error Earth is returning is correct; there is an invalid entity encoding at the end of that key. That's a site problem, not an Earth one. I know if you drag and drop a GPX file onto the Google Earth window, it will show them to you as long as there's not too many (my 100 daily crashes, but a shorter one works). I've sent a GPX containing > 25,000 geocaches into Earth. No problem. (It was the collection of a LOT of PQs. I won't claim it was speedy. :-) There isn't a problem inherent with size. Far more likely is that your bigger GPX contains a geocache that contains bad characters in the cache description or log that is resulting in the site creating an invalid GPX file. There have been many reports of that through the years and the solution has always been to hand edit the offending logs/caches instead of fixing the GPX generator. If you would like to privately send me the GPX file that won't read in Earth for analysis, I'd do so. Use my geocaching name but at gpsbabel.org. Link to comment
+Selwyn&Son Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 (edited) <href>http://www.geocaching.com/kml/kml.aspx?key=MMU5VlmGl1lYR3rDCTOmdcAG0clz%2fwWtzzRnDX9aCG3PKGHIjbIEldcgzh%2bXiykbSoZUNhvT42JdXiD%2f%2bhJ2%2fA%3d%3d&</href> If that's really what it says, the error Earth is returning is correct; there is an invalid entity encoding at the end of that key. That's a site problem, not an Earth one. I know if you drag and drop a GPX file onto the Google Earth window, it will show them to you as long as there's not too many (my 100 daily crashes, but a shorter one works). I suspect that what has happened is that the XML actually says & (like it should) and that we are only seeing the raw & because something somewhere along the line has interpreted it. My KML file has & just fine but I'm still getting the "junk after document element" error. I've sent a GPX containing > 25,000 geocaches into Earth. No problem. (It was the collection of a LOT of PQs. I won't claim it was speedy. :-) There isn't a problem inherent with size. Far more likely is that your bigger GPX contains a geocache that contains bad characters in the cache description or log that is resulting in the site creating an invalid GPX file. There have been many reports of that through the years and the solution has always been to hand edit the offending logs/caches instead of fixing the GPX generator. If you would like to privately send me the GPX file that won't read in Earth for analysis, I'd do so. Use my geocaching name but at gpsbabel.org. Most users here seem to be experiencing the "junk after document element" problem rather than problems with uploading GPX files. As I have previously diagnosed, when you use the URL that is in the NetworkLink with wget (of course, you need to hand-append the BBOX= to make it into a valid URL to GET) then you end up with a file that contains 2 (yes 2) XML documents. The first one seems perfectly valid. The second one contains the text that I have included in a previous post in this thread. It is this second XML document that constututes the "junk after document element" and is what is causing the problem in GE. The only place this XML can originate from is the geocaching.com web server. It is curious that the coordinates in the second document are always the same (-122.34902, 47.620382, 0). This just happens to be EXACTLY the coordinates of the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington! There appears to be an event happening at this location on November 11 but, even more coincidentally, the notice for this event was published on October 26. This is the date when I (at least) started noticing the problems after it had prevously been working just fine. Please can someone look at why the geocaching server might be producing a response that contains two documents? Chris Edited October 28, 2007 by Selwyn&Son Link to comment
+Rattlebars Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 If you would like to privately send me the GPX file that won't read in Earth for analysis, I'd do so. Use my geocaching name but at gpsbabel.org. Thanks for the offer, but I no longer have it. Here is the most recent KML generated <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.1"> <NetworkLink> <open>1</open> <name>Geocaching Network KML</name> <description>Geocaching.com Caches located in the view window of Google Earth.</description> <open>1</open> <visibility>1</visibility> <refreshVisibility>0</refreshVisibility> <Url> <href>http://www.geocaching.com/kml/kml.aspx?key=MMU5VlmGl1lYR3rDCTOmdcAG0clz%2fwWtzzRnDX9aCG3PKGHIjbIElSmWzL1s79S2ZmLKW1QQzieUFxANh0gpQA%3d%3d&</href> <viewRefreshTime>3</viewRefreshTime> <viewRefreshMode>onStop</viewRefreshMode> </Url> </NetworkLink></kml> Still crashes. Link to comment
+GeoDreamCacher Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 I appear to have have the same mistake as a number of other cachers - downloading the new Google Earth. I have been messing about with it all day and still get a "fetch error". Google Earth referred me here. I have no idea what any of the posted computer codes mean in the above emails. All I want is to be able to see the caches like I was able to in the old Google Earth. How do I go about getting an old copy of Google Earth - pre-upgrade version?? Thanks. Link to comment
robertlipe Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Earth isn't to blame. The version doesn't matter. This was a recent geocaching.com site change an only a geocaching.com site change will fix it. Link to comment
+lewisb Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Hello all - I'm a relatively new geocacher. I just started using Google Earth and the Geocaching kml last week. It was fantastic, but now I have the same problem as others have posted, namely the geocaches don't show and i get the "Fetch of Network link... Geocaching Network... Failed...line 18 column 71... junk after document element". From the posts so far it looks like the problem isn't with my PC or Google Earth? If there is a fix to this, could we please be told? Many thanks - keep up the good work!!!! Lewisb Link to comment
+coggins Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Can not duplicate this problem, or maybe it's fixed? Link to comment
+lewisb Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 I'm still getting the same problem - has anyone else encountered this and managed to fix it?... Link to comment
+Gator Man Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 I appear to have have the same mistake as a number of other cachers - downloading the new Google Earth. I have been messing about with it all day and still get a "fetch error". Google Earth referred me here. I have no idea what any of the posted computer codes mean in the above emails. All I want is to be able to see the caches like I was able to in the old Google Earth. How do I go about getting an old copy of Google Earth - pre-upgrade version?? Thanks. Try selecting a RESTORE POINT on your computer prior to the date you downloaded the update. Link to comment
+lewisb Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 Hi - I tried a system restore a few days ago and that didn't help. I just tried again, restoring to an earlier point (well before Google Earth installation) but still got the same problem. Has anyone successfully fixed this problem? Thanks in advance. Lewis Link to comment
+lewisb Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 I tried another thing. I uninstalled Google Earth. Then did a search for all .kml files and deleted them. Then did a search for all 'earth' files - this revealed a few more hidden files which I deleted. Then restarted. Then downloaded google earth again and installed it. Weird thing was, My Places were still there when I opened this new version. Needless to say - I have the same problem. Perhaps it is connected with not being able to completely wipe my system of google earth? Any help or suggestions most welcome - thanks! Link to comment
+lewisb Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 WHEHEY! It's working again! I did all of the above, then in Google Earth I deleted the geocaching network kml file, then I downloaded a new one from geocaching.com onto my desktop. Opened it through Google Earth and everything works again. So the key lies somehow to completely remove google earth and all its associated files, reinstall, then download a new version of the geocaching kml file. Cheers & happy geocaching! Lewis Link to comment
robertlipe Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 The site admins claim they fixed the problem. Removing and reinstalling Earth wouldn't change what's described above. http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...t&p=3137177 Link to comment
+lewisb Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 Aha... I've taken the advice posted on your link anyway (changing the refresh properties for the google kml). Thanks for the link, and Happy Geocaching everyone Link to comment
+dkorzenowsky Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 where can I find a KML file/link for displaying geocaches in my google earth plus Link to comment
+Miragee Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 The link for that is on the right-hand side of your My Account page. Link to comment
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