Re: Google Earth oddities
Save the content below into a thing.kml file for a Google Earth marker.
And if you go on Google Earth - as opposed to Google Maps - you can find out what it is. See
http://www.firehouse.com/training/news/ ... train.html .
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.2">
<Document>
<name>KmlFile</name>
<Style id="sh_ylw-pushpin">
<IconStyle>
<scale>1.3</scale>
<Icon>
<href>http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/kml/pushpin/ylw-pushpin.png</href>
</Icon>
<hotSpot x="20" y="2" xunits="pixels" yunits="pixels"/>
</IconStyle>
</Style>
<Style id="sn_ylw-pushpin">
<IconStyle>
<scale>1.1</scale>
<Icon>
<href>http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/kml/pushpin/ylw-pushpin.png</href>
</Icon>
<hotSpot x="20" y="2" xunits="pixels" yunits="pixels"/>
</IconStyle>
</Style>
<StyleMap id="msn_ylw-pushpin">
<Pair>
<key>normal</key>
<styleUrl>#sn_ylw-pushpin</styleUrl>
</Pair>
<Pair>
<key>highlight</key>
<styleUrl>#sh_ylw-pushpin</styleUrl>
</Pair>
</StyleMap>
<Placemark>
<name>Jim's Mystery</name>
<LookAt>
<longitude>-104.6704474444809</longitude>
<latitude>39.90195792153809</latitude>
<altitude>0</altitude>
<range>211.0325332579924</range>
<tilt>0</tilt>
<heading>0.007473788249918442</heading>
<altitudeMode>relativeToGround</altitudeMode>
</LookAt>
<styleUrl>#msn_ylw-pushpin</styleUrl>
<Point>
<coordinates>-104.6705585226965,39.90193455633632,0</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>
</Document>
</kml>