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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>My wish-list for kml list outputs for the next
release.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I have noticed that if certain text strings occur in
any of the following dataset source files, then Google Earth will not load the
file. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>In survey file…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>survey –title
“survey title text”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>station 21 “comment
text”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>In drawing file…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>point continuation
–text “point continuation text”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The problem sub-strings I have noticed so far are
“&” and “<br>”, and I suspect any of the
<> strings will cause a problem.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Perhaps in the next version Therion could filter out
these problem strings in the kml parser.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>As I mentioned before, -filter off is required with
the continuation list;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>export
continuation-list -filter off -output
ExportedFilename.kml<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>If -filter is on, the character that gets inserted
with points or stations with empty strings stops Google Earth from loading the
file. Perhaps Therion could substitute this character with a single
question mark “?” please.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>As Google Earth is a ‘surface only’
viewer (so far), it would be nice if we could hide or view surface and
underground points (or filter them) much as we do with layout files. Or
perhaps better, distinguish them with differing symbols/colours or layers so we
can toggle them from within Google Earth?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>If it is possible to have the default ‘pin’
marker and label reduced in size as a part of the kml file produced, then it
would make the resulting representation in Google Earth more legible. I
am finding that usually the point density in the outputs is too high to be
legible at useful scales.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>And finally, perhaps the kml file header could be
made more useful and be changed from…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><?xml
version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><kml
xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.0"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><Document><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><name><span
style='background:red'>Therion KML export</span></name><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><description><span
style='background:red'>Therion KML export.</span></description><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>to …<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><?xml
version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><kml
xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.0"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><Document><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><name><span
style='background:yellow'>ExportedFilename</span></name><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><description><span
style='background:yellow'>Therion continuation-list kml export</span></description><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>or …<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><description><span
style='background:yellow'>Therion cave-list kml export</span></description><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>or …<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><description><span
style='background:yellow'>Therion model kml export</span></description><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>or …<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><description><span
style='background:yellow'>Therion map kml export</span></description><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>as appropriate, where “ExportedFilename”
is extracted from the export statement like this;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>export continuation-list “<span
style='background:yellow'>ExportedFilename</span>.kml”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>This way, both the file name and export type will
able to be readily identified when using in Google Earth.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Bruce<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-NZ style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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