Google Earth and CFM

Report · Feb 26, 2009

We created code to dynamically present map coordinates. Followed all the instructions to include Mime settings.

Issue: of 4 pc's with same hardware only one machine will pull up the kml file properly. All other show errors. Each machine uses the same version of Google Earth and set the same way.

http://www.koreanwar.org/google2/ams_l751.kmz An error code is returned locally and I would bet you get the same.

I have not found any forum discussions and nothing on the Google Communities.

Code from a new sample test is attached.

Ted Barker

Report · Feb 26, 2009

not that i am any expert on kml, but...

are you setting correct headers in your cfm page?
(i.e.: <cfcontent type="application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml">)

are you using cfflush in your xml-generating code? (don't)

Azadi Saryev
Sabai-dee.com
http://www.sabai-dee.com/

Report · Feb 26, 2009

Azadi:

I just added code from a new sample file.

Report · Feb 26, 2009

i'm getting the raw KML, which if i save out works ok in GE. so i guess it's the
mime type as azadi mentioned. as far as the other boxes not parsing the KML
correctly, are you sure everything's the sane? GE updates, firewalls, browser
version/settings, etc.?

Report · Feb 26, 2009

We aren't using cfflush. We have not placed the (i.e.: <cfcontent type="application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml">)
in the code page. I have set the Mime Type in IIS6 to the proper types ie:
Google Earth Mime Types

These are set in the IIS Server Mime Types section

.kml application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml

.kmz application/vnd.google-earth.kmz

All the boxes are exact duplicates of each other with the same OS, firewall, GE version and settings.

Ted

Report · Feb 26, 2009

i have tested your url with Feed Validator ( http://feedvalidator.org/)
and it validates, but with a warning regarding incorrect media type.

in your code that generates the xml you should add appropriate
<cfcontent> tag so that the resulting document is served as kml/kmz
media type and not as text/html.

Azadi Saryev
Sabai-dee.com
http://www.sabai-dee.com/