Creating Links to .kmz files for Google Earth

jabbazz · Joined: 21 Sep 2009 Posts: 9

I'm trying to create a link to a .kmz file.

The code is not working.

<a
href="Final_Google_Map.kmz"
<% If browser_type = "MSIE" Then %>
target="_blank"
<% End If %>

any suggestions.

PayneLess Designs · Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 4287 Location: MS

Where is the full URL for the link? http://domain_name.com/..."

jabbazz · Joined: 21 Sep 2009 Posts: 9

Lets say it is a website. I can not give you the full address it is a secure website.

PayneLess Designs · Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 4287 Location: MS

I was just asking a rhetorical question. Is the *.kmz file local on your server or elsewhere on the Internet? What program is expected to use the file when link is clicked on?

jabbazz · Joined: 21 Sep 2009 Posts: 9

It is on the server. Google Earth.

PayneLess Designs · Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 4287 Location: MS

Well, you answered one of the two questions. getting info from you is hard. Better that you read the Google Earth's tutorial and then come back with more information:

Google Earth Tutorial

jabbazz · Joined: 21 Sep 2009 Posts: 9

I have read the tutorial. But it still does not address how to create a link from my web site using a .kmz file. This is the error message I get.

The page cannot be found
The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.
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Please try the following:

•Make sure that the Web site address displayed in the address bar of your browser is spelled and formatted correctly.
•If you reached this page by clicking a link, contact the Web site administrator to alert them that the link is incorrectly formatted.
•Click the Back button to try another link.
HTTP Error 404 - File or directory not found.
Internet Information Services (IIS)

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Technical Information (for support personnel)

•Go to Microsoft Product Support Services and perform a title search for the words HTTP and 404.
•Open IIS Help, which is accessible in IIS Manager (inetmgr), and search for topics titled Web Site Setup, Common Administrative Tasks, and About Custom Error Messages.

PayneLess Designs · Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 4287 Location: MS

OK. I am going to try again. This path, "Final_Google_Map.kmz", is a relative path. The file must be on your server to work. If it is on Google's server or some other server other than yours, the path has to be:

<a href="http://Google.com/Final_Google_Map.kmz">Final Google Map</a>
<% If browser_type = "MSIE" Then %>
target="_blank"
<% End If %>

Or something similar. You must use "http://domain_name.com/" or whatever the full path is to the "kmz" file.

jabbazz · Joined: 21 Sep 2009 Posts: 9

Thanks, I have made these changes and the link still does not work.

PayneLess Designs · Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 4287 Location: MS

Show your code you used when you make changes.

jabbazz · Joined: 21 Sep 2009 Posts: 9

<a href="//domain_name/clients/CLIENT/forms/Primace Final Google Map.kmz"
<% If browser_type = "MSIE" Then %>
target="_blank"
<% End If %>
><b>Primacy Final Google Map
</b></a>

<% End If %>

PayneLess Designs · Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 4287 Location: MS

href="//domain_name/clients/CLIENT/forms/Primace Final Google Map.kmz is an incorrect path as I keep telling you. Do you NOT know what a correct URL path is? That is suppose to be going to Google Earth's server...right? You have no path going to ANY server with that code.

Can you NOT give me the link to the Google Earth server where that file is found so I can get the exact path you need for you?

jabbazz · Joined: 21 Sep 2009 Posts: 9

This is not on the google earth server. But our own. At this time I can not identify the server name. Thanks for your help.

PayneLess Designs · Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 4287 Location: MS

Well, you don't have to identify it, but just understand what I am saying about the path to it.

You're welcome. Sorry I couldn't be more help.