I've seen this happen on Google Maps itself and in GGeoXml in v2. At the time kmllayer from v3 seemed to be ok, but evidently it has also broken now... :(
I'll make sure this thread is also brought to Googles attention. On Feb 12, 4:10 pm, Joseph Elfelt <[email protected]> wrote: > Problem: KML info balloons fail to open or open and are empty > Seems to only affect KML files hosted on Google Sites. > I tested a KML file hosted on my server and it did not show this > problem. > BTW, Google recommends using Google Sites to host KML files. > > Note: There is a time factor. Open an info balloon then leave the > map alone for 5 minutes. Now try to open a different balloon and you > should see the problem. > > I made a small demo map as follows: > > I copied Google's sample KML file and related html file. > I edited the KML file by adding 3 placemarks which each display the > default marker. > I included a short <description> for each marker. > I put that tweaked KML file on my Google Sites > account:https://sites.google.com/site/gmap4files/p/temp/cta.kml > > I edited Google's html file to point to the KML file on Google Sites. > > I'm on XP using FF9, IE8 and Chrome > Chrome seems to be OK, > The problem happens in FF9 and IE8. > > Here is the demo map: http://www.mappingsupport.com/temp/kml_layer.html > > I've been recommending for quite awhile that people use Google Sites > to host KML files and yesterday was the first complaint I received > form one of my users. Thus, I suspect something recently changed at > Google's end. > > Can anyone else confirm or deny? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.
