Thanks all for the reports. Obviously this is quite hard to reproduce. Does this happen to any particular KML files, or on certain domains/hosts?
KML rendering is very susceptible to network problems, so its entirely possible these issues are a result of intermittent network problems rather than a change made to KML rendering. Cheers Chris On Feb 13, 2012 6:10 AM, "barryhunter" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > -- 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.
