Unable to let Google Maps show my imported 3D KML objects in 3D
I can import a KML file to "My Maps", but when I go to Google Maps, My maps, to view the KML file, I only get to see a "flattened" version where everything is projected onto the ground.
Can anybody tell me if (and how?) it is possible to convince Google Maps to show my imported 3D objects in 3D?
Google Maps can not show 3D KML objects, nor 3D Models, like Earth can. The Google Maps Platform documentation has a page on using KML and GeoRSS Layers in Maps, with a list of Supported KML elements. In there, you'll see that both the and elements are not supported, so no 3D in Maps, unfortunately.
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I have a KMl file with some multigeometries. When I import this KML file in Google Earth it looks like this image.
But when I Import same KML in Google Map is shows Like This
In Place of Lable it shows default blue color icon.
this is My Sample KMl for One Multigeomety
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2"><Document><Style id="Yellow"><IconStyle><scale>0</scale></IconStyle><PolyStyle><color>6414F0FF</color></PolyStyle></Style><Placemark><styleUrl>#Yellow</styleUrl><name>0,15</name><MultiGeometry><Point><coordinates>-97.04983000000001,32.81053</coordinates></Point><Polygon><outerBoundaryIs><LinearRing><coordinates>-97.05083000000002,32.81083 -97.04667,32.81083 -97.04667,32.8075 -97.05083000000002,32.8075 -97.05083000000002,32.81083</coordinates></LinearRing></outerBoundaryIs></Polygon></MultiGeometry></Placemark></Document></kml>
I have already googled so many time, Please help on this.
Google Maps has issues with MultiGeometry placemarks.
If want label from the point and use Polygon then best to have separate placemark for Point with LabelStyle/IconStyle and another for the Polygon. Google Earth has no such issue with MultiGeometry features.
UPDATE:
Using Google Maps KmlLayer does not allow the label names to appear on the map - label only appears when click on placemark icon. If you want to stay with Google Maps then you might try geoxml3 library to parse the KML then enumerate the placemark and create Markers using Google Maps API. Alternately, can use Openlayers or Cesium to parse KML and display correctly.
I'm wondering if it's possible to add a 3D model made in Sketchup, exported o KMZ format, to a Google Map, with the Google Maps API. I was able to add KMZ layers that contained simple data as landmarks and such, but when I try to load the 3D model KMZ, the map just shows a default house file icon.
The test map can be accessed here: http://thebob.com.br/maptest/kmz_test.html
The KMZ file is hosted here: https://sites.google.com/site/dmgckmlfiles/kml-files/Bulk_carrier_1509.kmz
At this point I'm just guessing it's not possible to add 3D models like this into Google Maps (as the exact same thing happens if I import the file through My Maps), but I want to make sure of that before giving up.
Thanks in advance for any info!
Well if you are pertaining in Google JavaScript API, Yes this API does support the KMZ as you can see in this link about Supported KML elements. But the 3D object is not.
Also, according to this SO question, that 3D is not yet features in Javascript API. Closest things to this are Styled Maps. Only the Android implementations are available as of now.
But I found this tutorial that can help you if you still want 3D objects.
I'm importing a .kmz file into google maps, however google maps only displays a 2D projection of the path and seems incapable of displaying variation in altitude. Is that simply a limitation of the program, or is there a way to retrieve and present the height (typically displayed as a transparent vertical green rectangle with vertical yellow bars running through it in google earth)?
Thanks
KML has some limitations in Google Maps.
In particular, extrude element is not supported in Google Maps.
Reference: KML Elements Supported in Google Maps
https://developers.google.com/kml/documentation/kmlelementsinmaps
You could instead use the Google Earth API to embed Google Earth in a web page if that is what you want to do and maintain the 3-D look and feel.
I working on a website that utilizes a Google Map (V3). What I'm looking to do is apply KML layers, provided by the National Weather Service (NWS) at http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/kmzgenerator.php. I am able to get "single images," or still KML files to work, but I want to have the radar animating over time. The NWS provides KMZ loop files, and I've tried just simply adding those, but that doesn't show any KML Layers at all. Thanks in advance for any help
I'm loading a KML using KMLLayer in Google Maps API v3. Is it possible to reference the polygons on the map and do things like change color or transparency?
No you can't do it like that since there are no polygons like objects in a kmllayer. From the google docs:
The Maps API converts the provided geographic XML data into a KML
representation which is displayed on the map using a V3 tile overlay.
This KML looks (and somewhat behaves) like familiar V3 overlay
elements. KML and GeoRSS point elements are rendered as
markers, for example, elements are rendered as polylines
and elements are rendered as polygons. Similarly,
elements are rendered as rectangular images on the
map. Importantly, however, these objects are not Google Maps API
Markers, Polylines, Polygons or GroundOverlays; instead, they are
rendered into a single object on the map.
This page might be helpfull in exploring alternatives