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  • J Offline
    jaxcoffee
    last edited by 27 Nov 2010, 19:27

    @leedeetee said:

    Thanks Gai, I'll have play.

    I just wish I knew/could understand why it won't work like it should do, as Jack's obviously does.

    Cross Alantic shout to Jack!!!

    How long has it been since you created the collection, and uploaded models to it?

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    • G Offline
      Gaieus
      last edited by 27 Nov 2010, 19:33

      I have that collection (old one, at least a year) where I updated the model some time in May. No model is listed at all.

      I also noticed something weird. When yopu show a model in GE, from some models, only a kml file is downloaded and inside the kml file there is reference to the WH model.dae (and images). For other models, the whole kmz file (including dae and images) is downloaded.

      Gai...

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      • L Offline
        leedeetee
        last edited by 27 Nov 2010, 20:33

        @jaxcoffee said:

        @leedeetee said:

        Thanks Gai, I'll have play.

        I just wish I knew/could understand why it won't work like it should do, as Jack's obviously does.

        Cross Alantic shout to Jack!!!

        How long has it been since you created the collection, and uploaded models to it?

        This morning .....

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        • J Offline
          jaxcoffee
          last edited by 27 Nov 2010, 21:39

          @leedeetee said:

          @jaxcoffee said:

          @leedeetee said:

          Thanks Gai, I'll have play.

          I just wish I knew/could understand why it won't work like it should do, as Jack's obviously does.

          Cross Alantic shout to Jack!!!

          How long has it been since you created the collection, and uploaded models to it?

          This morning .....

          I can't think of anything else that would cause the KML file not to produce. Giving it a day or so to migrate in would be my only suggestion.

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          • G Offline
            Gaieus
            last edited by 27 Nov 2010, 22:07

            Jax, and how about my model and collection? That model is 1.5 ys old and last updated in last May.
            ๐Ÿ˜’

            Gai...

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            • J Offline
              jaxcoffee
              last edited by 28 Nov 2010, 01:08

              @gaieus said:

              Jax, and how about my model and collection? That model is 1.5 ys old and last updated in last May.
              ๐Ÿ˜’

              Sorry Gaieus,

              I hadn't had a chance to look into what issues your were talking about. I was concentrating on Lee's issues. What is it that your experiencing?

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              • L Offline
                leedeetee
                last edited by 28 Nov 2010, 08:18

                Just a little more info. This is so strange.

                I was trying to understand this, so I checked all my other collections, which all appeared in 'view in google earth fine, and produced a correct placemarks.kml file.

                • I deleted the original collection that was causing problems, and started a new one, adding all the models again. I kept checking back reguarly, and the placemarks.kml was absolutey fine. UNTIL I added the Agar and South Fork models (these were the only 2 showing in my original problem). I now only get these two models shown in the placemarks.kml file.

                • I deleted the Agar and South Fork models from the collection, and launched the placemarks.kml file. Now, despite their being 28 other models in the collection I get a singular 'No data' placemark with no models shown.

                Do you know of how I can contact google about this? Is there a mail address or an official forum? Would really like to get to the bottom of it.

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                • G Offline
                  Gaieus
                  last edited by 28 Nov 2010, 08:23

                  It's not really a question as ou cannt now the answer but collections containing the models do not seem to depend on the time of submissions (or at least there MUST be some serious bugs in the system). See here:
                  http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=290430#p290430

                  There, in that collection, I would have just one model but that model should be there. Lee has a bunch of models but only two shows up (but they do show up at least).

                  I know Lee is taking the exam now so I do not want to go ahead and ask him to play with his submissions settings but after the evaluation, I would like to get back to him and ask him to make some experiments with me as I seem to have found some interesting problems as well.


                  Lee: as I saw that you are to "solve" your exam differently, leave the report for now and get the evaluation. Afterwards we are going to experiment and collect all necessary data to submit a proper bug report.

                  I also need to concentrate on my application submissions and during the course of doing it, I'll be able to collect more related bugs.

                  Gai...

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                  • G Offline
                    Gaieus
                    last edited by 28 Nov 2010, 09:13

                    It's interesting that it seems to work for this collection:
                    http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/cldetails?mid=f073a8c66d83d5f85883f28607aac230
                    (Made in August).

                    Gai...

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                    • L Offline
                      leedeetee
                      last edited by 28 Nov 2010, 20:17

                      @gaieus said:

                      It's interesting that it seems to work for this collection:
                      http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/cldetails?mid=f073a8c66d83d5f85883f28607aac230
                      (Made in August).

                      Indeed, it's very strange. I hate illogical things!

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                      • G Offline
                        Gaieus
                        last edited by 29 Nov 2010, 00:29

                        I am trying to find a pattern so that I can make a proper bug report. When I do not know what's going on, I can just guess.

                        Gai...

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                        • L Offline
                          leedeetee
                          last edited by 29 Nov 2010, 13:05

                          @gaieus said:

                          I am trying to find a pattern so that I can make a proper bug report. When I do not know what's going on, I can just guess.

                          Sounds like a plan. ๐Ÿ˜„

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                          • ashscottA Offline
                            ashscott
                            last edited by 10 Dec 2010, 05:21

                            This is from a wee way back in the conversation but I just stumbled across it:

                            @jaxcoffee said:

                            Hey Lee,

                            If your models are in a collection, it will create it's own KML file called Placemarks. Click on View in Google Earth off the collection and save the file to your desktop. Double clicking on that file will open it up in Google Earth.

                            Once it does, you can right click on it in Google Earth and save it as a KMZ file with what ever name you want.

                            Then you can import that KMZ file into My Maps, and the end result is something like this.

                            http://goo.gl/uBBKc

                            Thought your maps visualization was really nice jax, We have a little something here to play with where you could represent this sort of thing as well: http://estate3d.com/static/show_and_tell#

                            Its a bit buggy right now and needs work but you get the idea.

                            Just some stuff I do with Sketchup.

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                            • L Offline
                              leedeetee
                              last edited by 22 Dec 2010, 21:18

                              Gai,

                              I'm now certified, so can play around with my collection. ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

                              Do you want to address the bug now, or wait until the new year?

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                              • G Offline
                                Gaieus
                                last edited by 23 Dec 2010, 10:48

                                Hi Lee and congrats! ๐Ÿ‘

                                To tell the truth, I have not had enough time to play around and identify why some models are missing from a collection. I suspect however that older collections "suffer" from this. Maybe this feature was introduced later than some collections started and the Warehouse machine did not successfully add all the older models to a particular collection?

                                Dunno really.

                                Gai...

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                                • L Offline
                                  leedeetee
                                  last edited by 23 Dec 2010, 11:43

                                  No problems, Gai.

                                  Do you know if there is an email address or a particular forum where I could contact google, to find a possible solution?

                                  Merry Christmas!

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                                  • G Offline
                                    Gaieus
                                    last edited by 23 Dec 2010, 14:32

                                    Well, you have just become a member of another forum which is quite well monitored by some Googlers. ๐Ÿ˜‰
                                    Maybe try there as well (I can add my own 2 cents, too).

                                    Gai...

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