How do I embed my Google Earth map?

[sixstringsteve]

I'm loving the google map embedding feature in this version of vBulletin, but I"m having a tough time making my Google Earth routes embed.

Here's my map/route:
http://g.co/maps/rd5hh

But I can't make it embed using the

[map]http://g.co/maps/rd5hh[/map]

function. Any ideas?

 

[Herzog]

I'm only tinkering but I have made a temporary (MAP2) bbcode that supports the ?msid call. It looks like Google has changed the way it calls map files and coordinates. Might be time to update our map /map bbcode.

[map2]msid=208091365770614480506.0004bf9ffdce90116a811&msa=0&ll=38.909736,-110.775146&spn=0.470187,0.725784&iwloc=0004bfa00890e54bb78b6[/map2]

[map2]msid=208091365770614480506.0004bf9ffdce90116a811&msa=0&ll=38.909736,-110.775146&spn=0.470187,0.725784&iwloc=0004bfa00890e54bb78b6[/map2]

Another way that already works is to make a KMZ file and host it somewhere... you can then put that link between your map /map codes. That's what we now do for the trail maps here on RME.

 

[Herzog]

it also looks like if you input bad data it now doesn't load and asks you to download a js file from google. That's weird... I'm going to work on this more to see if we can get a fail proof way to embed better maps.

 

[sixstringsteve]

I don't speak 01010101.

I created that in the web-version of google earth. I don't know how to convert it to a .kmz yet, I'll need to experiment with that some more.

 

[Herzog]

I don't speak 01010101.

I created that in the web-version of google earth. I don't know how to convert it to a .kmz yet, I'll need to experiment with that some more.

There's an option on the left side to download as KML, but that's a little different and doesn't quite work with our current map embed. I would love for it to work though.

 

[sixstringsteve]

hm... I'm not seeing it in the browser-based version of google earth.


EDIT: I'm a dufus. I found it. Thanks Shane!

 

[Herzog]

On your link: http://g.co/maps/rd5hh

It's there on the left side under the title in the info section.

 

[Herzog]

Could be from the recent updates / changes they rolled out for maps recently. I'll look into it when I have some more free time.

 

[sixstringsteve]

thanks. no rush.

 

[sixstringsteve]

[map]http://www.sixstringsteve.com/uploads/5/7/8/6/578611/lostlaketowellington-day2thurs.kml[/map]

 

[sixstringsteve]

finally, but it requires me to host it somewhere first. That's a bit dissappointing.

 

[Herzog]

At least it's a solution. I wish it would load from an attachment, but it won't. I already tried it.
Here's a thought, what about google drive or dropbox?

I wonder how many browsers this thread has crashed.

 

[sixstringsteve]

feel free to delete my browser-crashing posts

I'll try dropbox and google drive, good idea.