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Author Unable to host Google Earth .kmz file on my site. Help?
Robert J Batina

2005-10-27, 5:48 pm

I was just wondering if anyone else has created Google Earth .kmz/.kml data
files to distribute on their web site. I recently signed up with
GoDaddy.com for my www.rubbertoe.com site, and have had no problems with
their service... but this morning when I uploaded some stuff, including a
..kmz file, I've found that clicking the link or typing the direct URL for
the file results in my 404 page being displayed.

Hoping that someone else with a GoDaddy-hosted site can give me some advice.
I'm guessing it has something to do with the relatively obscure and new
..kmz/.kml file extensions not being recognized as "valid" by the host or
something... but heck... if I wanna host a file called
0f8h23u9g423.kivrooif233 it should let me do it, ya know?

TIA

Toe.

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The Toe Pages: http://www.rubbertoe.com


Arnulf Sortland

2005-10-27, 5:48 pm

Robert J Batina skrev:
> I was just wondering if anyone else has created Google Earth .kmz/.kml data
> files to distribute on their web site. I recently signed up with
> GoDaddy.com for my www.rubbertoe.com site, and have had no problems with
> their service... but this morning when I uploaded some stuff, including a
> .kmz file, I've found that clicking the link or typing the direct URL for
> the file results in my 404 page being displayed.
>
> Hoping that someone else with a GoDaddy-hosted site can give me some advice.
> I'm guessing it has something to do with the relatively obscure and new
> .kmz/.kml file extensions not being recognized as "valid" by the host or
> something... but heck... if I wanna host a file called
> 0f8h23u9g423.kivrooif233 it should let me do it, ya know?
>
> TIA
>
> Toe.


5 KML Server requirements:
http://www.keyhole.com/kml/kml_tut.html#kml_server

rubbertoe.com
Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0 / X-Powered-By: ASP.NET

I use apache / php and have added this line in my php script:
Header("Content-Type: application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml\n");

see example
http://rlb.no/GoogleEarth/Placemark/no_h_534.kml

arnulf @ http://reiselivsbasen.no/
Robert J Batina

2005-10-28, 5:48 pm

Tnx for the info... I can't get that first link to work, but I see where
you are going with the process. I contacted GoDaddy support and they said
that they'll activate KML/KMZ support for my site, but if that doesn't
work - at least I have an idea of which direction to go next.


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