Again: Mapsource + Google Earth

Hi

Just a short question: Do I need GE+ for viewing tracks in GE via
Mapsource or does it work with the free GE version, too?

TIA

Reinhard

Reinhard Zwirner wrote:
Yes free GE 4.

Henry

On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 05:36:48 -0600, Henry wrote:


I've got GE 4.0.2416 and it works fine with GPS TrackMaker. However with
MapSource 6.11.6 my waypoints never show up in GE. I open MS, load and
select any waypoint, then select View|View in Google Earth. It launches
GE, but never zooms in and shows the waypoint(s). If I go back to MS and
try again, GE will ask if I want to reload, which I confirm. Still no
display. "GPS device" shows up in GE with a current timestamp under
"Temporary Places", but all subcategories under it (waypoints, tracks &
routes) are empty and unselected.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.
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Len Philpot schrieb:
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Hi Len,

so you're even one step in front of me! When I try to do so

- neither MS version 6.11.6
(button "View in Google Earth" is totally inactive)

- nor MS 6.12.0.2 Beta
(when I click the button just a small window is popping up:
"This feature requires Google Earth to be installed. Please
visit the Google Earth website to download and install it.")

launches a Google Earth display :-(. Of course GE has been
installed successfully (v. 4.0.2722). BTW, this problem was
the reason for my first question (if I need GE+).

I would be very grateful if I got some helpful hints to get
the programs working together properly.

Again TIA

Reinhard

That indicates that it isn't able to locate Google Earth. Specifically,
MS is looking for a registry branch
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREGoogleGoogle Earth Plus or
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREGoogleGoogle Earth Pro


Still can't find it.


Did you ever have the Keyhole product, before GE?
I would uninstall Google Earth and install it again.

I have MS 6.11.6 and GE 4.0.2722.


As a workaround, you could have Mapsource "Save As" a GPX file, and then
open that GPX file from Google Earth.

I have had "&" in waypoint names prevent my gpx files from opening in
Google Earth. This is because the intermediary, gpsbabel.exe doesn't parse
the "&" correctly. Mapsource writes to a kml file using gpsbabel when you
invoke "view in GE". GE uses gpsbabel to open a gpx file.

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