Chris_Baker Posted 21 March , 2010 Share Posted 21 March , 2010 Google Earth (KML) and Satnav (CVS) guides pinpointing all the cemeteries and memorials in the Ypres area are now freely available at http://www.1914-1918.net/guideypres.htm. Similar guides to the Somme and Arras are in preparation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted 21 March , 2010 Share Posted 21 March , 2010 Hi Chris, I have clicked on the link but all I get is line after line of programmes. The Google bit that is. Regards Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 21 March , 2010 Author Share Posted 21 March , 2010 Follow the instructions on the page (the one you click from), Norman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bardess Posted 21 March , 2010 Share Posted 21 March , 2010 Very impressive, Chris. It will take a lot of hassle out of the planning stage and I'm sure folks will breathe a sigh of relief too. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted 21 March , 2010 Share Posted 21 March , 2010 Chris I may be a bit pedantic about this but when clicking on the Google Earth bit all I get is line after line of data. Clicking on the satnav thing does load a proper "do you want to run or save this file" prompt. Please advise Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 21 March , 2010 Author Share Posted 21 March , 2010 You are getting the right thing (the code) but you need to do this with it: - once the KML file (ie the page of code) opens in your browser, save the file to your hard drive and make a note of where you have saved it - then either navigate to it and double click to open in Google Earth, or open Google Earth and use File, Open.... - (you may need, depending on how it has been saved, to remove a ".xml" from the filename. It should only read "YpresCemsMem.kml") - the hundreds of locations then appear in Google Earth as red, yellow and green 'pins' with a text title. You do of course need Google Earth to be installed on your PC for this to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted 21 March , 2010 Share Posted 21 March , 2010 Thanks Chris, I will give it a miss as it seems overly complicated (for me) and I would have expected a proper save/run/cancel prompt as is normal with executable files of this nature….. Regards Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 21 March , 2010 Author Share Posted 21 March , 2010 Try it now. I have made the link download a zip file rather than the KML. Save it to your hard drive and open using Google Earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulsterlad2 Posted 21 March , 2010 Share Posted 21 March , 2010 That's excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Evans Posted 21 March , 2010 Share Posted 21 March , 2010 Thanks Chris, the LLT shows the way again! Roy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Lewis Posted 21 March , 2010 Share Posted 21 March , 2010 Thanks Chris, thats excellent. Regards Doug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H Posted 21 March , 2010 Share Posted 21 March , 2010 Chris What a great piece of work Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Marshall Posted 21 March , 2010 Share Posted 21 March , 2010 Thanks Chris, Sould make things much easier now. Cheers, Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Trim Posted 21 March , 2010 Share Posted 21 March , 2010 Excellent piece of work. Len Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted 21 March , 2010 Share Posted 21 March , 2010 Nice one Chris, thanks for that! Regards Norman Edited to add WOW it works just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daver88 Posted 21 March , 2010 Share Posted 21 March , 2010 As brand new newcomer to the forum I can offer Google Earth kmz files and csv files for satnav use that I have prepared over the last few months covering WW1 and WW2 CWGC sites (not just war cemeteries) in Germany, Italy, Malta, Gibraltar, the USA and 18 English counties so far (Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, London, Middlesex, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Surrey & Sussex, based on the CWGC's use of pre-1974 county names) should anyone be prepared to help me upload them .... Overseas files give as much detail as CWGC to locate the graves in civil cemeteries but the UK ones just identify the number of identified burials but both provide links to the relevant CWGC and TWGPP webpages. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le_Treport Posted 22 March , 2010 Share Posted 22 March , 2010 Great resource! ...and it makes me smile to see the number of vistors to the cemeteries (eg car by Abele airfield, coach turning in near Prowse Point..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveavery Posted 22 March , 2010 Share Posted 22 March , 2010 Amazing! Thanks Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green_acorn Posted 23 March , 2010 Share Posted 23 March , 2010 Chris, As always, another outstanding effort. Thank you for your generosity in providing this, I hope to be able to use it later this year. Cheers, Hendo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 23 March , 2010 Share Posted 23 March , 2010 Chris excellent; Gallipoli next please Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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