Comments on: Flickr Photo Set to KML

By: Wedding Photographer

Wedding Photographer — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 05:35:33 +0000

Great idea. Now if I can only figure out how I can put something like that on my website.
Perhaps doing the same with satellite images instead.

By: Google Mapping a Flickr Photo Set - CogDogBlog

Google Mapping a Flickr Photo Set - CogDogBlog — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:56:20 +0000

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By: John

John — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:46:12 +0000

Any chance you could make your flickr-to-Google-Earth script into a program that turns geotagged photos into .kmz’s and works on a stand-alone machine without internet access? Doing so, and sending it to me, would make you easily the most awesome person in human history.

By: David Brown

David Brown — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:11:37 +0000

Adam -

Thanks for the advice on customising Icons. I’ve also come across http://pmaps.taurich.org/cgi-bin/print-kml.cgi which does something different (prints photos from a Google Map) but which also works well in conjunction with your utility for the application that I have. It has options for handling icons.

Regards, Dave.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:37:34 +0000

@Peter: It seems to be working for me. Maybe you tried it at a point where something was hiccuping. Another possibility: This will only work with sets that are public.

@David Brown: Great idea. I’m trying to decide if it is better to allow just an icon URL or enable full editing of the styles. In the mean time, if you want to customize the icon:

1. Download the KML file and open it in a text-editor.
2. Look for the Style block at the top:

3. Change the href value to point at any icon you want. In addition to changing which icon is used, you can also specify how they are positioned (which part of the icon is anchored at the coordinates) and oriented as described in the KML documentation.
4. Save the KML file and share it.

By: David Brown

David Brown — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:46:43 +0000

Neat. And many thanks – this works well.
One potential enhancement – I’d love to be able to set a very simple icon – not the Photo one.

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:07:45 +0000

Hi Adam,

I’ve been trying to use your online Flickr Photo Set to KML generator, but with no success with any set that I submit. It always returns an empty set. Is there now a problem with it? (Perhaps a change in the Flickr API?)

Thanks in advance,

Peter

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:55:58 +0000

Thanks for this Adam, great script. I really appreciate you hosting it yourself, though in due course I’ll most likely host it on my own servers. Keep it up!

By: Mike P

Mike P — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 01:03:50 +0000

Just wanted to say thanks for the photosettokml!

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