tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14895585.post9163326509146449042..comments2024-01-10T21:09:40.742+00:00Comments on davep's astronomy: Google Sky: A new star cluster is foundDave Pearsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460881163553899351noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14895585.post-8467486604616014872007-08-22T20:33:00.000+01:002007-08-22T20:33:00.000+01:00Well, I finally found the documentation and, not o...Well, I finally <A HREF="http://code.google.com/apis/kml/documentation/kmlsky.html" REL="nofollow">found the documentation</A> and, not only does it use some kind of "hint", it actually does use an attribute called <B>hint</B> :-)Dave Pearsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07460881163553899351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14895585.post-35644435592980064952007-08-22T16:49:00.000+01:002007-08-22T16:49:00.000+01:00Odd, isn't it? It seems like the sort of thing tha...Odd, isn't it? It seems like the sort of thing that would have been so obvious to notice.<BR/><BR/>Still, this is a beta version (so I guess that means I should really be reporting this somewhere) and doubtless it's the sort of thing that'll be addressed pretty soon.<BR/><BR/>Seems like the sort of thing that needs some sort of "hint" in KML files to say what "mode" they can and should be used in, with the default being "Earth mode only", or something.Dave Pearsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07460881163553899351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14895585.post-261552689629805632007-08-22T16:30:00.000+01:002007-08-22T16:30:00.000+01:00Hey Dave - I've been playing around with Google Sk...Hey Dave - I've been playing around with Google Sky this afternoon too and a lot of fun it is indeed. I've found the same bug that you mention and so it is definitely associated with Google Sky/Earth - a lot of the tags that I have added in during my time with Google Earth are appearing in strange places in the sky!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com