Hi Peter.
Yes they are older versions of Android!
The OS jpg does align well, I downloaded a licensed version and set up a course using it. The KMZ generator aligns very well over Google Earth.
Previously I was able to send ok, but phones etc get updated in the background, and so some bugs "drift in"!
I have set up my cloud storage now, so I will "perfect" the process for efficiency, but changing the file to a .KMZ makes a difference. My colleague and myself usually send KMZ's of routes from the OS mapping app to each other when we are designing routes via
messenger, and that was fine.
When I know it works efficiently, I will drop you an email with the process, it may be useful for anyone else that has the older operating system ahead of the new KMZ generator.
Cheers, thanks for the assistance.
Chris
Chris,
I’ve just tried this on my Android (Extensive test case of one!) - And the attachment keeps it’s extension of .kmz. So I think MapRunF is sending the right thing to the email client.
So in summary you’ve identified an issue where in some scenarios (yet to be identified), the email loses the file extension.
In terms of the steps - This is really just a toy tool meant to let people take a quick photo of a map, and do a rough geo-reference.
I’m surprised that it would work well enough for Ordinance Survey maps. I expect georeferencing maps like that would be done with desktop tools on a PC/Mac. Maybe you know someone with OCAD or a GIS package.
Anyway, the big-brother of the MapRunF KMZ creator, in a web-browser, should be back available soon, but it still is very basic… just a two-point geo-ref, not a proper affine best fit.
Regards
Peter
Hi Peter.
I have answered in blue below.
I have just tried again on my phone with a local location, no file attachment, just a reference to it in the email. If I generate a KMZ on the tablet and save to my Google drive, I can attach and send to myself on an email, then just change to a KMZ manually.
A bit of a faf, but it sorts it.
In essence.
- On the laptop, I save the Ordinance Survey as a jpg, and send it to the tablet by email.
- Save the JPG and use it to generate the KMZ with Google Earth, and save to the storage.
- I then email the KMZ to myself manually and change to a .KMZ.
- On the laptop I then produce the Checksites map through the website.
Phew, it's a way round it!
I need to link my GDrive into the laptop, may shorten things a bit, I try to avoid too many cloud drives.
Chris
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Subject: Re: KMZ generator on Android phone and tablet Checksite
Chris,
Two things
1. If you don't email yourself the KMZ, it is working OK in MapRunF? (ie checking that the file is being produced ok).
If I produce the KMZ on my phone, it saves it to the "access local events" and worked fine today when I did a course check.
2. If you receive an attachment with the email, maybe something is stripping off the extension. Can you save the file and rename it to include .kmz ?
I changed the extension to .KMZ and it worked.
On the phone I send to Hotmail, and I have tried it to Gmail too. It stripped the KMZ away in hotmail, and also now in Gmail.
What phone and email client are you using?
The phone is a Samsung Galaxyy A3, so a small screen! the tablet is a Samsung SM-T310 running Android 4.4.2.
Peter
To unsubscribe from KMZ generator on Android phone and tablet Checksite,
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To unsubscribe from KMZ generator on Android phone and tablet Checksite,
click here.
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