Google Earth Kml Question?

[+SmartSapper]

Okay, I just downloaded the Google Earth KML that lets you see GeoCaches. I see a counter that says "you have 80 views left today" that counts down every time i pan the screen a large distance, or the connection resets. what happens when the counter hits zero? does it stop working? does windows crash and send me to the Blue Screen of Death? Does Google send a squad of goons from their top secret compound in California?

[+StarBrand]

Yes........

 

 

 

(Actually Groundspeak aka Geocaching.com will just stop displayng any more geocaches on the maps until tomorrow)

[+SmartSapper]

i guess i will just have to be more judicious about how i view caches. it's not like google earth is addictive enough, and neither is caching. no, we had to combine them. but, hey, i can quit anytime i want!!!!! i mean it!!!!

[+tozainamboku]

The limit is actually a Geocaching.com limit not a Google limit. You can change the refresh parameters for the KML file. Right click on the Geocaching Network KML file and select edit. In the edit dialog, check the Refresh Parameter checkbox. You can change the time after camera stop on View-Based Refresh to make it update less often - or even better change it to refresh on request only. Now it won't automatically update the caches, you have to select refresh each time. This way 200 refreshes a day should be more than enough.

[+Prime Suspect]

I see a counter that says "you have 80 views left today" that counts down every time i pan the screen a large distance, or the connection resets. what happens when the counter hits zero?

 

Before it hits zero, you have to enter 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 & 42, then press the button.

[+JakeBond]

wouldnt it be nice if the Google Earth GC KML had a customizable option to filter out broken/found caches? anyone know of a hack to do this?

[+SmartSapper]

The limit is actually a Geocaching.com limit not a Google limit. You can change the refresh parameters for the KML file. Right click on the Geocaching Network KML file and select edit. In the edit dialog, check the Refresh Parameter checkbox. You can change the time after camera stop on View-Based Refresh to make it update less often - or even better change it to refresh on request only. Now it won't automatically update the caches, you have to select refresh each time. This way 200 refreshes a day should be more than enough.

 

i did that, thanks for the tip!

[+kent1915]

On this note, I had to reload GE and then reloaded Geocaching KML and now the KML does not work. I get a "parceerror in line 1". Help? How do I get the KML back?!?!?!

[+nekom]

Personally, I've never ran out of 'views', or even ran down under 100, but then I only check out my immediate area. The limit is probably just to save bandwidth, but it seems to me that they give ya plenty enough views/day to check out your immediate area, and then some.

 

AFAIK no goons will come, and your thumbs WON'T be broken.