Google Earth icons suddenly replaced with dots
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 11:35 pm
I'm using AQ v2.0.10 on a Samsung Galaxy S5 and just had an issue where KMZ files imported from Google Earth lost their icons, all of which were replaced with dots. In my current project I've tried both KML and KMZ with the same result. However, an older project I still have in AQ doesn't seem to have the issue and displays icons correctly.
With this current project I haven't performed just 1 import, but return to GE to make changes and export an updated KMZ file of the same name to import again in AQ. I've done this several times. And before importing the updated KMZ in AQ I delete the existing landmark by going to Landmarks / Displayed Landmarks, tap the 3dot menu and choose Delete Selected. But every time I deleted the landmark I get the following Error..... The requested action "onDeleteLandmark_UIT" failed.
In an effort to find out what was going on I went to my External SD card to see what's in the AQ folders located at root / storage / 4319-17E3 / Android / data / psyberia.alpinequest.full / files / landmarks / Imported landmarks. I found 15 .ldk files for my current project, apparently a file for each import, but each having a unique number in parenthesis. The same number of files were in the icons folder, but when I looked at a few they contained the correct GE icons.
In hindsight, I suspect that error is a reason for losing GE icons because I'm fairly sure icons displayed correctly after the very first import but were lost on subsequent imports once the first error occurred. I don't recall the things I tried after that, but at some point the icons started displaying correctly again. So in the interest of avoiding such issues in the future I have a few questions I hope you can answer.
1 - Would that error message be responsible for all the .ldk files? And if so, what should be done to clear up the duplicate files, and how should the error be handled should it appear again? I was going to manually delete all the .ldk files in both the landmarks & icons folders on the SD card but was't sure of the consequences.
2 - When importing newer versions of updated KMZ files, is it preferable to delete the existing landmark beforehand as mentioned above using the Delete Selected option, or is there a more suitable way?
I have a working knowledge of Windows PCs but am not very Android savvy. Any tips or tutorials you could point me to about understanding & working with AQ files would be much appreciated.
AQ is a great program BTW. It does everything I need and is very reliable in the field.
Thanks in advance.
Frank
With this current project I haven't performed just 1 import, but return to GE to make changes and export an updated KMZ file of the same name to import again in AQ. I've done this several times. And before importing the updated KMZ in AQ I delete the existing landmark by going to Landmarks / Displayed Landmarks, tap the 3dot menu and choose Delete Selected. But every time I deleted the landmark I get the following Error..... The requested action "onDeleteLandmark_UIT" failed.
In an effort to find out what was going on I went to my External SD card to see what's in the AQ folders located at root / storage / 4319-17E3 / Android / data / psyberia.alpinequest.full / files / landmarks / Imported landmarks. I found 15 .ldk files for my current project, apparently a file for each import, but each having a unique number in parenthesis. The same number of files were in the icons folder, but when I looked at a few they contained the correct GE icons.
In hindsight, I suspect that error is a reason for losing GE icons because I'm fairly sure icons displayed correctly after the very first import but were lost on subsequent imports once the first error occurred. I don't recall the things I tried after that, but at some point the icons started displaying correctly again. So in the interest of avoiding such issues in the future I have a few questions I hope you can answer.
1 - Would that error message be responsible for all the .ldk files? And if so, what should be done to clear up the duplicate files, and how should the error be handled should it appear again? I was going to manually delete all the .ldk files in both the landmarks & icons folders on the SD card but was't sure of the consequences.
2 - When importing newer versions of updated KMZ files, is it preferable to delete the existing landmark beforehand as mentioned above using the Delete Selected option, or is there a more suitable way?
I have a working knowledge of Windows PCs but am not very Android savvy. Any tips or tutorials you could point me to about understanding & working with AQ files would be much appreciated.
AQ is a great program BTW. It does everything I need and is very reliable in the field.
Thanks in advance.
Frank