Spawning Google Earth from Java

opperhaus · 08-12-2005, 02:20 PM

I'm trying to spawn GE from a Java app that generates a kml file with custom annotations. The kml file is good as I can do a File->Open and see the Placemarks, etc. When doing a Runtime.exec of a Windows batch file that starts GE, GE opens and gives me an "Error opening file: Unsupported Protocol " popup.
Running th batch file from a command prompt work just fine.

Any ideas?

dan · 08-12-2005, 02:23 PM

can u display your batch-file?

opperhaus · 08-12-2005, 02:26 PM

File contents below... Works fine from the command line...

@echo off

start "GoogleEarth" "c:\Program Files\Google\Google Earth Plus\GoogleEarth.exe" "c:\Documents and Settings\User\Projects\project\data\data.kml"

opperhaus · 08-12-2005, 03:12 PM

Fixed it..... Thanks anyway.

ehrens · 10-24-2005, 02:38 PM

I tried to launch GE from the command line with

start "GoogleEarth" "c:\Program Files\Google\Google Earth Plus\GoogleEarth.exe" "c:\Documents and Settings\User\Projects\project\data\data.kml"

as specified in the previous post, but I get an error that states....

Fetch of data.kml failed. Unsupported Protocol.

Does anybody know what that means?

araT · 10-24-2005, 02:54 PM

ehrens; Its because you dont have a .kml file at c:\Documents and Settings\User\Projects\project\data\data.kml

I presume that is where opperhaus has his generator dropping the .kml file

T.

ehrens · 10-24-2005, 03:06 PM

Actually, you're right, but that's not the problem. I posted the wrong path to the file....mine is actually just at d:/GoogleEarth/test.kml. And so, my command is updated as such...

start "GoogleEarth" "C:\Documents and Settings\axe130\Application Data\Google\Google Earth\GoogleEarth.exe" "d:\GoogleEarth\test.kml"

Any other ideas?

08-12-2005, 02:20 PM	#1
opperhaus Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 3	Spawning Google Earth from Java I'm trying to spawn GE from a Java app that generates a kml file with custom annotations. The kml file is good as I can do a File->Open and see the Placemarks, etc. When doing a Runtime.exec of a Windows batch file that starts GE, GE opens and gives me an "Error opening file: Unsupported Protocol " popup. Running th batch file from a command prompt work just fine. Any ideas?

08-12-2005, 02:23 PM	#2
dan Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 16	correct working path? can u display your batch-file?

10-24-2005, 02:38 PM	#5
ehrens Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 14	Spawning Goolgle Earth From Java I tried to launch GE from the command line with start "GoogleEarth" "c:\Program Files\Google\Google Earth Plus\GoogleEarth.exe" "c:\Documents and Settings\User\Projects\project\data\data.kml" as specified in the previous post, but I get an error that states.... Fetch of data.kml failed. Unsupported Protocol. Does anybody know what that means?

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08-12-2005, 02:26 PM	#3
opperhaus Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 3	File contents below... Works fine from the command line... @echo off start "GoogleEarth" "c:\Program Files\Google\Google Earth Plus\GoogleEarth.exe" "c:\Documents and Settings\User\Projects\project\data\data.kml"

08-12-2005, 03:12 PM	#4
opperhaus Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 3	Fixed it..... Thanks anyway.

10-24-2005, 02:54 PM	#6
araT Licensed to Ban Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sydney, Oz Posts: 1,244	ehrens; Its because you dont have a .kml file at c:\Documents and Settings\User\Projects\project\data\data.kml I presume that is where opperhaus has his generator dropping the .kml file T.

10-24-2005, 03:06 PM	#7
ehrens Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 14	Actually, you're right, but that's not the problem. I posted the wrong path to the file....mine is actually just at d:/GoogleEarth/test.kml. And so, my command is updated as such... start "GoogleEarth" "C:\Documents and Settings\axe130\Application Data\Google\Google Earth\GoogleEarth.exe" "d:\GoogleEarth\test.kml" Any other ideas?