Help!: Google Earth (kmz) Link Incorrect

I've just had a ball setting up several routes on the maps and saved them. Then I've gone to 'My Runs' and find there's an option to click on a *.kmz file that opens Google Earth and takes me directly to my plotted course.

 Only problem is, I'm in Australia & Google Earth flies me to, I think, America somewhere - and does this with all of the six or so courses I've plotted.

 Can anyone explain this to me?

 Thanks,
Mark.

Thanks for your help. In preparing to put the link here, I've discovered that the problem has rectified itself. Could it be that when I came across the problem, I'd only just mapped out these routes & it's taken a couple of hours to sort of "register"?

However, I've come across a couple of other issues in the process. Sorry to be a nuisance but I figure you'd like to know.

The first is that I'm getting routes from different saved routes overlapping one another when they appear in Google Earth. Here's an example, but I'm having a similar problem with others:

This is correct (a sort of ladle shape to the run): http://www.mapmyrun.com/run/australia/taree/690852861

But if, on that page, I click "View this route in 3D (Google Earth)", I get the above route mixed in with another separate route I have saved in the same general area - they overlap.

The second problem has to do with accurate distances. I went to log a run for the first time after doing the run above which is just short of 6km. However, it shows up as 3km or in other places as 3.5km on the calendar.

Thanks for your help,
Mark.

Thanks for that. That only leaves one question which I mentioned above: "I went to log a run for the first time after doing the run above which is just short of 6km. However, it shows up as 3km or in other places as 3.5km on the calendar."

The first problem - the route appearing in Google Earth on the other side of the world - is sporadic. Above, I posted that having returned to Google Earth, it appeared fixed. But later, I was whipped around the world again. Upon closer examination, I realized the track points were very different. It wasn't my route at all. The route I was looking at accurately overlayed roads & intersections in another country. So I'm baffled at why the link to my route is linked to someone elses.

The second problem - showing itself via Google Maps within www.mapmyrun.com (not Google Earth) - does appear to be based upon a mix up between miles and kilometres, as you said. In "My Profile", I have kg/km selected.

 When I go to the homepage and click "Log Training", I'm taken to the calendar. On the calendar itself, where the little 'running man' icon appears, a window pops up when I hover over it. This tells me I ran 3.52 kilometers. I actually ran 3.52 miles (though it should be showing in the equivilent kilometers since I chose the metric system in "My Profile".

 When I look above the calendar in "Training Summary", it shows, not 3.52 kilometers, 3.52 miles, or the correct distance in kilometeres, but 3 kilometers neat!

I does seem that this summary is a general summary, not an accurate one, since my weight is also incorrect. I specified 76kg - it shows as 76.7kg.

 I'm really loving this website and it's features, but at present, it's proving a little frustrating.

Oh, I've kept both files if anyone wants them.

WiffyFuzzball

I took the liberty of looking also at your training log. Unlike mine, yours shows in kilometres exclusively. But I also notice that you have a very specific body weight listed: 85.73kg. Did you somehow specify that or did the website give that specific weight to you? I chose 76kg and got 76.7kg.

I also get the Lake Mary route in my KMZ download (from my rides list) and I'm New Zealand based. If I try to save from my map viewed ride as either KML, CRS, or GPX an empty file is returned.

 Cheers,

Ron 

Thanks to the community for bringing this issue to our attention.  I believe I have just fixed the kmz issue (note that the link now states "kml", because strictly it is a kml file).  The kml file is still a Google Earth file, and it should now be generated faster than ever.

I have the same problem as moreRon. The names are now correct and I also don't get the Lake Mary route anymore, but the KML files are blank, both from the "view this route in 3D" and from "my rides" list

 

 

 

Hi folks-

 Thanks to your feedback, I identified and fixed some bugs in our kml generation.  All of your kml links should work now, enjoy!