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Issue with placemark 'auto' shading in Google Earth


I have a KML file with a list of placemarks that have custom icons, colors, and sizes. When I display the file in the Google Earth browser plugin, I see that icons that are situated below other icons are shaded. This makes the color of the icon different from what I have in the <color> tag. How do I disable the shading so that I always see the true color of the icon?


Solution

  • This is possible in the current version of the Api. You can control the icons color, animation, etc - but the clustering behavior and how it renders the icons is not exposed unfortunately.