[ILUG] [Q] what do I do with a `.kmz file?

[John Curry]

Hello Brian,

Use Viamichelin or Geoportail for France.

Yours sincerely,
John                            mailto:curryjm at eircom.net

Friday, September 28, 2007, 4:43:43 PM, you wrote:

Brian Foster>   | From: Brian Foster <blf at utvinternet.ie>
Brian Foster>   | Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:17:01 +0200
Brian Foster>   |
Brian Foster>   |[ ... ]  I more-or-less have what I want,
Brian Foster>   |  but what do I _do_ with [ a `.kmz' file ]?

Brian Foster>  everyone suggested Google Earth.

Brian Foster>  despite not being FLOSS and having an objectionable
Brian Foster>  license, I download it anyways.  it helped a little
Brian Foster>  bit, confirming the general location, but otherwise
Brian Foster>  seems to be mostly unusable:  the menu/toolbar fonts
Brian Foster>  are too small to be read and there is neither an
Brian Foster>  obvious nor a documented why of changing it/them;
Brian Foster>  I can't find a way to display a street map instead
Brian Foster>  of the (useless in this instance) satellite images;
Brian Foster>  and it won't print the directions I managed to coax
Brian Foster>  out of it after fumbling badly because I can't see
Brian Foster>  (as in read the _tiny_ fonts) of the menus and text
Brian Foster>  entry boxes.

Brian Foster>  the directions I did get (from the station to a
Brian Foster>  known point in the village) seem useful (or would
Brian Foster>  be, perhaps, if I was using a car).  but that, and
Brian Foster>  the fact it installed and ran without any obvious
Brian Foster>  glitches, are about the only good things I can
Brian Foster>  currently say for Google Earth (v4.2 beta).

Brian Foster>  it didn't help, at least not to the degree I wanted.
Brian Foster>  currently, what I want to do is print a street map,
Brian Foster>  with labelled (key) streets, of the area around the
Brian Foster>  La Ciotat train station.  (admittedly, now I've some
Brian Foster>  idea where the station is, I may be able to use the
Brian Foster>  various on-line map services.)  but any other ideas?

Brian Foster>  of course, ultimately I'll be buying a _real_ map.
Brian Foster>  what I want now is a general-but-useful overview of
Brian Foster>  the village so I won't be completely disorientated.
Brian Foster>  normally, this isn't a problem — instead, it's
Brian Foster>  almost routine — so I am surprised I'm having so
Brian Foster>  many difficulties in this case!  ;-( 

Brian Foster> cheers!
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