google earth - "Driving directions:" in kml balloons, suppressing - Kml doc file does not say -
my project involves kml files show several sites have several placemarks. first placemark, off 1 side, shows balloon descriptive text forced load on start-up, subsequent placemarks in file identify specific features. have read documentation file: https://developers.google.com/kml/documentation/kmlreference#balloonstyle guess don't understand it.
the doc file says: "to prevent driving directions links appearing in balloon, include element content, or $[description] substitute basic feature ." alas, including text element in balloonstyle nothing. if description not included or in balloonsdozentyle, icon cannot selected (the cursor remains hand). if description there, "directions:" in balloon.
my kml file
http://www.pinacate.org/kmlfiles/hydrovolcanic.kml
shows dozen icons. intro balloon forced display gx:balloonvisibility , shows without "directions:" when closed , reopened using "hydrovolcanic" icon on left, has directions. sykes maar , cerro colorado maar cannot selected. selectable icons show "directions:" in balloon. cannot figure out how turn off.
problem solved:
i hope i'm better geologist coder. trial , error, found "directions:" suppressed putting following code in style definition , not in placemarks. in retrospect, makes sense.
i wrapped $[description] in "text" tags , in "balloonstyle tags, inside "style" tag e.g.
<style id="blahblah"> ... <balloonstyle> <text>$[description]</text> </balloonstyle> ... </style>
see https://developers.google.com/kml/documentation/kmlreference?csw=1#balloonstyle more information.
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