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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">I have read other people’s solutions to the problem in the past and they recommended setting the clamp elevation to various levels above the surface in order to try forcing apparent
render order. It seemed to mostly work. But I will definitely have to try the </span>
<code><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><gx:drawOrder> mentioned in another response too. You just probably can’t do that from within Google Earth and have to hunt through a lot of KML the locations to insert things.<o:p></o:p></span></code></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Qgis-user <qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org> <b>
On Behalf Of </b>Charles Dixon-Paver<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, August 15, 2021 6:54 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> krishna Ayyala <ayyalakrishna@gmail.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> qgis-user <qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org>; Andrea Giudiceandrea <andreaerdna@libero.it><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Qgis-user] Layer Ordering for KMZ<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I just had a chance to look at the samples and it seems my hypothesis was in fact correct.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I had expected that because Google Earth functions in 3D that it may perhaps render placemarkl symbols based on the orientation of the "camera" to the point, but from my assessment it definitely seems that altitude is the deciding factor
when it comes to determining the rendering order of symbols.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">By exporting the big points with "clamptoground" active, but using the relative to ground and altitude addend functionality in the KML tools export (see screenshot.png), the small points are "higher" in altitude and render on top of the
big points regardless of orientation. In the example I provided (desired_output.kmz) I "lifted" the small points 25m off the ground.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">By using the $x and $y attributes on the supplied shp data in QGIS, it became apparent that there were some offsets between the point positions:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I expect the reason "some" points rendered on top and not others, is that the slight positional offset would have likely ended up giving the points different altitudes based on the "clamp to ground" positions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">There are a number of approaches you can utilise to resolve this issue, depending on your needs. One is to export the KMZ with a multilayer symbol from QGIS (the style will become a single png), if you intend on using the same geometries.
This would yield a more consistent result, however it of course would not work on different layers.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have attached a zip file (kmz_data.zip) with the following elements for your review:<o:p></o:p></p>
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screenshot.png - KML Tools export settings for increasing point position from ground<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
desired_output.kmz - The desired output as expressed by OP<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
points_big_clamped_to_ground.kmz - Big points layer exported with clamp to ground and used in desired output<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
points_single_symbol_one.kmz - A multilayer QGIS symbol used in a KMZ<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
points_single_symbol_one.qml - A QML style for anyone unfamiliar with multisymbol styles<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
points_single_symbol_two.kmz - A multilayer QGIS symbol with offset applied to get a style closer to original kmz <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
points_small_with_altitude.kmz - Small points layer exported with relative to ground and addended altitude, used in desired output<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
points_with_shift.kmz - Point positions shifted west to display how altitude seems to impact rendering in google earth more than orientation<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The export tools also provide various data driven options which may be used instead of the addend altitude feature.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hope that clears this up for everyone. I'd be interested to know if this resolves the issues that were being experienced.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sun, 15 Aug 2021 at 05:04, David Strip <<a href="mailto:qgis-user@stripfamily.net">qgis-user@stripfamily.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I tried your file on Google Earth Pro 7.3.4.8248 (64-bit) on Win10. I get an even stranger result - two of the small circles appear on top of the big circles, the other two behind.<br>
Both layers are listed as clamp to ground.<br>
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