[OpenLayers-Users] KML NetworkLink and auto-refresh

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 05:21:29PM +0800, Andrew Smith wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I found an entry in a Google Code FAQ (
> http://code.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=69906&topic=11367#displaying)
> showing how to use MySQL to create KML files which can be loaded into Google
> Earth or Google Maps.  The thing that interests me is the following:
> 
> <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
> <kml xmlns = 'http://earth.google.com/kml/2.1'>
>   <Folder>
>     <NetworkLink>
>       <Link>
>         <href>http://example.com/phpsql_genkml.kml</href>
>         <refreshMode>onInterval</refreshMode>
>         <refreshInterval>3600</refreshInterval>
>       </Link>
>     </NetworkLink>
>     <NetworkLink>
>       <Link>
>         <href>http://example.com/phpsql_genkml_ls.kml</href>
>         <refreshMode>onInterval</refreshMode>
>         <refreshInterval>3600</refreshInterval>
>       </Link>
>     </NetworkLink>
>   </Folder>
> </kml>
> 
> This indicates that the KML files are automatically reloaded by Google
> Maps every 3600 seconds. It looks like refreshMode and refreshInterval
> are part of the KML specification.  Does OpenLayers support this auto
> refresh functionality?

Nope.

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
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