[Plugin: Comprehensive Google Map Plugin] KML file not loading, maps not displaying as expected

@mmaga I was never able to resolve this, just gave up. I’m hoping your new post attracts attention of someone who can assist.

Hey lydiamann592, last night i tried something else and it kinda worked.
this is what i did: i created a map in maps.google.com, downloaded the kml, opened in the editor and deleted all the <Style id = “StyleN”> and added instead

<Style id = "anotherStyle">
     <IconStyle>
        <Icon><href>https://maps.google.com/mapfiles/kml/shapes/airports.png</href></Icon>
     </IconStyle>
 </Style>

at the begining, right after:

<Document>
  <name>grand canyon</name>
  <description><![CDATA[]]></description>

(it’s the google maps airport icon)
and then, i added

<styleUrl>#anotherStyle</styleUrl>

to each Placemark, in my case it looked like:

<Placemark>
        <name>Day 11 - Mile 167 </name>
    <atom:link href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30071120@N02/8010497184/" rel="related"/>
    <description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/30071120@N02/" target="_blank">mmaga</a> posted a photo:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30071120@N02/8010497184/" title="Day 11 - Mile 167 - Waterfalls after a Monsoon at National Canyon" target="_blank"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8181/8010497184_86e2d8420a_m.jpg" width="240" height="159" alt="Day 11 - Mile 167 - Waterfalls after a Monsoon at National Canyon"></a></p>]]></description>
    <styleUrl>#Alternate_style</styleUrl>
    <Point>
      <coordinates>-112.892929,36.257389,0.000000</coordinates>
    </Point>
  </Placemark>
  <Placemark>

let me know if it works for you. It’s not the most efficient way… but at least i could see the placemarks!
I’d like to know if there is another thing we can try… Maybe alexanderzagniotov can help us? I loved the plugin and I hope we can find a work around to be able to use it!

Hey @lydiamann592, i’m back working with the plugin and it didn’t work for me, so i ran a validation with:
https://www.kmlvalidator.com/validate.htm
it turned out that the kml output from google maps had a lot of errors. so i had to delete some of the tags (i don’t know enough to edit or troubleshoot it) until i had no errors. and then it worked.

there’s another plugin geo mash up. it’s very similar. have you tried it?

Afraid I gave up on this plugin and went for one where the place marks have to be added manually. Suspect I was also using dodgy KML, from GoogleEarth. Will keep an eye on this thread though, just in case.

Thank you @mmaga for your input. I’ll look into Geo mash up.
@mkgees: can you post the name of the manual add plugin?