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TranzDEM64
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Incompatible placemark, "heading" or "tilt".
Click [Reset North] and [Reset Tilt] in Google Earth
before exporting image and placemark.
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OK HI Geo
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I reseted heading and tilt and still get this error. Should I be using google earth or is pro good?

Heading and tilt is what TransDEM is testing. You can check yourself. A .kmz file is actually a .zip file. Rename the placemark .kmz to .zip, unpack, and open the xml file in there in a text editor. What are the heading and tilt values?

By the way, you are aware of the map tile client in TransDEM? Acquiring ortho images via map tiles is usually much faster than the semi-manual image/placemark-method.

I try to rename the pathmark.kmz to zip but no luck. Ill try to use google maps in trandem. When is 2.6 going to be release?

Assume your placemark is "Untitled Placemark.kmz". Rename it to "Untitled Placemark.zip". Unzip to a separate folder "Untitled Placemark", open the folder. You will find "doc.kml". Open in a text editor:
(some nodes shortened)

Check "Heading" and "Tilt" in the "LookAt" node. Both should be very small.


I am planning for before Christmas but won't make any promises.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2" xmlns:gx="http://www.google.com/kml/ext/2.2" xmlns:kml="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
<Document>
<name>Untitled Placemark.zip.kmz</name>
<Style id="s_ylw-pushpin_hl">
<IconStyle>
<scale>1.3</scale>
<Icon>
<href>http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/kml/pushpin/ylw-pushpin.png</href>
</Icon>
<hotSpot x="20" y="2" xunits="pixels" yunits="pixels"/>
</IconStyle>
</Style>
<Style id="s_ylw-pushpin">
<IconStyle>
<scale>1.1</scale>
<Icon>
<href>http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/kml/pushpin/ylw-pushpin.png</href>
</Icon>
<hotSpot x="20" y="2" xunits="pixels" yunits="pixels"/>
</IconStyle>
</Style>
<StyleMap id="m_ylw-pushpin">
<Pair>
<key>normal</key>
<styleUrl>#s_ylw-pushpin</styleUrl>
</Pair>
<Pair>
<key>highlight</key>
<styleUrl>#s_ylw-pushpin_hl</styleUrl>
</Pair>
</StyleMap>
<Placemark>
<name>Untitled Placemark.zip</name>
<LookAt>
<longitude>-88.14347385527866</longitude>
<latitude>41.38754053488655</latitude>
<altitude>0</altitude>
<heading>-0.003023297189812446</heading>
<tilt>1.287904760598721</tilt>
<range>5095.191392691953</range>
<gx:altitudeMode>relativeToSeaFloor</gx:altitudeMode>
</LookAt>
<styleUrl>#m_ylw-pushpin</styleUrl>
<Point>
<gx:drawOrder>1</gx:drawOrder>
<coordinates>-88.14347385527866,41.38754053488655,0</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>
</Document>
</kml>

Not small enough. You can check and adjust the placemark data in Google Earth itself, via its properties dialog, under the "view" tab. But pressing keys U and N before creating the placemark will be faster.