Google Earth removed county lines awhile back.?ÿ There are multiple sources of these available; this KMZ was passed along to me by a client.?ÿ I have no idea who put it together or how accurate it is, but I'm finding it useful for general reconnaissance.?ÿ I changed the color of the lines (under Properties|Style, Color) to yellow (rather than blue) and the area to outlined (rather than filled and outlined), but that's just my preference.
Wow, when did they do that.?ÿ I swore I just used the county layer.?ÿ Why would they get rid of national, state/province and county boundaries but include school districts?
Thanks for the heads up and file.
Jim,
For some reason, I can't open your link.?ÿ Are the county lines in your file California only or nation wide?
@kevin-hines Looking at the link, it states that they are USA, but also get a note that it can not be downloaded securely.?ÿ Your virus protection may be stopping the download.
I got my county lines file from earthpoint.?ÿ
The NC Geodetic Survey has a boundary shapefile available for free download that can be imported into GE. Perhaps CA has something similar, It's somewhat disconcerting to read the description of the file:
"State and County Boundary Shapefile:
Sort of off topic, but I read somewhere that WV is the only state where the county lines are "as shown on the USGS quadrangles".?ÿ
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The link was an unsecured connection and my browser warned me but I was able to override and download anyway. Yes, they were for all of the USA. Thank you Jim
I wasn't able to upload from Jim's KMZ file but was able to subscribe to earthpoint and get the county lines back in Google Earth.
Thanks to Jim for the initial post and to everyone else with the help in resolving my problem.
The California shapefile is here: CA Geographic Boundaries - CA County Boundaries - California Open Data?ÿ
Here's what it looks like when imported into Google Earth:
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I wasn't able to upload from Jim's KMZ file
The file is hosted in my personal webspace, not sure why some installations consider it insecure.
I tried to upload it directly here, but it seems that KMZ files aren't allowed.
@Wendell:. I would think that a KMZ isn't a likely (or even possible?) malicious vector.?ÿ (I think a KMZ is just a zipped KML.)?ÿ Perhaps you can authorize them for upload.?ÿ?ÿ
@jim-frame?ÿ "not sure why some installations consider it insecure."
Likely because that link is to an address starting with http:// instead of the required-by-some-browsers https://.
It is pretty painless (and free except for a couple of minutes time renewing certs every three months) to add SSL certificates from Let's Encrypt.
Within the last week I uploaded a KMZ here by changing the extension to .zip, included an instruction to change extension to .kmz.?ÿ Seems that a .zip file is much more likely to be a carrier of digital trouble.
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Since google discontinued the assessors data I've subscribed to PARLAY - $33 per month
https://support.reportallusa.com/s/article/How-do-I-subscribe-to-Parlay-2-0
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