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king_nothing_ Tourist Reged: 10/21/05 Posts: 68 Re: Horribly cluttered BBS layer       10/24/05 04:04 AM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   I'm relatively new to Google Earth, and I just discovered something that cuts down on the level of annoyance which comes from placemark clutter. I'm sure most of you veterens have already done this, but other people may have not: change the label/icon size to small in tools>>options. That somewhat reduces the problem of placemarks covering up too much of the ground. Personally I think they should another size to choose from, like "extra small." I agree with the idea of making placemark postings not mandatorily go into the Keyhole BBS layer. In my opinion, placemarks should, by default, not go into the BBS layer. There should be a check box at the bottom of the post page (like the "add signature to this post" button) that you have to click in order for your placemark to be added to the BBS layer. Placemarks along the lines of "what is this" just don't belong in a permanent layer (not to mention all the other stupid placemarks I've seen). Before I go on, I have a question. Say that you post a placemark, and when the server gets updated, it is added to the BBS layer. If you delete that post, will that delete the placemark the next time the server gets updated? Can a placemark be deleted in that manner, even after it has been added to the BBS layer? I would would assume it couldn't, but I'm hoping I'm wrong. Now, about preventing future duplicate/erroneous/pointless placemarks. In my opinion, this should be the moderators' responsibility. Some of you may think that seems like too much work, but that's the only way things are going to get better. I don't know how many mods there currently are, or how many members there are here, but we need a lot of mods to get the job done properly. They need to be strict too. If someone posts a duplicate, a mod just needs to delete it. Period. Or, if it's possible, they could just delete the person's attachment, and then post in the thread telling them why it was deleted. If you just delete the entire thread, people will just re-post the placemark and/or bitch about it being deleted. Edited by king_nothing_ (10/24/05 04:07 AM) Post Extras

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