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how to show Showing only outlines of places imported from a dot-shapefile (*.shp file?)

I am trying to view lot lines (in Google Earth). My county makes available as a dot-shp fileshapefile (*.shp) which shows all the parcels in the county. I do File-> Import (and select the .shp*.shp file), select 'Restrict to view" (since there are 1000s of shapes in the file), and select "No" when it asks me if I want to apply a "style template".

Then I scroll down to the bottom of the "Places" window, and see the imported places under "Temporary Places"; when I check the box, I see all the parcels, but they are shaded in random colors. I can use the "Adjust Opacity" slider to make the parcels more or less transparent, but there are no outlines shown - I would like to be able to make the shapes completely transparent and just see outlines. I also tried to define a Style Template during the import, but can't figure out what to put in it to achieve the desired result.

The weird thing is, about a year ago I did this and it worked just fine - I have permanent "places" showing just the outlines of the parcels in my sub-division. There are other files in the download (from the county), including a dot-dbf*.dbf file, but Google Earth will only allow the dot-shp*.shp to be imported.

how to show only outlines of places imported from a dot-shp file?

I am trying to view lot lines (in Google Earth). My county makes available a dot-shp file which shows all the parcels in the county. I do File-> Import (and select the .shp file), select 'Restrict to view" (since there are 1000s of shapes in the file), and select "No" when it asks me if I want to apply a "style template".

Then I scroll down to the bottom of the "Places" window, and see the imported places under "Temporary Places"; when I check the box, I see all the parcels, but they are shaded in random colors. I can use the "Adjust Opacity" slider to make the parcels more or less transparent, but there are no outlines shown - I would like to be able to make the shapes completely transparent and just see outlines. I also tried to define a Style Template during the import, but can't figure out what to put in it to achieve the desired result.

The weird thing is, about a year ago I did this and it worked just fine - I have permanent "places" showing just the outlines of the parcels in my sub-division. There are other files in the download (from the county), including a dot-dbf file, but Google Earth will only allow the dot-shp to be imported.

Showing only outlines of places imported from shapefile (*.shp)

I am trying to view lot lines (in Google Earth). My county makes available as a shapefile (*.shp) which shows all the parcels in the county. I do File-> Import (and select the *.shp file), select 'Restrict to view" (since there are 1000s of shapes in the file), and select "No" when it asks me if I want to apply a "style template".

Then I scroll down to the bottom of the "Places" window, and see the imported places under "Temporary Places"; when I check the box, I see all the parcels, but they are shaded in random colors. I can use the "Adjust Opacity" slider to make the parcels more or less transparent, but there are no outlines shown - I would like to be able to make the shapes completely transparent and just see outlines. I also tried to define a Style Template during the import, but can't figure out what to put in it to achieve the desired result.

The weird thing is, about a year ago I did this and it worked just fine - I have permanent "places" showing just the outlines of the parcels in my sub-division. There are other files in the download (from the county), including a *.dbf file, but Google Earth will only allow the *.shp to be imported.

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how to show only outlines of places imported from a dot-shp file?

I am trying to view lot lines (in Google Earth). My county makes available a dot-shp file which shows all the parcels in the county. I do File-> Import (and select the .shp file), select 'Restrict to view" (since there are 1000s of shapes in the file), and select "No" when it asks me if I want to apply a "style template".

Then I scroll down to the bottom of the "Places" window, and see the imported places under "Temporary Places"; when I check the box, I see all the parcels, but they are shaded in random colors. I can use the "Adjust Opacity" slider to make the parcels more or less transparent, but there are no outlines shown - I would like to be able to make the shapes completely transparent and just see outlines. I also tried to define a Style Template during the import, but can't figure out what to put in it to achieve the desired result.

The weird thing is, about a year ago I did this and it worked just fine - I have permanent "places" showing just the outlines of the parcels in my sub-division. There are other files in the download (from the county), including a dot-dbf file, but Google Earth will only allow the dot-shp to be imported.