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You may have fixed this in development, but if not, I have a thought on what mey be
causing this.
I had a similar problem - of directions not being true at different angles ... they
were OK at the Cardinal points (N,S,E,W) and furthest off at NE,SW,SW and NW. That
was caused by me incorrectly converting from distance (metres) North and East to
lat/lon degrees, by MULTIPLYING the distance East (along the latitude) by cos(lat)
INSTEAD OF DIVIDING by cos(lat) (D'OH).
Just a thought.
I'm REEEEALLY looking forward to a fix!
Cheers,

Fixed as of 5.0.11655.6079.

http://code.google.com/apis/earth/documentation/releasenotes.html#2009-03-31

I don't think you have fixed this issue in Google Earth Plug-in, version 5.0.11655.6079.
My program still displays the icons incorrectly.
When I downloaded the two examples in my initial report (above) - they still display
the documented mis-behaviour. Specifically, posTgtPt02.htm displays the arrow
pointing off to the left.

Repro'd. Looks like we missed something. Apologies for the misinformation.

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Fixed as of 5.1.3506.3999 (API v1.003); see announcement here:

http://groups.google.com/group/google-earth-api-notify/browse_thread/thread/6a32fdfcc60236e

If this issue is still not fixed, please let us know.

"Fixed as of 5.1.3506.3999 (API v1.003)" 
No, I'm afraid not... My problem demo at the top of this thread still misbehaves as
before.
I'm convinced this bug is all but unfixable, given the complex behaviour of Placemark
icons (2D objects in a 3D world and auto scaling depending on camera range), so I
have moved away from placemark icons  to represent the target in my animations to
using models - which are just fabulous!

My real bugbear is the "near clipping plane" bug (not strictly Plugin I know) which I
would LOVE you guys to crack.

Keep up the good work - it's a fabulous product.

Urgh :-) This bug is haunting me. Will check into this again soon.

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My project is based on the placemark icon heading using the map heading as specified
in the API reference.

I think, before 5.1,  the heading worked correctly, i.e. using the map heading, not
the screen heading.

Please fix it soon!

Can the latest problem reporters verify this with 5.1.3533.1731?

Well done you guys ... my reported error is resolved in 5.1.3533.1731. Thanks for the
dedication.
Unfortunately it doesn't help me as I long ago abandoned using placemark icons to
represent my target locations and am having lots of success with using models. 

Now, please, oh! please, can you fix the "near clipping plane" issue #120 which was
reported before this one (Dec 12 08) and has been confirmed as a bug.

Because after 5.1 icon heading behaves different, I think there should be two 
options for icon heading:
1. Do not rearrange the heading of placemark after view has been changed. It means 
placemark anchored and can not turn.
2. Always follow the screen top edge.

>>Can the latest problem reporters verify this with 5.1.3533.1731?

No. I have updated to  5.1.3533.1731 and there is no change.

The bug is described in detail in my post:
http://groups.google.com/group/google-earth-browser-plugin/msg/c0b4f37125c2df77?hl=en

In comment 19, serhatalyurt suggests two options: 

Option 1 is how the GE application works, confirmed by the KML reference, and how the
API used to work.
Option 2 is how it works in 5.1.3533.1731

Two options would be OK but if only one option is possible, option 1 should be the
one ,being in line with the GE application and the KML reference. 

I see, despite two recent posting 19 and 20, the issue's status is still "fixed",
,when clearly it is not.
 

Still an issue with 5.1.3533.1731.  Used to work with version 4.  Now icon rotates
with the screen, where it is supposed to have the geographic heading.

I am using Google Earth Pro v5.1.3509.4636 (beta) and it's not working. barryhunter 
(KML Guru) at the developer forum pointed me to this post.  I am attaching 2 
images.  Image1.png is the correct orientation of the arrows with N arrow pointing 
at 0 degree. Image2.png is the in-correct orientation of the arrows with N arrow 
pointing at 90 degree (based on diagram on this page: 
http://code.google.com/apis/kml/documentation/kmlreference.html#headingdiagram)

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I'm satisfied that the problem as stated has been solved. I'm not sure what problem
is being reported by Cyclope above as we can't see the issue in GE - a png image
doesn't do it full justice.
My interpretation of the icon behaviour is that its orientation follows the
orientation of the Navigation Control, but it remains in the plane of the camera (or
screen) and follows some undocumented rules about sizing - but which roughly keeps it
visible at all ranges.
I would also point out that his reference is related to the orientation of the
lookAt, not the Icon, which is a bit confusing.

If you "view" or "download" Cyclope's two pngs, , the issue is clear, the wind
direction icons do not follow the orientation of the Navigation Control but it
remains in the orientation of the screen.

Here is another example of the problem:

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Oops!

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