read_kmz: Read a KMZ file (KML in a ZIP)

In misc: Miscellaneous Functions for Data and Geospatial Work

Read a KMZ file (KML in a ZIP)

Description

Extracts the archive to a temporary directory and reads each KML layer with sf::read_sf() after sf::st_layers(). Multiple KML files or multiple layers yield one row per layer; layer_name is simplified when there is only one layer in one file.

Usage

read_kmz(path, quiet = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

path	Path to a .kmz file.
quiet	Passed to sf::read_sf().
...	Additional arguments passed to sf::read_sf().

Value

A tibble with the same columns as read_gdb(). Here fpath is the path to the original .kmz (not the temporary .kml), and file_type is typically "kmz". Metadata columns still come from sf::st_layers() on the extracted KML file used for reading.

Examples

kmz <- system.file("extdata", "misc_example.kmz", package = "misc")
if (nzchar(kmz) && file.exists(kmz)) read_kmz(kmz)

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