plotKML-package: Visualization of spatial and spatio-temporal objects in...

In plotKML: Visualization of Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Objects in Google Earth

Visualization of spatial and spatio-temporal objects in Google Earth

Description

A suite of functions for converting 2D and 3D spatio-temporal (sp, raster and spacetime package classes) objects into KML or KMZ documents for use in Google Earth.

Details

Package:	plotKML
Type:	Package
URL:	http://plotkml.r-forge.r-project.org/
License:	GPL
LazyLoad:	yes

Note

This package has been developed as a part of the Global Soil Information Facilities project, which is run jointly by the ISRIC Institute and collaborators. ISRIC is a non-profit organization with a mandate to serve the international community as custodian of global soil information and to increase awareness and understanding of the role of soils in major global issues.

Author(s)

Tomislav Hengl ([e-mail]), Pierre Roudier ([e-mail]), Dylan Beaudette ([e-mail]), Edzer Pebesma ([e-mail])

References

• KML documentation (https://developers.google.com/kml/documentation/?csw=1)

• Google Earth Outreach project (http://earth.google.com/outreach/tutorials.html)

• Hengl, T., Roudier, P., Beaudette, D. and Pebesma, E. (2015) plotKML: Scientific Visualization of Spatio-Temporal Data. Journal of Statistical Software, 63(5): 1–25.

plotKML documentation built on June 7, 2022, 5:07 p.m.