kml_open: Open / close a KML file connection

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

Open / close a KML file connection

Description

Opens a KML file in write mode and initiates the KML header. The same file connection is further accessible by other kml_*() functions such as kml_layer() and kml_close(). kml_View tries to open the produced file using the default application.

Usage

kml_open(file.name, folder.name = file.name, kml_open = TRUE,
          kml_visibility = TRUE, overwrite = TRUE, use.Google_gx = FALSE, 
          kml_xsd = get("kml_xsd", envir = plotKML.opts),
          xmlns = get("kml_url", envir = plotKML.opts), 
          xmlns_gx = get("kml_gx", envir = plotKML.opts))

Arguments

file.name	KML file name
folder.name	character string; KML folder name
kml_open	logical; specify whether to open the folder by default
kml_visibility	logical; specify whether to make the whole folder visible
overwrite	logical; if TRUE, "name" will be overwritten if it exists
use.Google_gx	logical; specify whether to use the Google's extended schema
kml_xsd	URL of the KML scheme to be used
xmlns	URL of the OGC KML standard
xmlns_gx	URL of the extended standard

Details

These lower level functions can be used to create customized multi-layered KML files. See plotKML package homepage / manual for more examples.

Author(s)

Pierre Roudier, Tomislav Hengl and Dylan Beaudette

See Also

plotKML-method, kml_layer, kml-methods

Envirometrix/plotKML documentation built on June 13, 2022, 11:21 p.m.