CreateKML_Function: Create a KML from a dataframe

In ksauby/dataproc: Data processing functions.

Description

Create a KML Google Earth file from a dataframe.

Usage

CreateKML_Function(dataset = dataset,
  proj4stringdata = proj4stringdata, CRSdata = CRSdata,
  NameField = NameField, filename = filename)

Arguments

dataset	Dataset
proj4stringdata	The projection data for the dataset.
CRSdata	The projection to which the dataset should be converted.
NameField	The attribute to use to name the points.
filename	Name of the KML file to be generated.

References

# inspired by the answer from rcs on http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7813141/how-to-create-a-kml-file-using-r

Examples

Plot_Info_Islands = read.csv(file = "../../../Written-Documents/Data-forms/island-data-collection-form/IslandRoadway1_MasterPlotList_OrderedbyGeography_Unsurveyed.csv", header = TRUE, stringsAsFactors = FALSE)
# Roadway 1
CreateKML_Function(dataset=Florida.ghcnd.stations, proj4stringdata="+proj=utm +zone=17 +datum=WGS84", CRSdata="+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84", NameField="Tag_Number", filename="Florida.ghcnd.stations")
# EXAMPLE
# create KML of unsurveyed plots - dataset "Unsurveyed"
# The points should be named based on the column "Tag_Number"
# give the KML file the name "unsurveyed_7sept14"
CreateKML(
dataset=Unsurveyed, 
proj4stringdata="+proj=utm +zone=17 +datum=WGS84",
CRSdata="+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84", 
NameField="Tag_Number", 
filename="unsurveyed_7sept14"
)

ksauby/dataproc documentation built on May 20, 2019, 7:02 p.m.