lxy.exp.kml: Export a lxy object to kml (Google Earth)

In tlocoh: Constructs homeranges and explores time use patterns from location data

Description

Export a lxy object to a format that can be animated in Google Earth

Usage

lxy.exp.kml(lxy, file, id = NULL, skip = 1, overwrite = TRUE,
  compress = TRUE, pt.scale = 0.5, col = NULL, show.path = TRUE,
  path.col = NULL, path.opaque = 80, path.lwd = 3)

Arguments

lxy	A LoCoH-xy object
file	The name of the kml file to be created (relative to the working folder). The .kml extension will be added if needed.
id	The id(s) of the individual(s) to include in the plot
skip	The skip factor to use to reduce the number of points exported (i.e., every nth point exported where n=skip)
overwrite	Whether to overwrite an existing kml file (T/F)
compress	Whether to copmress the kml file and create a kmz file (T/F)
pt.scale	The relative size of the placemark symbols
col	The point colors (one per id)
show.path	Whether to include the point path in the kml file (T/F)
path.col	The path colors (one per id), ignored if show.path=FALSE
path.opaque	The opacity of the path (0=transparent, 255=fully opaque), ignored if show.path=FALSE
path.lwd	The width of the path, ignored if show.path=FALSE

Value

The file name of the kml/kmz file

Note

This function will export the locations in a LoCoH-xy object to a kml file that can be opened in Google Earth for animation. The kml format is not optimized for large datasets, but this works reasonably well for moderate datasets (e.g., <1000). To create animations of larger datasets, use a skip value > 1 or see lxy.exp.mov.

Adapated from plotKML package.

See Also

lxy.exp.mov

tlocoh documentation built on May 2, 2019, 5:27 p.m.