Re: [R-sig-Geo] Preparing KML files for GoogleMaps/Earth: Why no kmlPoint() in maptools package?

2009-08-28 Thread Bjarke Christensen
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 11:58 AM, rick reeves wrote: > Hello List: > > I'm investigating ways to convert Shape Files to KML format... I wrote and use these functions: http://www.ssbsk.dk/start/kmlfunctions.r They work well for me, but no guarantees offered of course. They were not really programm

Re: [R-sig-Geo] Preparing KML files for GoogleMaps/Earth: Why no kmlPoint() in maptools package?

2009-08-27 Thread Robert J. Hijmans
Rick, I wondered the same thing a while ago and wrote this script; I worked for my purposes but never really finished it (e.g. SpatialPoints objects support; and I wanted to add folders). Perhaps you or someone else can finish it (or do a better one) and send it to the maptools maintainers? Robert

[R-sig-Geo] Preparing KML files for GoogleMaps/Earth: Why no kmlPoint() in maptools package?

2009-08-26 Thread rick reeves
Hello List: I'm investigating ways to convert Shape Files to KML format, and of course have taken note of the kmlLine() and kmlPolygon() routines in the maptools package. It is easy to review the code underlying these routines (e.g., > kmlLine), and to see how straightforward the coding is.