Examples for 'maptools::getKMLcoordinates'


Get a list of coordinates out of a KML file

Aliases: getKMLcoordinates

Keywords: spatial

### ** Examples

data(wrld_simpl)
## creates a KML file containing the polygons of South Africa (plus hole)
sw <- slot(wrld_simpl[wrld_simpl$NAME=="South Africa",], "polygons")[[1]]
tf <- tempfile()
kmlPolygon(sw, kmlfile=tf, name="South Africa", col="#df0000aa", lwd=5,
    border=4, kmlname="R Test",
    kmldescription="This is <b>only</b> a <a href='http://www.r-project.org'>R</a> test.")
zz <- getKMLcoordinates(tf, ignoreAltitude=TRUE)
str(zz)
List of 4
 $ : num [1:47, 1:2] 29.9 31.3 32 32 31.3 ...
 $ : num [1:8, 1:2] 28.6 27 27.6 28.1 28.4 ...
 $ : num [1:4, 1:2] 37.9 37.6 37.8 37.9 -47 ...
 $ : num [1:4, 1:2] 38 37.9 37.9 38 -46.7 ...
zz <- getKMLcoordinates(system.file("shapes/Testing.kml", package="maptools"))
str(zz)
List of 1
 $ : num [1:3, 1:3] -71 -71.5 -71.1 42.3 42.7 ...

[Package maptools version 1.1-4 Index]