[R-sig-Geo] reading KML files in R

[Roger Bivand]

On Thu, 27 May 2010, rick reeves wrote:

> I do note that the example I provided does not demonstrate how to READ a KML
> file into R. But, SOON, I plan to modify the example to demonstrate reading 
> of KMLs
> into some R-compatible format.

readOGR() does read KML files, but you do have to identify the correct 
layer name - see:

http://www.gdal.org/ogr/drv_kml.html

Roger

>
> RR
>
> On 5/27/2010 10:15 AM, Wade Wall wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Does anyone have experience reading and writing KML files in R?  I
>> have seen several threads that seem to suggest that it is difficult if
>> not impossible, but it is convenient to use KML files when working
>> with Google Earth and inconvenient to read and write shapefiles and
>> then convert to KML using other software.
>> 
>> If anyone is able to read and write KML files, if they could provide a
>> description of how to do it, I am sure a lot of people would
>> appreciate it.  I have tried to do so under both Windows and Linux to
>> no avail.  The Windows approach looks more difficult, judging by the
>> readme file associated with rgdal.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Wade
>> 
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