[R-sig-Geo] plotKML with multi-lingual output

[Anthony Fischbach]

I wish to produce a KML containing point and line features that have field
names and field contents in both the Latin and Cyrillic alphabets.  
Below is a toy example showing the problem.

require(plotKML)
setwd('D:/Temp')  ## house keeping specify working directory
data(bigfoot) ## Load a data frame with point features
big<-bigfoot[1:3,]  ## take just the first 3 rows
Sys.setlocale(category='LC_CTYPE', locale='Russian_Russia.1251')  ## Enable
Cyrillic encoding
big$Русское.название<-paste('йети', seq(1:3))  ## create a column using
Cyrillic encoding
coordinates(big)<-c('Lon','Lat') ## Cast as SpatialPointsDataFrame
proj4string(big)<-CRS("+proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +datum=WGS84 +no_defs") 
## assign a coordinate reference system
## Take a quick look at it
plot(big)
text(big$Lon, big$Lat, big$Русское.название)
## I can see the points and the new Cyrillic names

kml_open(file.name='Big.kml', folder.name = 'йети', kml_visibility=TRUE )
	## Build the point haulouts
	kml_layer.SpatialPoints(obj=big, points_names=big at data$Русское.название, 
	colour='green',  LabelScale=0.8,
shape='http://plotkml.r-forge.r-project.org/3Dballyellow.png',
	alpha=0.6, balloon=TRUE) ##  
	## Build the line feature haulouts
	##kml_layer.Spatial
kml_close(file.name='Big.kml')
## End Example Code

Below is an excerpt of the resulting kml file.
Please note the Cyrillic has been garbled.

      <Placemark>
        <name>йети 1</name>
        <styleUrl>#pnt1</styleUrl>
        <description></description>
        <Point>
          <extrude>1</extrude>
          <altitudeMode>clampToGround</altitudeMode>
          <coordinates>-142.90000,61.50000,0</coordinates>
        </Point>
      </Placemark>

> sessionInfo()
R version 3.0.2 (2013-09-25)
Platform: i386-w64-mingw32/i386 (32-bit)

locale:
[1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252  LC_CTYPE=Russian_Russia.1251          
LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252
[4] LC_NUMERIC=C                           LC_TIME=English_United
States.1252    

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     

other attached packages:
[1] sp_1.0-14     plotKML_0.4-2

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
 [1] aqp_1.6             class_7.3-9         classInt_0.1-21    
cluster_1.14.4      colorRamps_2.3      colorspace_1.2-4   
 [7] dichromat_2.0-0     dismo_0.9-3         e1071_1.6-2        
Formula_1.1-1       grid_3.0.1          gstat_1.0-18       
[13] Hmisc_3.14-0        intervals_0.14.0    labeling_0.2       
lattice_0.20-24     latticeExtra_0.6-26 munsell_0.4.2      
[19] pixmap_0.4-11       plotrix_3.5-3       plyr_1.8           
raster_2.2-12       RColorBrewer_1.0-5  reshape_0.8.4      
[25] rgdal_0.8-13        RSAGA_0.93-6        scales_0.2.3       
spacetime_1.0-9     splines_3.0.1       stringr_0.6.2      
[31] survival_2.37-7     tools_3.0.1         XML_3.98-1.1        xts_0.9-7          
zoo_1.7-10  




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Tony Fischbach, Wildlife Biologist
Walrus Research Program
Alaska Science Center
U.S. Geological Survey
4210 University Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508-4650

AFischbach at usgs.gov
http://alaska.usgs.gov/science/biology/walrus
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