[R-sig-Geo] plotKML::plotKML creates multiple errors in Google Earth (Ubuntu 14.10)

[Michael Sumner]

Cesium looks like a good alternative to GE, fwiw.

Cheers, Mike

On Fri, 20 Mar 2015 08:39 Edzer Pebesma <edzer.pebesma at uni-muenster.de>
wrote:

> I can reproduce this under ubuntu 14.04 LTS. In my understanding, the
> ubuntu (or linux) google-earth is by far not as good as it is under
> windows or Mac OS-X, and this has been so for a long time. The only
> solution I can think of is to work towards a solution without
> google-earth, or make the switch to windows or mac.
>
> Or is the story different with google-earth pro, which is now free?
>
> On 03/19/2015 06:56 PM, Guido Schulz wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I am trying to use the R package *plotKML* to plot a
> > sp::SpatialPolygonDataframe in *GoogleEarth*. I am using Ubuntu 14.10.
> > Unfortunately, I facing various errors here...
> >
> > Here my reproducable example in R:
> >
> > ############################################
> >     library("plotKML")
> >     library("CARBayes")
> >     library("sp")
> >     data(spatialhousedata)
> >     names(spatialhousedata at data)
> >     proj4string(spatialhousedata) <- CRS("+proj=utm
> >                 +zone=33 +ellps=GRS80 +units=m +no_defs")
> >     plotKML(spatialhousedata, var.name="price")
> > ############################################
> >
> > First, R spits out a lot of error lines:
> >
> > #############################################
> >     Plotting the first variable on the list
> >     KML file opened for writing...
> >     Reprojecting to +proj=longlat +datum=WGS84 ...
> >     Writing to KML...
> >     Closing  spatialhousedata.kml
> >     [0319/101818:ERROR:net_util.cc(2195)] Not implemented reached in
> > bool net::HaveOnlyLoopbackAddresses()
> >     [0319/101819:ERROR:nss_ocsp.cc(581)] No URLRequestContext for OCSP
> > handler.
> >     [0319/101819:ERROR:nss_ocsp.cc(581)] No URLRequestContext for OCSP
> > handler.
> >     [0319/101819:ERROR:nss_ocsp.cc(581)] No URLRequestContext for OCSP
> > handler.
> >     [0319/101819:ERROR:nss_ocsp.cc(581)] No URLRequestContext for OCSP
> > handler.
> > ...
> > ...
> > ...
> > #############################################
> >
> > Then *GoogleEarth* opens and welcomes me with this error message
> > (which I translated from German):
> >
> > ----------------------------
> > *Polygons bound to the ground are not supported*
> >
> > Polygons bound to the ground can only be displayed as boundaries on
> > your computer. Your graphics does not support this function.
> > ----------------------------
> >
> > Then it finally plots only the boundaries of *spatialhousedata* instead
> > of the coloured polygons (choropleth map) of spatialhousedata at data
> $price.
> >
> > Here is my graphics info from Ubuntu:
> >
> > -----------------------------
> >     me at me-ThinkPad-T420:~$  sudo lshw -c video
> >
> >       *-display
> >            Beschreibung: VGA compatible controller
> >            Produkt: 2nd Generation Core Processor
> >                     Family Integrated Graphics Controller
> >            Hersteller: Intel Corporation
> >            Physische ID: 2
> >            Bus-Informationen: pci at 0000:00:02.0
> >            Version: 09
> >            Breite: 64 bits
> >            Takt: 33MHz
> >            Fähigkeiten: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
> >            Konfiguration: driver=i915 latency=0
> >            Ressourcen: irq:42 memory:f0000000-f03fffff
> >                        memory:e0000000-efffffff ioport:5000(Größe=64)
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > And this is the version info from Google Earth:
> >
> > -----------------------------
> >     Google Earth: 7.1.2.2041
> >     Build-Date: 10/7/2013
> >     Build-Time: 12:17:00 nachmittags
> >     Renderer: OpenGL
> >     OS: Linux (3.13.0.0)
> >     Graphics Driver: Intel Open Source Technology Center
> > -----------------------------
> >
> > *Any ideas how to solve this?*
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Guido
> >
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>
> --
> Edzer Pebesma
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> Heisenbergstraße 2, 48149 Münster, Germany; +49 251 83 33081
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