[R-sig-Geo] writeOGR layer options for the KML driver?

[Roger Bivand]

On Fri, 4 Aug 2017, MacQueen, Don wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Where can I find documentation for available layer_options (if any) for 
> the writeOGR KML driver?

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

for the KML driver,

http://www.gdal.org/drv_libkml.html

for the LIBKML driver. I an uncertain about their ability to do what you 
need.

Roger

>
> Specifically, I want to be able to specify the line color when writing a 
> SpatialLines or SpatialLinesDataFrame object to a KML file for viewing 
> in Google Earth. (also specifyng a fill color and fill transparency 
> would be nice, but I can certainly do without it)
>
> I see that the plotKML package has a kml() function. I'll send a 
> separate email asking for assistance with it.
>
> Thanks
> -Don
>
>

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