Welcome to plotKML project!

A suite of functions for converting sp-class objects into KML or KMZ documents for use in Google Earth.

Visualization of spatial and spatio-temporal objects in Google Earth

Contributions by: Pierre Roudier, Dylan Beaudette & Edzer Pebesma

This package has been developed as a part of the Global Soil Information Facilities, which are developed jointly by the ISRIC Institute and collaborators.

The plotKML project summary page you can find here. See the complete list of functions and a list of additional settings. To submit a software bug, use the official package tracker. The fastest way to learn how plotKML works is to follow this tutorial. There is also a paper in the JSS on plotKML package functionality.

To submit a bug or future request please use the package tracker. The package is continuously updated and it is expected to become fully operational by early 2013.

Installation:

Get the stable release from CRAN.

To install this package from R-forge use (works only on >= R 2.14!):

> install.packages("plotKML", repos=c("http://R-Forge.R-project.org"))

Alternatively, you can install the most recent snapshot of the package directly from the source code.

News:

January 2019: maintainer e-mail updated;
August 2014: GEOSTAT summer school video recordings available on-line;
July 2013: plotKML video tutorial now available on a youtube channel;
May 28 2013: plotKML tutorials run on the GEOSTAT Quebec City 2013;
Mar 20 2013: added tiling examples to the plotKML tutorial;
Feb 15 2013: plotKML article (JSS 1079) submitted to the Journal of Statistical Software (special issue spatial and spatio-temporal data);
Nove 26, 2012: plotKML version 03 sent to CRAN (package now 90% complete / but with still some bugs);
Sept 10-12, 2012: R development workshop at IfGI Muenster (sign-up to join this workshop);
Aug 2012: added a plotKML tutorial;
Jun 20, 2012: the package has been published via CRAN;
May 2012: fixed some bugs with writing PNG (kml_layer.Raster);
Feb 2012: the package is at the moment in the pre-alpha version; 10% missing functionality and validity checking required;