OpenLayers.Format.KML - OpenLayers

# OpenLayers. Format.KML

Read/Wite KML. Create a new instance with the OpenLayers.Format.KML constructor.

#### Inherits from

- OpenLayers.Format.XML

Summary

OpenLayers. Format.KML | Read/Wite KML.
Properties |
kmlns | {String} KML Namespace to use.
placemarksDesc | {String} Name of the placemarks.
foldersName | {String} Name of the folders.
foldersDesc | {String} Description of the folders.
extractAttributes | {Boolean} Extract attributes from KML.
maxDepth | {Integer} Maximum depth for recursive loading external KML URLs Defaults to 0: do no external fetching
Constructor |
OpenLayers. Format.KML | Create a new parser for KML.
Functions |
read | Read data from a string, and return a list of features.
write | Accept Feature Collection, and return a string.

### Properties

### kmlns

{String} KML Namespace to use. Defaults to 2.0 namespace.

### placemarksDesc

{String} Name of the placemarks. Default is “No description available.”

### foldersName

{String} Name of the folders. Default is “OpenLayers export.”

### foldersDesc

{String} Description of the folders. Default is “Exported on [date].”

### extractAttributes

{Boolean} Extract attributes from KML. Default is true. Extracting styleUrls requires this to be set to true

### maxDepth

{Integer} Maximum depth for recursive loading external KML URLs Defaults to 0: do no external fetching

### Constructor

### OpenLayers. Format.KML

Create a new parser for KML.

#### Parameters

options | {Object} An optional object whose properties will be set on this instance.

### Functions

### read

> read: function( | data | )

Read data from a string, and return a list of features.

#### Parameters

data | {String} or {DOMElement} data to read/parse.

#### Returns

{Array(OpenLayers.Feature.Vector)} List of features.

### write

> write: function( | features | )

Accept Feature Collection, and return a string.

#### Parameters

features | {Array(OpenLayers.Feature.Vector} An array of features.

#### Returns

{String} A KML string.

> read: function( | data | )

Read data from a string, and return a list of features.

> write: function( | features | )

Accept Feature Collection, and return a string.
Create a new parser for KML.
Read and write XML.
Vector features use the OpenLayers.Geometry classes as geometry description.
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