[R-sig-Geo] uploading KML to Google My Maps

[Tomislav Hengl]

Erin,

I do not think that Google allows ftp access to their servers (I think 
what you wanted to ask is - how to automate visualization of KML files 
using Google Maps). You can ftp the complete KML files including the 
auxiliary data to some WWW directory, then parse URLs e.g.:

maps.google.com/maps?q=http://globalsoilmap.net/data/E33_S14_ORCDRC_1_gif.kml

*Unfortunately, this service often breaks and KMZ files will often not 
open (or they will open with a lot of delay).

Google is also developing a repository for geo-data (which they call 
Google Earth engine), but I could not figure out when they will open it 
to public (so you can drop any GIS layers and serve it from there).

You might also want to take a look at the plotGoogleMaps 
[http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/plotGoogleMaps/index.html] 
package developed by a colleague from Belgrade (just met him at the 
GEOSTAT Belgrade summer school).

For point data, you can consider using Google Fusion tables. Google 
provides a lot of geographical functionality with point data, hence they 
will generate KML files for you on the fly (e.g. if you provide lat lon 
and/or address etc.).

HTH

T. Hengl
http://www.wewur.wur.nl/popups/vcard.aspx?id=HENGL001



On 12-10-2011 0:03, Hodgess, Erin wrote:
> Dear R Sig Geo People:
>
> I use R to create little KML files and then upload them to the google
> My Maps through the interactive process.  But I was wondering if
> anyone knew how to upload them automatically.
>
> Thanks, Erin
>
>
> Erin M. Hodgess, PhD Associate Professor Department of Computer and
> Mathematical Sciences University of Houston - Downtown mailto:
> hodgesse at uhd.edu
>
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