What is the best way to generate KML files in C#?

Posted by evilhomer on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by evilhomer
Published on 2010-03-23T00:11:16Z Indexed on 2010/03/23 0:21 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 357

Filed under:

c#

|

kml

|

google-earth

What is the best way to generate KML files using C#?

Is there a class library that I can use? I have looked and struggled to find anything interesting.

libkml doesn't have a C# implementation or wrapper.

Any help would be great.

© Stack Overflow or respective owner

Related posts about c#

.NET WebRequest.PreAuthenticate not quite what it sounds like

as seen on West-Wind - Search for 'West-Wind'
I’ve run into the problem a few times now: How to pre-authenticate .NET WebRequest calls doing an HTTP call to the server – essentially send authentication credentials on the very first request instead of waiting for a server challenge first? At first glance this sound like it should be easy:… >>> More
HttpWebRequest and Ignoring SSL Certificate Errors

as seen on West-Wind - Search for 'West-Wind'
Man I can't believe this. I'm still mucking around with OFX servers and it drives me absolutely crazy how some these servers are just so unbelievably misconfigured. I've recently hit three different 3 major brokerages which fail HTTP validation with bad or corrupt certificates at least according to… >>> More
The dynamic Type in C# Simplifies COM Member Access from Visual FoxPro

as seen on West-Wind - Search for 'West-Wind'
I’ve written quite a bit about Visual FoxPro interoperating with .NET in the past both for ASP.NET interacting with Visual FoxPro COM objects as well as Visual FoxPro calling into .NET code via COM Interop. COM Interop with Visual FoxPro has a number of problems but one of them at least got a lot… >>> More
Dynamic Type to do away with Reflection

as seen on West-Wind - Search for 'West-Wind'
The dynamic type in C# 4.0 is a welcome addition to the language. One thing I’ve been doing a lot with it is to remove explicit Reflection code that’s often necessary when you ‘dynamically’ need to walk and object hierarchy. In the past I’ve had a number of ReflectionUtils that used string based expressions… >>> More
Finding a Relative Path in .NET

as seen on West-Wind - Search for 'West-Wind'
Here’s a nice and simple path utility that I’ve needed in a number of applications: I need to find a relative path based on a base path. So if I’m working in a folder called c:\temp\templates\ and I want to find a relative path for c:\temp\templates\subdir\test.txt I want to receive back subdir\test… >>> More

Related posts about kml

Getting "<kml:..." everywhere, updating a Kml file

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I'm reading in a Kml file, changing the placemarks' names, and saving it again. var KmlFile = XDocument.Load("C:\\Inetpub\\wwwroot\\GeotagService\\Kml\\Photographs.kml"); XNamespace KmlNamespace = "http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2"; // find the Placemarks in the Photos folder IEnumerable<XElement>… >>> More
What is the best practice with KML files when adding geositemap?

as seen on Pro Webmasters - Search for 'Pro Webmasters'
Im not sure how to deal with kml files. Now important particularly in reference to the Google Venice update. My site basically is a guide of many company listings (sort of Yellow Pages). I want each company listing to have a geolocation associated with it. Which of the options I present below is… >>> More
Merging Two KML Files to Display Them with Different Marker Icons on Google Maps

as seen on Super User - Search for 'Super User'
Let's say that I have two spreadsheets with addresses. I uploaded these spreadsheets into Google Fusion Tables, geocoded the addresses, and exported the results as KML files. Now, I want to take these two KML files and merge them, while maintaining the location data and using it to map the points… >>> More
How to prepare KML file for Android Emulator Control?

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I am trying to test my application with location information. You know the Emulator Control has an ability to load from KML file. (Eclipse - DDMS - Emulator Control - Location Controls - KML - Load KML...) I've prepared KML file using Google earth application with its "Add path". Then saved it by… >>> More
Toggle KML Layers, Infowindow isnt working

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I have this code, i am trying to toggle some kml layers. The problem is that when i click the marker it isn't showing the infowindow. Maybe someone can show me my error. Thanks. Here is the CODE <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1… >>> More