ToKML

Description

Converts a geometry to its KML (formerly Keyhole Markup Language) equivalent. This function deals with the KML geometry fragment only and assumes it is in the OGC KML 2.2.0 syntax. The KML schema is located at http://schemas.opengis.net/kml/2.2.0/ogckml22.xsd.

Syntax

ToKML (obj)

Arguments

obj is a feature geometry

Example

This query:
select Country, Capital, ToKML(Obj) as KMLGeometry from "/Samples/NamedTables/WorldcapTable" where Country = 'CANADA'

returns the following KML-formatted string from a feature geometry that is always in the OGC KML 2.2.0 namespace:

<Point xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2"><coordinates>-75.65075,45.3742219</coordinates></Point>