The KML Reader and Writer

There are two ways of reading KML or KMZ files:

Using an IlvKMLReader instance directly. In this case, you must write all the code required to render the KML features into graphic objects, and then add them to the manager.
Using an IlvKMLDataSource. This is a convenient way of performing all the above operations at once and is more integrated with the data model of the map.

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String KMLpath = " C:/maps/KML/places.kmz";

IlvKMLReader reader = new IlvKMLReader(KMLpath);

IlvFeatureRenderer renderer = new IlvDefaultFeatureRenderer();

IlvMapFeature feature = reader.getNextFeature();

while(feature != null) {

  // Render map feature into the graphic object.

  IlvGraphic graphic = renderer.makeGraphic(feature,null);

  // Add this object on the first layer of the manager.

  manager.addObject(graphic, 0, false);

  feature = reader.getNextFeature();

The IlvKMLDataSource class provides a convenient way of creating a set of layers containing KML data in a manager.

String KMLpath = "C:/maps/KML_0606_ed8/KMLT";

IlvKMLDataSource source = new IlvKMLDataSource(KMLpath);

source.setManager(getView().getManager());

source.start();

You can export part of a map to a KML (or KMZ) file using the Map Export API (see Map Export API). To do so, set an IlvKMLExporter as the vectorial exporter on the IlvMapExportManager. You can also use the raster exporter, if you want to export an overlaid image.

IlvMapExportManager exportManager = new IlvMapExportManager();

IlvKMLExporter KMLExporter = new IlvKMLExporter();

exportManager.setVectorialExporter(KMLExporter);

exportManager.setRasterExporter(KMLExporter);

// Configure KML export (file name).

KMLExporter.setFileName("export.kml");

// Set the region of the map to export.

exportManager.setExportRegion(-Math.PI,-Math.PI/2, Math.PI,Math.PI/2);

// Export selected map layers of the map.

IlvMapLayer mapLayersToExport[]={/* table of map layers to export*/...};

exportManager.exportMapLayers(mapLayersToExport);