Help for dta2kml

Description

dta2kml outputs a KML file from selected datapoints in a Stata dataset.

Syntax

dta2kml using filename [if] [in],
latitude(varname) longitude(varname) [altitude(varname)]
[options]

Options

folders() Indicates a variable containing folder names.

names() Indicates a variable containing placemark names.

icons() Indicates a variable containing the full URLs of the desired icons from the libraries located at http://kml4earth.appspot.com/icons.html. If this option is not specified, all placemarks display the default icon.

descriptions() Indicates a variable containing descriptions to attach to the placemarks.

replace Instructs the program to replace the named KML file if it already exists.

Notes

Latitude and longitude must be specified in numeric decimal format, not degrees-minutes-seconds format or string format. Altitude must be specified numerically in meters.

Author

Benjamin Daniels
bbdaniels@gmail.com