- Google KML Reader/Writer
- Google KML Quick Facts
- Resource Traversal
- Reader Parameters
- Writer Parameters
- Feature Types
- Writer Pipelines
- Atom Metadata
- Style Management and Common Styles
- Document Element Omission
- Raw Text
- Update Mode
- Feature Representation
- KML Dataset Structure
- File Structure
- Identifying Elements
- Documents and Folders
- Tours
- Extended Data
- Layers and Feature Type Fanout
- Feature Attributes
- Geometry
- 3D
- Common Element Attributes
- Common Format Attributes
- NetworkLinkControl
- Document
- Folder
- Placemark
- ScreenOverlay
- GroundOverlay
- PhotoOverlay
- NetworkLink
- Style
- StyleMap
- Tour
- AnimatedUpdate
- FlyTo
- SoundCue
- TourControl
- Wait
The writer supports writing features to either parent <Document> element, or a <NetworkLinkControl> element that itself contains <Update> elements. The writer also supports creating <AnimatedUpdate> elements that themselves contain <Update> elements. Any feature that has a kml_update_mode attribute is designated a “Update” feature, and will be routed to an <Update> element. If the kml_tour and kml_animated_update format attributes are specified, the update feature will be routed to the corresponding <Tour> and <AnimatedUpdate> objects, otherwise, the update feature will be routed to a <NetworkLinkControl>.