Convert shapefile to KML

Convert ESRI shapefile (*.shp) to keyhole markup language (KML) file format

shp2kml(dir, ext, kmz = FALSE, proj4 = NULL, color = NULL,
  NameField = NULL, out.dir = NULL)

Arguments

dir	Directory of GIS shapefiles to convert to kml/kmz
ext	File extension for files to convert to kml/kmz. Defaults to ESRI shapefile, '.shp'. [Place holder for other potential vector files to conver to kml]
kmz	TRUE/FALSE. Option to write out file as a compressed kml. Requires zip utility
proj4	OPTIONAL. Define output proj4 projection string. If set, input vector will be reprojected to desired projection. Not yet implemented.
color	OPTIONAL. Fill color for output kml/kmz file
NameField	OPTIONAL. Define names for individual features in KML/KMZ file
out.dir	OPTIONAL. Output directory for converted files

Examples

# NOT RUN {
dir <- Sys.glob(file.path(R.home(), 'library', 'PEcAn.data.land','data'))
out.dir <- path.expand('~/temp')
shp2kml(dir,'.shp',kmz=FALSE,NameField='STATE',out.dir=out.dir)
system(paste('rm -r ',out.dir))
# }# NOT RUN {
# }