Create a space-time KML file

Reads a comma separated value (*.csv) file providing details of the location and timing of events and returns a space-time KML file suitable for display using Google Earth. The input *.csv file should consist of four named columns: oid (object identifier, numeric), event date (date of event, DD/MM/YYYY), longitude (numeric), and latitude (numeric). Typical input data would be as follows: oid edate lon lat
1, 8/11/1967, -3.0332, 52.9052
2, 8/11/1967, -3.0198, 52.9035
3, 1/11/1967, -3.0985, 52.8983
4, 11/11/1967, -3.0628, 52.8986

Download KML file:
Download KML

Example data:
Click on the button below to download correctly formatted event date and location details from the 1967 outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the United Kingdom: Example data If the Example data button only produces the file 'download.html', click it a second time. Several large R packages need to load.