Issue parsing customized placemarks

[Andrew Smith]

Hi,

I'm trying to write some code to parse and manipulate KML that has customized placemarks.  I've spent a good bit of time experimenting with JAK but am unable to find a way to retrieve these features when unmarshalling the KML.  A simplified example of this type of KML is as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2" xmlns:gx="http://www.google.com/kml/ext/2.2" xmlns:kml="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">

<Document>

    <name>silly example</name>

    <Schema parent="Placemark" name="HomeMark">

        <SimpleField name="HomeAddress" type="string"/>

    </Schema>

    <HomeMark>

        <name>Home Sweet Home</name>

        <HomeAddress>123 Main Street, Fivemile, OH</HomeAddress>

        <description>Big cornfield!</description>

        <LookAt>

            <longitude>-83.90737439782715</longitude>

            <latitude>39.10333991321394</latitude>

            <altitude>0</altitude>

            <heading>12.85261856806695</heading>

            <tilt>38.00580009639287</tilt>

            <range>298.624862043432</range>

            <gx:altitudeMode>relativeToSeaFloor</gx:altitudeMode>

        </LookAt>

        <Point>

            <gx:drawOrder>1</gx:drawOrder>

            <coordinates>-83.90737439782715,39.10333991321395,0</coordinates>

        </Point>

    </HomeMark>

</Document>

</kml>

My research suggests that this sort of construct may have been deprecated (or at least discouraged) after KML 2.1 however this KML still works fine in Google Earth and I would like access these types of placemarks with JAK if possible.

Some perhaps relevant information:

https://github.com/google/libkml/wiki/Parsing-old-Schema-files

http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/19021/kmllayer-with-schema-in-arcgis-api-for-silverlight

Appreciate any suggestions!

Thanks,

-Andy Smith