changing color of default yellow pushpin

[santaklawze]

Hi guys

Is it possible to change the color of the default yellow pushpin for
placemarks without using the iconstyle element.

Thanks in advance
Best regards
Zam Shabeer Thahir

[barryhunter [KML Guru]]

As far as I know the only way to change the colour is to use the
<color> or <Icon> tags, both of which are children of <IconStyle>

You can use <styleUrl> to reference common styles, if you are worried
about large amounts of duplication in creating lots of <Style> tags.

[Vee Why]

Barry,

How/Where would I place the code for a red icon in this kml code?. I
am new to KML coding and would appreciate you or someone giving a real-
world example code.

Thanks in advance,

Vee Why

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.0">
<Document>
<name>testfile</name>
<Folder>
<open>1</open>
<Placemark>
<description>SOMEHWERE </description>
<address>SOMEHWERE STREET,N3, London, UK </address>
<name>A PLACE CALLED SOMEHWERE STREET, London, UK</name>
</Placemark>
</Folder>
</Document>
</kml>

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[Roman N]

There's a relevant thread at:

http://groups.google.com/group/kml-support-advanced/browse_thread/thread/e6d6024fb5d46681/e02f7f7343d07a0a

in which I posted a few snippets.

- Roman