putting different colors into pushpins

ErinH

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May 31, 2011, 2:36:32 PM5/31/11

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Dear KML people:

I would like to have different colors for my pushpins. I still like
the pushpins, but want to have different colors.

I have seen KML codes for different shapes, but not specifically for
color changes.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Sincerely,
Erin Hodgess

Eoghan

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Jun 1, 2011, 6:46:05 AM6/1/11

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Hi,
I use different IconStyles for markers, the URLs for the icon images can be found in Google Earth by adding a new pin then clicking on the Pin button beside the name, example for a blue-pin below:

    <Style id="bluepin">
      <IconStyle>
        <Icon>
          <href>http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/kml/pushpin/blue-pushpin.png</href>
        </Icon>
      </IconStyle>
    </Style>
      <Placemark>
        <styleUrl>#bluepin</styleUrl>
        <Point>
          <coordinates>0000000,0000000</coordinates>
        </Point>
      </Placemark>

Jason M

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Jun 1, 2011, 1:09:45 PM6/1/11

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href>
</Icon>
</IconStyle>
</Style>

<Placemark>

<styleUrl>#orangeStyle</styleUrl>
<Point>
<coordinates>0,0</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>

If you wanted many many colors and didn't care to explicitly define
the colors then you could use a single Style with random colorMode and
every placemark would have its own random color applied to the base
white color.

<Style id="randStyle">
<IconStyle>
<colorMode>random</colorMode>
<Icon>
<href>http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/kml/pushpin/wht-pushpin.png</

href>
</Icon>
</IconStyle>
</Style>

<Placemark>

<styleUrl>#randStyle</styleUrl>
<Point>
<coordinates>0,0</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>
<Placemark>
<styleUrl>#randStyle</styleUrl>
<Point>
<coordinates>1,1</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>
etc.

-jason

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