display polygon labels without icons

[Bryan Keith]

I have searched around, and I sure can't figure out how to get text
labels on my polygons without displaying an icon as well. Displaying
a label and icon is easy. Google Earth has separate names layers,
e.g. 1st Level Admin Borders (the polygons) and 1st Level Admin Names
(the text labels). I want to do that.

Below I've pasted part of the kml that I'm working with.

Bryan

<Style id="uwc">
<LineStyle>
<color>ff000000</color>
<width>2</width>
</LineStyle>
<PolyStyle>
<color>7d37d9f0</color>
<fill>0</fill>
</PolyStyle>
<LabelStyle>
<color>ff0000cc</color>
<colorMode>random</colorMode>
<scale>1.5</scale>
</LabelStyle>
</Style> <Folder><name>uwc_prop5</name>
<!--<Placemark>
<name>Granite Peak</name>
<Point><coordinates>-112.811550053637,38.3648831059691,0</
coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark> -->
<Placemark>
<name>Granite Peak</name>
<styleUrl>#uwc</styleUrl>
<Point><coordinates>-112.811550053637,38.3648831059691,0</
coordinates>
</Point>
<description><![CDATA[
<b>name:</b> <i>Granite Peak</i><br />
<b>region:</b> <i>Great Basin</i><br />
<b>cluster:</b> <i>Granite Peak</i><br />
<b>uwc_prop:</b> <i>1</i><br />
<b>polygonid:</b> <i>978</i><br />
]]></description>

<Polygon><outerBoundaryIs><LinearRing><coordinates>-112.79530573055591,38.300175290995092
-112.79550125830539,38.300189182578286 ... so many coordinates....

[barryhunter]

In your Style tag, just add a IconStyle:

<IconStyle>
<scale>0</scale>
</IconStyle>

That what you looking for?

[Bryan Keith]

barryhunter,

Yes, that helps me out. Thank you. At first I wanted to include the
polygon and label in the same placemark, but now I think it might be
better to have them in separate folders and separate placemarks so the
user can turn off the labels only if desired (just GE does with the
1st Level Admin Borders).

Bryan

[snowgecko]

Can you just take out the IconStyle tag altogether? is it still
trying to draw an icon?

[barryhunter]

If you take out the IconStyle altogether (in fact likes Bryans first
example) then it defaults to showing an icon. So specifiying nothing
is the same as

<IconStyle>
<scale>1</scale>
</IconStyle>