multiple styles within multigeometry?

[hwong1]

Is there a way to define different styles for different polygons within one multigeometry object?

[tekgergedan]

Hi

I dont know any reason as to not being able to do that. Just create styles with ids and assign the ids to the polygons. It should work.

[hwong1]

Am I able to do this in the same placemark though?

I have a few lines and polygons in the same multigeometry, which are in the same placemark. I want to make some of the polygons red and some of the other shapes a different color. According to the KML dictionary, the styleurl can only be contained by a Placemark.

When you say styles with id's do you mean different polystyles? like this:
Code:

---

 
<Style id="defaultstyle">
      <LineStyle>
        <color>ff00ffff</color>
        <width>4.0</width>
      </LineStyle>
      <PolyStyle id="defaultpolystyle">
        <color>ff00ffff</color>
        <fill>1</fill>
      </PolyStyle>
      <PolyStyle id="fatalstyle">
        <color>ff0000ff</color>
        <fill>1</fill>
      </PolyStyle>
      <PolyStyle id="injurystyle">
        <color>ff0000ff</color>
        <fill>0</fill>
      </PolyStyle>
</Style>
 

---

I tried referencing each polygon in my multigeometry in the following way:
Code:

---

 <Polygon>
            <styleUrl>#fatalstyle</styleUrl>
           .
           .
           .
</Polygon> 

---

but the appropriate style doesnt show up

[tekgergedan]

You seem correct. Polygons within one MultiGeometry seems unable to have different styles. That was something I've never tried and now I cant do it either.

Maybe you can overcome this using nesting MultiGeometrys. It seems from the documentary that nesting is possible but still the Polygons may share the same style.

[regionator]

<Style> and <styleUrl> are elements of any Feature such as <Placemark>
(no Geometry has its own style directly and sub-styles are not individually referenced).

See the Feature and Geometry sections of the KML 2.1 Reference:

http://earth.google.com/kml/kml_tags_21.html#feature
http://earth.google.com/kml/kml_tags_21.html#geometry
http://earth.google.com/kml/kml_tags_21.html#placemark

If 2 <Polygon>'s are to have different <PolyStyle> create 2 <Style>'s
(preferrably in <Document>) each with an id and create 2 <Placemarks>
each with its own <Polygon>. Multiple <Polygon>'s of the same style
can be combined in a single <MultiGeometry> in a single <Placemark>.

[tekgergedan]

So, using <Model> can be a partial solution though it is not aimed for this kind of use?