def TrackStyle(Ddeploy):
# create the style for the drifter's trackline.
# using ElementMaker because pykml doesn't seem to do attributes
# make the style - no balloon, white line, no labels
style = E.Style(
E.LabelStyle(E.scale('0.0')),
E.LineStyle(E.color(Ddeploy['color']), E.colorMode('normal'),
E.width('2.0')), E.BalloonStyle(E.displaymode('hide')),
{"id": "trackline"})
return style
def SurfaceStyle():
# create the style for placemarks marking drifter surfacing events.
# using ElementMaker because pykml doesn't seem to do attributes, or CDATA
# prep the balloon contents
balloon = etree.Element('text')
balloon.text = etree.CDATA('\n\
<table width="300"><tr><td>\n\
<h2>$[name]</h2>\n\
<p>\n\
$[description]\n\
</td></tr></table>\n\t\t')
# make the style. Note use double quotes in attribute definition (id) or hash will disappear
style = E.Style(
E.IconStyle(
E.Icon(
E.href(
'http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/kml/pal4/icon25.png'))),
E.BalloonStyle(balloon), {"id": "drifter_info"})
return style