A geographic location defined by longitude, latitude, and an optional altitude respectively. When a Point is contained by a Placemark, the point itself determines the position of the Placemark's name and icon. When a Point is extruded, it is connected to the ground with a line. This "tether" uses the current Line Style.

Extrude

Specifies whether to connect the point to the ground with a line. To extrude a Point, the value for Altitude mode must be either relativeToGround or absolute, and the altitude component within the coordinates string must be greater than 0 (in the air). The point is extruded toward the center of the Earth's sphere.

Altitude mode

Specifies how altitude components in the coordinates element are interpreted. Possible values:

• clampToGround » Indicates to ignore an altitude specification.
• relativeToGround » Sets the altitude of the element relative to the actual ground elevation of a particular location. For example, if the ground elevation of a location is exactly at sea level and the altitude for a point is set to 10 meters, then the elevation for the icon of a point placemark elevation is 10 meters with this mode. However if the same coordinate is set over a location where the ground elevation is 11 meters above sea level then the elevation of the coordinate is 21 meters. A typical use of this mode is for placing telephone poles or a ski lift.
• absolute » Sets the altitude of the coordinate relative to sea level, regardless of the actual elevation of the terrain beneath the element. For example, if you set the altitude of a coordinate to 11 meters with an absolute altitude mode, the icon of a point placemark will appear to be at ground level if the terrain beneath is also 11 meters above sea level. If the terrain is 4 meters above sea level, the placemark will appear elevated above the terrain by 7 meters. A typical use of this mode is for aircraft placement.

Coordinates (Longitude and Latitude are required)

A single tuple consisting of floating point values for longitude, latitude, and altitude (in that order). Longitude and latitude values are in degrees, where:

• Longitude = -180 and <= 180
• Latitude = -90 and = 90
• Altitude value is optional and is in meters above sea level

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Note: Do not include spaces between the three values that describes the coordinates.
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