Point

See also: Creating a new Placemark

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.

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

Altitude mode

Specifies how the Altitude is interpreted. Possible values are:

Clamp to Ground » Indicates to ignore the Altitude specification and place the feature position on the ground.
Relative to Ground » Interprets the Altitude as a value in meters above the ground.
Absolute » Interprets the Altitude as a value in meters above sea level.
Clamp to Sea Floor » The Altitude specification is ignored, and the feature will be positioned on the sea floor. If the feature is on land rather than at sea, the feature will be positioned on the ground.
Relative to Sea Floor » Interprets the Altitude as a value in meters above the sea floor. If the feature is above land rather than sea, the Altitude will be interpreted as being above the ground.

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 Relative to Ground 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.

Tessellate

Specifies whether to allow the geometry to follow the terrain elevation.