Currently the KML produced is heavy with styles applied to each item. Need to move the styling to style maps.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2"
xmlns:gx="http://www.google.com/kml/ext/2.2"
xmlns:kml="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2"
xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" >
<Document>
<name>Jim Family Events</name>
<!-- Cascading styles: normal/highlight per event type -->
<Style id="baby-normal">
<IconStyle>
<scale>1.1</scale>
<Icon>
<href>https://earth.google.com/earth/document/icon?color=0f00ff&id=2023&scale=1</href>
</Icon>
</IconStyle>
</Style>
<Style id="baby-highlight">
<IconStyle>
<scale>1.4</scale>
<Icon>
<href>https://earth.google.com/earth/document/icon?color=0f04ff&id=2266&scale=1</href>
</Icon>
</IconStyle>
</Style>
<StyleMap id="baby">
<Pair>
<key>normal</key>
<styleUrl>#baby-normal</styleUrl>
</Pair>
<Pair>
<key>highlight</key>
<styleUrl>#baby-highlight</styleUrl>
</Pair>
</StyleMap>
<!-- Death black cross -->
<Style id="death-normal">
<IconStyle>
<scale>1.1</scale>
<Icon>
<href>https://earth.google.com/earth/document/icon?color=000000&id=2282&scale=1</href>
</Icon>
</IconStyle>
</Style>
<Style id="death-highlight">
<IconStyle>
<scale>1.4</scale>
<Icon>
<href>https://earth.google.com/earth/document/icon?color=000000&id=2282&scale=1</href>
</Icon>
</IconStyle>
</Style>
<StyleMap id="death">
<Pair>
<key>normal</key>
<styleUrl>#death-normal</styleUrl>
</Pair>
<Pair>
<key>highlight</key>
<styleUrl>#death-highlight</styleUrl>
</Pair>
</StyleMap>
<!-- Marriage red ring -->
<Style id="marriage-normal">
<IconStyle>
<scale>1.1</scale>
<Icon>
<href>https://earth.google.com/earth/document/icon?color=ff0000&id=2189&scale=1</href>
</Icon>
</IconStyle>
</Style>
<Style id="marriage-highlight">
<IconStyle>
<scale>1.4</scale>
<Icon>
<href>https://earth.google.com/earth/document/icon?color=ff0000&id=2189&scale=1</href>
</Icon>
</IconStyle>
</Style>
<StyleMap id="marriage">
<Pair>
<key>normal</key>
<styleUrl>#marriage-normal</styleUrl>
</Pair>
<Pair>
<key>highlight</key>
<styleUrl>#marriage-highlight</styleUrl>
</Pair>
</StyleMap>
<!-- Repeat for marriage, home, ship, cross with different icons -->
<!-- Example polyline style -->
<Style id="life-line">
<LineStyle>
<color>ff7fffff</color> <!-- yellow, ABGR -->
<width>2</width>
</LineStyle>
</Style>
<Folder>
<name>William Shakespeare</name>
<!-- Birth -->
<Placemark>
<name>Birth of William Jim</name>
<styleUrl>#baby</styleUrl>
<TimeStamp>
<when>01-01-1564</when>
</TimeStamp>
<Point>
<coordinates>-1.708,51.191,0</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>
<!-- Marriage -->
<Placemark>
<name>Marriage to Anne Heart</name>
<styleUrl>#marriage</styleUrl>
<TimeStamp>
<when>01-01-1582</when>
</TimeStamp>
<Point>
<coordinates>-1.708,52.191,0</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>
<!-- Death -->
<Placemark>
<name>Death of William Jim</name>
<styleUrl>#death</styleUrl>
<TimeStamp>
<when>01-01-1616</when>
</TimeStamp>
<Point>
<coordinates>-2.708,52.191,0</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>
<!-- Polyline connecting events in order -->
<Placemark>
<name>Life path</name>
<styleUrl>#life-line</styleUrl>
<LineString>
<tessellate>1</tessellate>
<coordinates>
-1.708,51.191,0
-1.708,52.191,0
-2.708,52.191,0
</coordinates>
</LineString>
</Placemark>
</Folder>
</Document>
</kml>
Currently the KML produced is heavy with styles applied to each item. Need to move the styling to style maps.