Tuesday 19 January 2016

arcgis desktop - Why are These KML Polygons Not Filled With Assigned Colour in Google Earth?


In ArcGIS Desktop 10.2.2 I converted a Feature Class into a KML using "Layer to KML (Conversion)".


The polygons in that KML look like this in Google Earth.



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Why are (most of) the polygons rendering "oddly", that is, lacking a solid fill colour, and often mostly entirely absent?




@MichaelStimson provided the solution (to run Repair Geometry tool). See results below.


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Answer



It seems that your geometries have errors, either self intersections or incorrect ring orientations which make them unsuitable to display in KML. According to https://github.com/Ecotrust/madrona/issues/186 KML insists on clockwise (exterior?) ring orientation.


Run Repair Geometry on your data before exporting to KMl to fix common geometry problems.


Repair geometry is the first thing I do when a feature class doesn't behave as it should.


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