Reading in XML/KML files using C#

Question

I\'m trying to import the kml xml Google earth file into an application, but i can\'t seem to get the xDocument syntax right in order to do what i want, i\'m wondering if anyone

Answer 1

I used SharmpKml and its documentation to extract information from KML file.

using SharpKml.Dom;
using SharpKml.Engine;
using SharpKml.Dom.GX;

TextReader reader = File.OpenText(filePath);
KmlFile file = KmlFile.Load(reader);
_kml = file.Root as Kml;

sPlaceMarks[] tempPlaceMarks = new sPlaceMarks[1000];
if (_kml != null)
{
  foreach (var placemark in _kml.Flatten().OfType())
  {
  tempPlaceMarks[numOfPlaceMarks].Name = placemark.Name;
  tempPlaceMarks[numOfPlaceMarks].Description = placemark.Description.Text;
  tempPlaceMarks[numOfPlaceMarks].StyleUrl = placemark.StyleUrl;
  tempPlaceMarks[numOfPlaceMarks].point = placemark.Geometry as SharpKml.Dom.Point;
  tempPlaceMarks[numOfPlaceMarks].CoordinateX = tempPlaceMarks[numOfPlaceMarks].point.Coordinate.Longitude;
  tempPlaceMarks[numOfPlaceMarks].CoordinateY = tempPlaceMarks[numOfPlaceMarks].point.Coordinate.Latitude;
  tempPlaceMarks[numOfPlaceMarks].CoordinateZ = tempPlaceMarks[numOfPlaceMarks].point.Coordinate.Altitude;
  numOfPlaceMarks++;
  }

  foreach (var lookAt in _kml.Flatten().OfType())
  {
  Placemark placemark = (Placemark)lookAt.Parent;
  for (int i = 0; i < numOfPlaceMarks; i++)
  {
    if (placemark.Name == tempPlaceMarks[i].Name)
    {
      tempPlaceMarks[i].Name = placemark.Name;
      tempPlaceMarks[i].Description = placemark.Description.Text;
      tempPlaceMarks[i].StyleUrl = placemark.StyleUrl;
      tempPlaceMarks[i].altitude = lookAt.Altitude;
      tempPlaceMarks[i].AltitudeMode =(SharpKml.Dom.GX.AltitudeMode)lookAt.GXAltitudeMode;
      tempPlaceMarks[i].Heading = lookAt.Heading;
      tempPlaceMarks[i].Latitude = lookAt.Latitude;
      tempPlaceMarks[i].Longitude = lookAt.Longitude;
      tempPlaceMarks[i].Range = lookAt.Range;
      tempPlaceMarks[i].Tilt = lookAt.Tilt;
      break;
    }
  }
}