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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Phil,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thank you very much for your reply. Is there another format for vector layers that you would recommend? I do have the option to possibly create the data in another format.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Jerome<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> openlayers-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:openlayers-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Phil Scadden<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 09, 2012 6:14 PM<br><b>To:</b> openlayers-users@lists.osgeo.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OpenLayers-Users] Highlighting Feature on KML Layer<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>I am new to web mapping and to OpenLayers. I have created a basic map that has a base layer and a KML vector layer. The features in the KML vector layer have several attributes. When opening my map, is it possible to highlight and zoom to a specific feature in the KML vector layer based on one of the attributes?<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br>You will note that google isnt good about providing that functionality themselves in their products. KML is a very flexible format. You can define attributes for a featureset in the set header and then provide just the data for the feature ( as you would for a "normal" layer), but you can also have attribute and data for each feature (ie each feature could have different attributes). Furthermore the KML could just be a network link.<br><br>In short, I dont think it is implemented in OL but maybe others would prove me wrong. If you are stuck using KML vector files, then I think you will need custom code to pick your way through a loaded KML layer feature entries. If you have option of not using KML than I would strongly consider it. If your data is in say geoserver then you can create a WFS kml link to view in GE from your web application but using KML directly is slow and limited.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Notice: This email and any attachments are confidential. If received in error please destroy and immediately notify us. Do not copy or disclose the contents.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>