--- a/labs/openlayers/lib/OpenLayers/Format/KML.js
+++ b/labs/openlayers/lib/OpenLayers/Format/KML.js
@@ -1,1 +1,1430 @@
-
+/* Copyright (c) 2006-2010 by OpenLayers Contributors (see authors.txt for 
+ * full list of contributors). Published under the Clear BSD license.  
+ * See http://svn.openlayers.org/trunk/openlayers/license.txt for the
+ * full text of the license. */
+
+/**
+ * @requires OpenLayers/Format/XML.js
+ * @requires OpenLayers/Feature/Vector.js
+ * @requires OpenLayers/Geometry/Point.js
+ * @requires OpenLayers/Geometry/LineString.js
+ * @requires OpenLayers/Geometry/Polygon.js
+ * @requires OpenLayers/Geometry/Collection.js
+ * @requires OpenLayers/Request/XMLHttpRequest.js
+ * @requires OpenLayers/Console.js
+ * @requires OpenLayers/Projection.js
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Class: OpenLayers.Format.KML
+ * Read/Write KML. Create a new instance with the <OpenLayers.Format.KML>
+ *     constructor. 
+ * 
+ * Inherits from:
+ *  - <OpenLayers.Format.XML>
+ */
+OpenLayers.Format.KML = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
+    
+    /**
+     * Property: namespaces
+     * {Object} Mapping of namespace aliases to namespace URIs.
+     */
+    namespaces: {
+        kml: "http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2",
+        gx: "http://www.google.com/kml/ext/2.2"
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * APIProperty: kmlns
+     * {String} KML Namespace to use. Defaults to 2.0 namespace.
+     */
+    kmlns: "http://earth.google.com/kml/2.0",
+    
+    /** 
+     * APIProperty: placemarksDesc
+     * {String} Name of the placemarks.  Default is "No description available".
+     */
+    placemarksDesc: "No description available",
+    
+    /** 
+     * APIProperty: foldersName
+     * {String} Name of the folders.  Default is "OpenLayers export".
+     *          If set to null, no name element will be created.
+     */
+    foldersName: "OpenLayers export",
+    
+    /** 
+     * APIProperty: foldersDesc
+     * {String} Description of the folders. Default is "Exported on [date]."
+     *          If set to null, no description element will be created.
+     */
+    foldersDesc: "Exported on " + new Date(),
+    
+    /**
+     * APIProperty: extractAttributes
+     * {Boolean} Extract attributes from KML.  Default is true.
+     *           Extracting styleUrls requires this to be set to true
+     */
+    extractAttributes: true,
+    
+    /**
+     * Property: extractStyles
+     * {Boolean} Extract styles from KML.  Default is false.
+     *           Extracting styleUrls also requires extractAttributes to be
+     *           set to true
+     */
+    extractStyles: false,
+    
+    /**
+     * APIProperty: extractTracks
+     * {Boolean} Extract gx:Track elements from Placemark elements.  Default
+     *     is false.  If true, features will be generated for all points in
+     *     all gx:Track elements.  Features will have a when (Date) attribute
+     *     based on when elements in the track.  If tracks include angle
+     *     elements, features will have heading, tilt, and roll attributes.
+     *     If track point coordinates have three values, features will have
+     *     an altitude attribute with the third coordinate value.
+     */
+    extractTracks: false,
+    
+    /**
+     * APIProperty: trackAttributes
+     * {Array} If <extractTracks> is true, points within gx:Track elements will 
+     *     be parsed as features with when, heading, tilt, and roll attributes.
+     *     Any additional attribute names can be provided in <trackAttributes>.
+     */
+    trackAttributes: null,
+    
+    /**
+     * Property: internalns
+     * {String} KML Namespace to use -- defaults to the namespace of the
+     *     Placemark node being parsed, but falls back to kmlns. 
+     */
+    internalns: null,
+
+    /**
+     * Property: features
+     * {Array} Array of features
+     *     
+     */
+    features: null,
+
+    /**
+     * Property: styles
+     * {Object} Storage of style objects
+     *     
+     */
+    styles: null,
+    
+    /**
+     * Property: styleBaseUrl
+     * {String}
+     */
+    styleBaseUrl: "",
+
+    /**
+     * Property: fetched
+     * {Object} Storage of KML URLs that have been fetched before
+     *     in order to prevent reloading them.
+     */
+    fetched: null,
+
+    /**
+     * APIProperty: maxDepth
+     * {Integer} Maximum depth for recursive loading external KML URLs 
+     *           Defaults to 0: do no external fetching
+     */
+    maxDepth: 0,
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor: OpenLayers.Format.KML
+     * Create a new parser for KML.
+     *
+     * Parameters:
+     * options - {Object} An optional object whose properties will be set on
+     *     this instance.
+     */
+    initialize: function(options) {
+        // compile regular expressions once instead of every time they are used
+        this.regExes = {
+            trimSpace: (/^\s*|\s*$/g),
+            removeSpace: (/\s*/g),
+            splitSpace: (/\s+/),
+            trimComma: (/\s*,\s*/g),
+            kmlColor: (/(\w{2})(\w{2})(\w{2})(\w{2})/),
+            kmlIconPalette: (/root:\/\/icons\/palette-(\d+)(\.\w+)/),
+            straightBracket: (/\$\[(.*?)\]/g)
+        };
+        // KML coordinates are always in longlat WGS84
+        this.externalProjection = new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:4326");
+
+        OpenLayers.Format.XML.prototype.initialize.apply(this, [options]);
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * APIMethod: read
+     * Read data from a string, and return a list of features. 
+     * 
+     * Parameters: 
+     * data    - {String} or {DOMElement} data to read/parse.
+     *
+     * Returns:
+     * {Array(<OpenLayers.Feature.Vector>)} List of features.
+     */
+    read: function(data) {
+        this.features = [];
+        this.styles   = {};
+        this.fetched  = {};
+
+        // Set default options 
+        var options = {
+            depth: 0,
+            styleBaseUrl: this.styleBaseUrl
+        };
+
+        return this.parseData(data, options);
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Method: parseData
+     * Read data from a string, and return a list of features. 
+     * 
+     * Parameters: 
+     * data    - {String} or {DOMElement} data to read/parse.
+     * options - {Object} Hash of options
+     *
+     * Returns:
+     * {Array(<OpenLayers.Feature.Vector>)} List of features.
+     */
+    parseData: function(data, options) {
+        if(typeof data == "string") {
+            data = OpenLayers.Format.XML.prototype.read.apply(this, [data]);
+        }
+
+        // Loop throught the following node types in this order and
+        // process the nodes found 
+        var types = ["Link", "NetworkLink", "Style", "StyleMap", "Placemark"];
+        for(var i=0, len=types.length; i<len; ++i) {
+            var type = types[i];
+
+            var nodes = this.getElementsByTagNameNS(data, "*", type);
+
+            // skip to next type if no nodes are found
+            if(nodes.length == 0) { 
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            switch (type.toLowerCase()) {
+
+                // Fetch external links 
+                case "link":
+                case "networklink":
+                    this.parseLinks(nodes, options);
+                    break;
+
+                // parse style information
+                case "style":
+                    if (this.extractStyles) {
+                        this.parseStyles(nodes, options);
+                    }
+                    break;
+                case "stylemap":
+                    if (this.extractStyles) {
+                        this.parseStyleMaps(nodes, options);
+                    }
+                    break;
+
+                // parse features
+                case "placemark":
+                    this.parseFeatures(nodes, options);
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+        
+        return this.features;
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Method: parseLinks
+     * Finds URLs of linked KML documents and fetches them
+     * 
+     * Parameters: 
+     * nodes   - {Array} of {DOMElement} data to read/parse.
+     * options - {Object} Hash of options
+     * 
+     */
+    parseLinks: function(nodes, options) {
+        
+        // Fetch external links <NetworkLink> and <Link>
+        // Don't do anything if we have reached our maximum depth for recursion
+        if (options.depth >= this.maxDepth) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // increase depth
+        var newOptions = OpenLayers.Util.extend({}, options);
+        newOptions.depth++;
+
+        for(var i=0, len=nodes.length; i<len; i++) {
+            var href = this.parseProperty(nodes[i], "*", "href");
+            if(href && !this.fetched[href]) {
+                this.fetched[href] = true; // prevent reloading the same urls
+                var data = this.fetchLink(href);
+                if (data) {
+                    this.parseData(data, newOptions);
+                }
+            } 
+        }
+
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Method: fetchLink
+     * Fetches a URL and returns the result
+     * 
+     * Parameters: 
+     * href  - {String} url to be fetched
+     * 
+     */
+    fetchLink: function(href) {
+        var request = OpenLayers.Request.GET({url: href, async: false});
+        if (request) {
+            return request.responseText;
+        }
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Method: parseStyles
+     * Looks for <Style> nodes in the data and parses them
+     * Also parses <StyleMap> nodes, but only uses the 'normal' key
+     * 
+     * Parameters: 
+     * nodes    - {Array} of {DOMElement} data to read/parse.
+     * options  - {Object} Hash of options
+     * 
+     */
+    parseStyles: function(nodes, options) {
+        for(var i=0, len=nodes.length; i<len; i++) {
+            var style = this.parseStyle(nodes[i]);
+            if(style) {
+                var styleName = (options.styleBaseUrl || "") + "#" + style.id;
+                
+                this.styles[styleName] = style;
+            }
+        }
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Method: parseKmlColor
+     * Parses a kml color (in 'aabbggrr' format) and returns the corresponding 
+     * color and opacity or null if the color is invalid.
+     *
+     * Parameters: 
+     * kmlColor - {String} a kml formated color
+     *
+     * Returns:
+     * {Object}
+     */
+    parseKmlColor: function(kmlColor) {
+        var color = null;
+        if (kmlColor) {
+            var matches = kmlColor.match(this.regExes.kmlColor);
+            if (matches) {
+                color = {
+                    color: '#' + matches[4] + matches[3] + matches[2],
+                    opacity: parseInt(matches[1], 16) / 255
+                };
+            }
+        }
+        return color;
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Method: parseStyle
+     * Parses the children of a <Style> node and builds the style hash
+     * accordingly
+     * 
+     * Parameters: 
+     * node - {DOMElement} <Style> node
+     * 
+     */
+    parseStyle: function(node) {
+        var style = {};
+        
+        var types = ["LineStyle", "PolyStyle", "IconStyle", "BalloonStyle", 
+                     "LabelStyle"];
+        var type, nodeList, geometry, parser;
+        for(var i=0, len=types.length; i<len; ++i) {
+            type = types[i];
+            styleTypeNode = this.getElementsByTagNameNS(node, 
+                                                   "*", type)[0];
+            if(!styleTypeNode) { 
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // only deal with first geometry of this type
+            switch (type.toLowerCase()) {
+                case "linestyle":
+                    var kmlColor = this.parseProperty(styleTypeNode, "*", "color");
+                    var color = this.parseKmlColor(kmlColor);
+                    if (color) {
+                        style["strokeColor"] = color.color;
+                        style["strokeOpacity"] = color.opacity;
+                    }
+                    
+                    var width = this.parseProperty(styleTypeNode, "*", "width");
+                    if (width) {
+                        style["strokeWidth"] = width;
+                    }
+                    break;
+
+                case "polystyle":
+                    var kmlColor = this.parseProperty(styleTypeNode, "*", "color");
+                    var color = this.parseKmlColor(kmlColor);
+                    if (color) {
+                        style["fillOpacity"] = color.opacity;
+                        style["fillColor"] = color.color;
+                    }
+                    // Check if fill is disabled
+                    var fill = this.parseProperty(styleTypeNode, "*", "fill");
+                    if (fill == "0") {
+                        style["fillColor"] = "none";
+                    }
+                    // Check if outline is disabled
+                    var outline = this.parseProperty(styleTypeNode, "*", "outline");
+                    if (outline == "0") {
+                        style["strokeWidth"] = "0";
+                    }
+                   
+                    break;
+
+                case "iconstyle":
+                    // set scale
+                    var scale = parseFloat(this.parseProperty(styleTypeNode, 
+                                                          "*", "scale") || 1);
+  
+                    // set default width and height of icon
+                    var width = 32 * scale;
+                    var height = 32 * scale;
+
+                    var iconNode = this.getElementsByTagNameNS(styleTypeNode, 
+                                               "*", 
+                                               "Icon")[0];
+                    if (iconNode) {
+                        var href = this.parseProperty(iconNode, "*", "href");
+                        if (href) {                                                   
+
+                            var w = this.parseProperty(iconNode, "*", "w");
+                            var h = this.parseProperty(iconNode, "*", "h");
+
+                            // Settings for Google specific icons that are 64x64
+                            // We set the width and height to 64 and halve the
+                            // scale to prevent icons from being too big
+                            var google = "http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/kml";
+                            if (OpenLayers.String.startsWith(
+                                                 href, google) && !w && !h) {
+                                w = 64;
+                                h = 64;
+                                scale = scale / 2;
+                            }
+                                
+                            // if only dimension is defined, make sure the
+                            // other one has the same value
+                            w = w || h;
+                            h = h || w;
+
+                            if (w) {
+                                width = parseInt(w) * scale;
+                            }
+
+                            if (h) {
+                                height = parseInt(h) * scale;
+                            }
+
+                            // support for internal icons 
+                            //    (/root://icons/palette-x.png)
+                            // x and y tell the position on the palette:
+                            // - in pixels
+                            // - starting from the left bottom
+                            // We translate that to a position in the list 
+                            // and request the appropriate icon from the 
+                            // google maps website
+                            var matches = href.match(this.regExes.kmlIconPalette);
+                            if (matches)  {
+                                var palette = matches[1];
+                                var file_extension = matches[2];
+
+                                var x = this.parseProperty(iconNode, "*", "x");
+                                var y = this.parseProperty(iconNode, "*", "y");
+
+                                var posX = x ? x/32 : 0;
+                                var posY = y ? (7 - y/32) : 7;
+
+                                var pos = posY * 8 + posX;
+                                href = "http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/kml/pal" 
+                                     + palette + "/icon" + pos + file_extension;
+                            }
+
+                            style["graphicOpacity"] = 1; // fully opaque
+                            style["externalGraphic"] = href;
+                        }
+
+                    }
+
+
+                    // hotSpots define the offset for an Icon
+                    var hotSpotNode = this.getElementsByTagNameNS(styleTypeNode, 
+                                               "*", 
+                                               "hotSpot")[0];
+                    if (hotSpotNode) {
+                        var x = parseFloat(hotSpotNode.getAttribute("x"));
+                        var y = parseFloat(hotSpotNode.getAttribute("y"));
+
+                        var xUnits = hotSpotNode.getAttribute("xunits");
+                        if (xUnits == "pixels") {
+                            style["graphicXOffset"] = -x * scale;
+                        }
+                        else if (xUnits == "insetPixels") {
+                            style["graphicXOffset"] = -width + (x * scale);
+                        }
+                        else if (xUnits == "fraction") {
+                            style["graphicXOffset"] = -width * x;
+                        }
+
+                        var yUnits = hotSpotNode.getAttribute("yunits");
+                        if (yUnits == "pixels") {
+                            style["graphicYOffset"] = -height + (y * scale) + 1;
+                        }
+                        else if (yUnits == "insetPixels") {
+                            style["graphicYOffset"] = -(y * scale) + 1;
+                        }
+                        else if (yUnits == "fraction") {
+                            style["graphicYOffset"] =  -height * (1 - y) + 1;
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    style["graphicWidth"] = width;
+                    style["graphicHeight"] = height;
+                    break;
+
+                case "balloonstyle":
+                    var balloonStyle = OpenLayers.Util.getXmlNodeValue(
+                                            styleTypeNode);
+                    if (balloonStyle) {
+                        style["balloonStyle"] = balloonStyle.replace(
+                                       this.regExes.straightBracket, "${$1}");
+                    }
+                    break;
+                case "labelstyle":
+                    var kmlColor = this.parseProperty(styleTypeNode, "*", "color");
+                    var color = this.parseKmlColor(kmlColor);
+                    if (color) {
+                        style["fontColor"] = color.color;
+                        style["fontOpacity"] = color.opacity;
+                    }
+                    break;
+
+                default:
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Some polygons have no line color, so we use the fillColor for that
+        if (!style["strokeColor"] && style["fillColor"]) {
+            style["strokeColor"] = style["fillColor"];
+        }
+
+        var id = node.getAttribute("id");
+        if (id && style) {
+            style.id = id;
+        }
+
+        return style;
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Method: parseStyleMaps
+     * Looks for <Style> nodes in the data and parses them
+     * Also parses <StyleMap> nodes, but only uses the 'normal' key
+     * 
+     * Parameters: 
+     * nodes    - {Array} of {DOMElement} data to read/parse.
+     * options  - {Object} Hash of options
+     * 
+     */
+    parseStyleMaps: function(nodes, options) {
+        // Only the default or "normal" part of the StyleMap is processed now
+        // To do the select or "highlight" bit, we'd need to change lots more
+
+        for(var i=0, len=nodes.length; i<len; i++) {
+            var node = nodes[i];
+            var pairs = this.getElementsByTagNameNS(node, "*", 
+                            "Pair");
+
+            var id = node.getAttribute("id");
+            for (var j=0, jlen=pairs.length; j<jlen; j++) {
+                var pair = pairs[j];
+                // Use the shortcut in the SLD format to quickly retrieve the 
+                // value of a node. Maybe it's good to have a method in 
+                // Format.XML to do this
+                var key = this.parseProperty(pair, "*", "key");
+                var styleUrl = this.parseProperty(pair, "*", "styleUrl");
+
+                if (styleUrl && key == "normal") {
+                    this.styles[(options.styleBaseUrl || "") + "#" + id] =
+                        this.styles[(options.styleBaseUrl || "") + styleUrl];
+                }
+
+                if (styleUrl && key == "highlight") {
+                    // TODO: implement the "select" part
+                }
+
+            }
+        }
+
+    },
+
+
+    /**
+     * Method: parseFeatures
+     * Loop through all Placemark nodes and parse them.
+     * Will create a list of features
+     * 
+     * Parameters: 
+     * nodes    - {Array} of {DOMElement} data to read/parse.
+     * options  - {Object} Hash of options
+     * 
+     */
+    parseFeatures: function(nodes, options) {
+        var features = [];
+        for(var i=0, len=nodes.length; i<len; i++) {
+            var featureNode = nodes[i];
+            var feature = this.parseFeature.apply(this,[featureNode]) ;
+            if(feature) {
+
+                // Create reference to styleUrl 
+                if (this.extractStyles && feature.attributes &&
+                    feature.attributes.styleUrl) {
+                    feature.style = this.getStyle(feature.attributes.styleUrl, options);
+                }
+
+                if (this.extractStyles) {
+                    // Make sure that <Style> nodes within a placemark are 
+                    // processed as well
+                    var inlineStyleNode = this.getElementsByTagNameNS(featureNode,
+                                                        "*",
+                                                        "Style")[0];
+                    if (inlineStyleNode) {
+                        var inlineStyle= this.parseStyle(inlineStyleNode);
+                        if (inlineStyle) {
+                            feature.style = OpenLayers.Util.extend(
+                                feature.style, inlineStyle
+                            );
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                // check if gx:Track elements should be parsed
+                if (this.extractTracks) {
+                    var tracks = this.getElementsByTagNameNS(
+                        featureNode, this.namespaces.gx, "Track"
+                    );
+                    if (tracks && tracks.length > 0) {
+                        var track = tracks[0];
+                        var container = {
+                            features: [],
+                            feature: feature
+                        };
+                        this.readNode(track, container);
+                        if (container.features.length > 0) {
+                            features.push.apply(features, container.features);
+                        }
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    // add feature to list of features
+                    features.push(feature);                    
+                }
+            } else {
+                throw "Bad Placemark: " + i;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // add new features to existing feature list
+        this.features = this.features.concat(features);
+    },
+    
+    /**
+     * Property: readers
+     * Contains public functions, grouped by namespace prefix, that will
+     *     be applied when a namespaced node is found matching the function
+     *     name.  The function will be applied in the scope of this parser
+     *     with two arguments: the node being read and a context object passed
+     *     from the parent.
+     */
+    readers: {
+        "kml": {
+            "when": function(node, container) {
+                container.whens.push(OpenLayers.Date.parse(
+                    this.getChildValue(node)
+                ));
+            },
+            "_trackPointAttribute": function(node, container) {
+                var name = node.nodeName.split(":").pop();
+                container.attributes[name].push(this.getChildValue(node));
+            }
+        },
+        "gx": {
+            "Track": function(node, container) {
+                var obj = {
+                    whens: [],
+                    points: [],
+                    angles: []
+                };
+                if (this.trackAttributes) {
+                    var name;
+                    obj.attributes = {};
+                    for (var i=0, ii=this.trackAttributes.length; i<ii; ++i) {
+                        name = this.trackAttributes[i];
+                        obj.attributes[name] = [];
+                        if (!(name in this.readers.kml)) {
+                            this.readers.kml[name] = this.readers.kml._trackPointAttribute;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                this.readChildNodes(node, obj);
+                if (obj.whens.length !== obj.points.length) {
+                    throw new Error("gx:Track with unequal number of when (" + obj.whens.length + ") and gx:coord (" + obj.points.length + ") elements.");
+                }
+                var hasAngles = obj.angles.length > 0;
+                if (hasAngles && obj.whens.length !== obj.angles.length) {
+                    throw new Error("gx:Track with unequal number of when (" + obj.whens.length + ") and gx:angles (" + obj.angles.length + ") elements.");
+                }
+                var feature, point, angles;
+                for (var i=0, ii=obj.whens.length; i<ii; ++i) {
+                    feature = container.feature.clone();
+                    feature.fid = container.feature.fid || container.feature.id;
+                    point = obj.points[i];
+                    feature.geometry = point;
+                    if ("z" in point) {
+                        feature.attributes.altitude = point.z;
+                    }
+                    if (this.internalProjection && this.externalProjection) {
+                        feature.geometry.transform(
+                            this.externalProjection, this.internalProjection
+                        ); 
+                    }
+                    if (this.trackAttributes) {
+                        for (var j=0, jj=this.trackAttributes.length; j<jj; ++j) {
+                            feature.attributes[name] = obj.attributes[this.trackAttributes[j]][i];
+                        }
+                    }
+                    feature.attributes.when = obj.whens[i];
+                    feature.attributes.trackId = container.feature.id;
+                    if (hasAngles) {
+                        angles = obj.angles[i];
+                        feature.attributes.heading = parseFloat(angles[0]);
+                        feature.attributes.tilt = parseFloat(angles[1]);
+                        feature.attributes.roll = parseFloat(angles[2]);
+                    }
+                    container.features.push(feature);
+                }
+            },
+            "coord": function(node, container) {
+                var str = this.getChildValue(node);
+                var coords = str.replace(this.regExes.trimSpace, "").split(/\s+/);
+                var point = new OpenLayers.Geometry.Point(coords[0], coords[1]);
+                if (coords.length > 2) {
+                    point.z = parseFloat(coords[2]);
+                }
+                container.points.push(point);
+            },
+            "angles": function(node, container) {
+                var str = this.getChildValue(node);
+                var parts = str.replace(this.regExes.trimSpace, "").split(/\s+/);
+                container.angles.push(parts);
+            }
+        }
+    },
+    
+    /**
+     * Method: parseFeature
+     * This function is the core of the KML parsing code in OpenLayers.
+     *     It creates the geometries that are then attached to the returned
+     *     feature, and calls parseAttributes() to get attribute data out.
+     *
+     * Parameters:
+     * node - {DOMElement}
+     *
+     * Returns:
+     * {<OpenLayers.Feature.Vector>} A vector feature.
+     */
+    parseFeature: function(node) {
+        // only accept one geometry per feature - look for highest "order"
+        var order = ["MultiGeometry", "Polygon", "LineString", "Point"];
+        var type, nodeList, geometry, parser;
+        for(var i=0, len=order.length; i<len; ++i) {
+            type = order[i];
+            this.internalns = node.namespaceURI ? 
+                    node.namespaceURI : this.kmlns;
+            nodeList = this.getElementsByTagNameNS(node, 
+                                                   this.internalns, type);
+            if(nodeList.length > 0) {
+                // only deal with first geometry of this type
+                var parser = this.parseGeometry[type.toLowerCase()];
+                if(parser) {
+                    geometry = parser.apply(this, [nodeList[0]]);
+                    if (this.internalProjection && this.externalProjection) {
+                        geometry.transform(this.externalProjection, 
+                                           this.internalProjection); 
+                    }                       
+                } else {
+                    OpenLayers.Console.error(OpenLayers.i18n(
+                                "unsupportedGeometryType", {'geomType':type}));
+                }
+                // stop looking for different geometry types
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // construct feature (optionally with attributes)
+        var attributes;
+        if(this.extractAttributes) {
+            attributes = this.parseAttributes(node);
+        }
+        var feature = new OpenLayers.Feature.Vector(geometry, attributes);
+
+        var fid = node.getAttribute("id") || node.getAttribute("name");
+        if(fid != null) {
+            feature.fid = fid;
+        }
+
+        return feature;
+    },        
+    
+    /**
+     * Method: getStyle
+     * Retrieves a style from a style hash using styleUrl as the key
+     * If the styleUrl doesn't exist yet, we try to fetch it 
+     * Internet
+     * 
+     * Parameters: 
+     * styleUrl  - {String} URL of style
+     * options   - {Object} Hash of options 
+     *
+     * Returns:
+     * {Object}  - (reference to) Style hash
+     */
+    getStyle: function(styleUrl, options) {
+
+        var styleBaseUrl = OpenLayers.Util.removeTail(styleUrl);
+
+        var newOptions = OpenLayers.Util.extend({}, options);
+        newOptions.depth++;
+        newOptions.styleBaseUrl = styleBaseUrl;
+
+        // Fetch remote Style URLs (if not fetched before) 
+        if (!this.styles[styleUrl] 
+                && !OpenLayers.String.startsWith(styleUrl, "#") 
+                && newOptions.depth <= this.maxDepth
+                && !this.fetched[styleBaseUrl] ) {
+
+            var data = this.fetchLink(styleBaseUrl);
+            if (data) {
+                this.parseData(data, newOptions);
+            }
+
+        }
+
+        // return requested style
+        var style = OpenLayers.Util.extend({}, this.styles[styleUrl]);
+        return style;
+    },
+    
+    /**
+     * Property: parseGeometry
+     * Properties of this object are the functions that parse geometries based
+     *     on their type.
+     */
+    parseGeometry: {
+        
+        /**
+         * Method: parseGeometry.point
+         * Given a KML node representing a point geometry, create an OpenLayers
+         *     point geometry.
+         *
+         * Parameters:
+         * node - {DOMElement} A KML Point node.
+         *
+         * Returns:
+         * {<OpenLayers.Geometry.Point>} A point geometry.
+         */
+        point: function(node) {
+            var nodeList = this.getElementsByTagNameNS(node, this.internalns,
+                                                       "coordinates");
+            var coords = [];
+            if(nodeList.length > 0) {
+                var coordString = nodeList[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
+                coordString = coordString.replace(this.regExes.removeSpace, "");
+                coords = coordString.split(",");
+            }
+
+            var point = null;
+            if(coords.length > 1) {
+                // preserve third dimension
+                if(coords.length == 2) {
+                    coords[2] = null;
+                }
+                point = new OpenLayers.Geometry.Point(coords[0], coords[1],
+                                                      coords[2]);
+            } else {
+                throw "Bad coordinate string: " + coordString;
+            }
+            return point;
+        },
+        
+        /**
+         * Method: parseGeometry.linestring
+         * Given a KML node representing a linestring geometry, create an
+         *     OpenLayers linestring geometry.
+         *
+         * Parameters:
+         * node - {DOMElement} A KML LineString node.
+         *
+         * Returns:
+         * {<OpenLayers.Geometry.LineString>} A linestring geometry.
+         */
+        linestring: function(node, ring) {
+            var nodeList = this.getElementsByTagNameNS(node, this.internalns,
+                                                       "coordinates");
+            var line = null;
+            if(nodeList.length > 0) {
+                var coordString = this.getChildValue(nodeList[0]);
+
+                coordString = coordString.replace(this.regExes.trimSpace,
+                                                  "");
+                coordString = coordString.replace(this.regExes.trimComma,
+                                                  ",");
+                var pointList = coordString.split(this.regExes.splitSpace);
+                var numPoints = pointList.length;
+                var points = new Array(numPoints);
+                var coords, numCoords;
+                for(var i=0; i<numPoints; ++i) {
+                    coords = pointList[i].split(",");
+                    numCoords = coords.length;
+                    if(numCoords > 1) {
+                        if(coords.length == 2) {
+                            coords[2] = null;
+                        }
+                        points[i] = new OpenLayers.Geometry.Point(coords[0],
+                                                                  coords[1],
+                                                                  coords[2]);
+                    } else {
+                        throw "Bad LineString point coordinates: " +
+                              pointList[i];
+                    }
+                }
+                if(numPoints) {
+                    if(ring) {
+                        line = new OpenLayers.Geometry.LinearRing(points);
+                    } else {
+                        line = new OpenLayers.Geometry.LineString(points);
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    throw "Bad LineString coordinates: " + coordString;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return line;
+        },
+        
+        /**
+         * Method: parseGeometry.polygon
+         * Given a KML node representing a polygon geometry, create an
+         *     OpenLayers polygon geometry.
+         *
+         * Parameters:
+         * node - {DOMElement} A KML Polygon node.
+         *
+         * Returns:
+         * {<OpenLayers.Geometry.Polygon>} A polygon geometry.
+         */
+        polygon: function(node) {
+            var nodeList = this.getElementsByTagNameNS(node, this.internalns,
+                                                       "LinearRing");
+            var numRings = nodeList.length;
+            var components = new Array(numRings);
+            if(numRings > 0) {
+                // this assumes exterior ring first, inner rings after
+                var ring;
+                for(var i=0, len=nodeList.length; i<len; ++i) {
+                    ring = this.parseGeometry.linestring.apply(this,
+                                                        [nodeList[i], true]);
+                    if(ring) {
+                        components[i] = ring;
+                    } else {
+                        throw "Bad LinearRing geometry: " + i;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            return new OpenLayers.Geometry.Polygon(components);
+        },
+        
+        /**
+         * Method: parseGeometry.multigeometry
+         * Given a KML node representing a multigeometry, create an
+         *     OpenLayers geometry collection.
+         *
+         * Parameters:
+         * node - {DOMElement} A KML MultiGeometry node.
+         *
+         * Returns:
+         * {<OpenLayers.Geometry.Collection>} A geometry collection.
+         */
+        multigeometry: function(node) {
+            var child, parser;
+            var parts = [];
+            var children = node.childNodes;
+            for(var i=0, len=children.length; i<len; ++i ) {
+                child = children[i];
+                if(child.nodeType == 1) {
+                    var type = (child.prefix) ?
+                            child.nodeName.split(":")[1] :
+                            child.nodeName;
+                    var parser = this.parseGeometry[type.toLowerCase()];
+                    if(parser) {
+                        parts.push(parser.apply(this, [child]));
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            return new OpenLayers.Geometry.Collection(parts);
+        }
+        
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Method: parseAttributes
+     *
+     * Parameters:
+     * node - {DOMElement}
+     *
+     * Returns:
+     * {Object} An attributes object.
+     */
+    parseAttributes: function(node) {
+        var attributes = {};
+       
+        // Extended Data is parsed first.
+        var edNodes = node.getElementsByTagName("ExtendedData");
+        if (edNodes.length) {
+            attributes = this.parseExtendedData(edNodes[0]);
+        }
+        
+        // assume attribute nodes are type 1 children with a type 3 or 4 child
+        var child, grandchildren, grandchild;
+        var children = node.childNodes;
+
+        for(var i=0, len=children.length; i<len; ++i) {
+            child = children[i];
+            if(child.nodeType == 1) {
+                grandchildren = child.childNodes;
+                if(grandchildren.length >= 1 && grandchildren.length <= 3) {
+                    var grandchild;
+                    switch (grandchildren.length) {
+                        case 1:
+                            grandchild = grandchildren[0];
+                            break;
+                        case 2:
+                            var c1 = grandchildren[0];
+                            var c2 = grandchildren[1];
+                            grandchild = (c1.nodeType == 3 || c1.nodeType == 4) ?
+                                c1 : c2;
+                            break;
+                        case 3:
+                        default:
+                            grandchild = grandchildren[1];
+                            break;
+                    }
+                    if(grandchild.nodeType == 3 || grandchild.nodeType == 4) {
+                        var name = (child.prefix) ?
+                                child.nodeName.split(":")[1] :
+                                child.nodeName;
+                        var value = OpenLayers.Util.getXmlNodeValue(grandchild);
+                        if (value) {
+                            value = value.replace(this.regExes.trimSpace, "");
+                            attributes[name] = value;
+                        }
+                    }
+                } 
+            }
+        }
+        return attributes;
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Method: parseExtendedData
+     * Parse ExtendedData from KML. Limited support for schemas/datatypes.
+     *     See http://code.google.com/apis/kml/documentation/kmlreference.html#extendeddata
+     *     for more information on extendeddata.
+     */
+    parseExtendedData: function(node) {
+        var attributes = {};
+        var i, len, data, key;
+        var dataNodes = node.getElementsByTagName("Data");
+        for (i = 0, len = dataNodes.length; i < len; i++) {
+            data = dataNodes[i];
+            key = data.getAttribute("name");
+            var ed = {};
+            var valueNode = data.getElementsByTagName("value");
+            if (valueNode.length) {
+                ed['value'] = this.getChildValue(valueNode[0]);
+            }    
+            var nameNode = data.getElementsByTagName("displayName");
+            if (nameNode.length) {
+                ed['displayName'] = this.getChildValue(nameNode[0]);
+            }
+            attributes[key] = ed;
+        }
+        var simpleDataNodes = node.getElementsByTagName("SimpleData");
+        for (i = 0, len = simpleDataNodes.length; i < len; i++) {
+            var ed = {};
+            data = simpleDataNodes[i];
+            key = data.getAttribute("name");
+            ed['value'] = this.getChildValue(data);
+            ed['displayName'] = key;
+            attributes[key] = ed;
+        }
+        
+        return attributes;    
+    },
+    
+    /**
+     * Method: parseProperty
+     * Convenience method to find a node and return its value
+     *
+     * Parameters:
+     * xmlNode    - {<DOMElement>}
+     * namespace  - {String} namespace of the node to find
+     * tagName    - {String} name of the property to parse
+     * 
+     * Returns:
+     * {String} The value for the requested property (defaults to null)
+     */    
+    parseProperty: function(xmlNode, namespace, tagName) {
+        var value;
+        var nodeList = this.getElementsByTagNameNS(xmlNode, namespace, tagName);
+        try {
+            value = OpenLayers.Util.getXmlNodeValue(nodeList[0]);
+        } catch(e) {
+            value = null;
+        }
+     
+        return value;
+    },                                                              
+
+    /**
+     * APIMethod: write
+     * Accept Feature Collection, and return a string. 
+     * 
+     * Parameters:
+     * features - {Array(<OpenLayers.Feature.Vector>} An array of features.
+     *
+     * Returns:
+     * {String} A KML string.
+     */
+    write: function(features) {
+        if(!(features instanceof Array)) {
+            features = [features];
+        }
+        var kml = this.createElementNS(this.kmlns, "kml");
+        var folder = this.createFolderXML();
+        for(var i=0, len=features.length; i<len; ++i) {
+            folder.appendChild(this.createPlacemarkXML(features[i]));
+        }
+        kml.appendChild(folder);
+        return OpenLayers.Format.XML.prototype.write.apply(this, [kml]);
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Method: createFolderXML
+     * Creates and returns a KML folder node
+     * 
+     * Returns:
+     * {DOMElement}
+     */
+    createFolderXML: function() {
+        // Folder
+        var folder = this.createElementNS(this.kmlns, "Folder");
+
+        // Folder name
+        if (this.foldersName) {
+            var folderName = this.createElementNS(this.kmlns, "name");
+            var folderNameText = this.createTextNode(this.foldersName); 
+            folderName.appendChild(folderNameText);
+            folder.appendChild(folderName);
+        }
+
+        // Folder description
+        if (this.foldersDesc) {
+            var folderDesc = this.createElementNS(this.kmlns, "description");        
+            var folderDescText = this.createTextNode(this.foldersDesc); 
+            folderDesc.appendChild(folderDescText);
+            folder.appendChild(folderDesc);
+        }
+
+        return folder;
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Method: createPlacemarkXML
+     * Creates and returns a KML placemark node representing the given feature. 
+     * 
+     * Parameters:
+     * feature - {<OpenLayers.Feature.Vector>}
+     * 
+     * Returns:
+     * {DOMElement}
+     */
+    createPlacemarkXML: function(feature) {        
+        // Placemark name
+        var placemarkName = this.createElementNS(this.kmlns, "name");
+        var name = feature.style && feature.style.label ? feature.style.label :
+                   feature.attributes.name || feature.id;
+        placemarkName.appendChild(this.createTextNode(name));
+
+        // Placemark description
+        var placemarkDesc = this.createElementNS(this.kmlns, "description");
+        var desc = feature.attributes.description || this.placemarksDesc;
+        placemarkDesc.appendChild(this.createTextNode(desc));
+        
+        // Placemark
+        var placemarkNode = this.createElementNS(this.kmlns, "Placemark");
+        if(feature.fid != null) {
+            placemarkNode.setAttribute("id", feature.fid);
+        }
+        placemarkNode.appendChild(placemarkName);
+        placemarkNode.appendChild(placemarkDesc);
+
+        // Geometry node (Point, LineString, etc. nodes)
+        var geometryNode = this.buildGeometryNode(feature.geometry);
+        placemarkNode.appendChild(geometryNode);        
+        
+        // TBD - deal with remaining (non name/description) attributes.
+        return placemarkNode;
+    },    
+
+    /**
+     * Method: buildGeometryNode
+     * Builds and returns a KML geometry node with the given geometry.
+     * 
+     * Parameters:
+     * geometry - {<OpenLayers.Geometry>}
+     * 
+     * Returns:
+     * {DOMElement}
+     */
+    buildGeometryNode: function(geometry) {
+        if (this.internalProjection && this.externalProjection) {
+            geometry = geometry.clone();
+            geometry.transform(this.internalProjection, 
+                               this.externalProjection);
+        }                       
+        var className = geometry.CLASS_NAME;
+        var type = className.substring(className.lastIndexOf(".") + 1);
+        var builder = this.buildGeometry[type.toLowerCase()];
+        var node = null;
+        if(builder) {
+            node = builder.apply(this, [geometry]);
+        }
+        return node;
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Property: buildGeometry
+     * Object containing methods to do the actual geometry node building
+     *     based on geometry type.
+     */
+    buildGeometry: {
+        // TBD: Anybody care about namespace aliases here (these nodes have
+        //    no prefixes)?
+
+        /**
+         * Method: buildGeometry.point
+         * Given an OpenLayers point geometry, create a KML point.
+         *
+         * Parameters:
+         * geometry - {<OpenLayers.Geometry.Point>} A point geometry.
+         *
+         * Returns:
+         * {DOMElement} A KML point node.
+         */
+        point: function(geometry) {
+            var kml = this.createElementNS(this.kmlns, "Point");
+            kml.appendChild(this.buildCoordinatesNode(geometry));
+            return kml;
+        },
+        
+        /**
+         * Method: buildGeometry.multipoint
+         * Given an OpenLayers multipoint geometry, create a KML
+         *     GeometryCollection.
+         *
+         * Parameters:
+         * geometry - {<OpenLayers.Geometry.Point>} A multipoint geometry.
+         *
+         * Returns:
+         * {DOMElement} A KML GeometryCollection node.
+         */
+        multipoint: function(geometry) {
+            return this.buildGeometry.collection.apply(this, [geometry]);
+        },
+
+        /**
+         * Method: buildGeometry.linestring
+         * Given an OpenLayers linestring geometry, create a KML linestring.
+         *
+         * Parameters:
+         * geometry - {<OpenLayers.Geometry.LineString>} A linestring geometry.
+         *
+         * Returns:
+         * {DOMElement} A KML linestring node.
+         */
+        linestring: function(geometry) {
+            var kml = this.createElementNS(this.kmlns, "LineString");
+            kml.appendChild(this.buildCoordinatesNode(geometry));
+            return kml;
+        },
+        
+        /**
+         * Method: buildGeometry.multilinestring
+         * Given an OpenLayers multilinestring geometry, create a KML
+         *     GeometryCollection.
+         *
+         * Parameters:
+         * geometry - {<OpenLayers.Geometry.Point>} A multilinestring geometry.
+         *
+         * Returns:
+         * {DOMElement} A KML GeometryCollection node.
+         */
+        multilinestring: function(geometry) {
+            return this.buildGeometry.collection.apply(this, [geometry]);
+        },
+
+        /**
+         * Method: buildGeometry.linearring
+         * Given an OpenLayers linearring geometry, create a KML linearring.
+         *
+         * Parameters:
+         * geometry - {<OpenLayers.Geometry.LinearRing>} A linearring geometry.
+         *
+         * Returns:
+         * {DOMElement} A KML linearring node.
+         */
+        linearring: function(geometry) {
+            var kml = this.createElementNS(this.kmlns, "LinearRing");
+            kml.appendChild(this.buildCoordinatesNode(geometry));
+            return kml;
+        },
+        
+        /**
+         * Method: buildGeometry.polygon
+         * Given an OpenLayers polygon geometry, create a KML polygon.
+         *
+         * Parameters:
+         * geometry - {<OpenLayers.Geometry.Polygon>} A polygon geometry.
+         *
+         * Returns:
+         * {DOMElement} A KML polygon node.
+         */
+        polygon: function(geometry) {
+            var kml = this.createElementNS(this.kmlns, "Polygon");
+            var rings = geometry.components;
+            var ringMember, ringGeom, type;
+            for(var i=0, len=rings.length; i<len; ++i) {
+                type = (i==0) ? "outerBoundaryIs" : "innerBoundaryIs";
+                ringMember = this.createElementNS(this.kmlns, type);
+                ringGeom = this.buildGeometry.linearring.apply(this,
+                                                               [rings[i]]);
+                ringMember.appendChild(ringGeom);
+                kml.appendChild(ringMember);
+            }
+            return kml;
+        },
+        
+        /**
+         * Method: buildGeometry.multipolygon
+         * Given an OpenLayers multipolygon geometry, create a KML
+         *     GeometryCollection.
+         *
+         * Parameters:
+         * geometry - {<OpenLayers.Geometry.Point>} A multipolygon geometry.
+         *
+         * Returns:
+         * {DOMElement} A KML GeometryCollection node.
+         */
+        multipolygon: function(geometry) {
+            return this.buildGeometry.collection.apply(this, [geometry]);
+        },
+
+        /**
+         * Method: buildGeometry.collection
+         * Given an OpenLayers geometry collection, create a KML MultiGeometry.
+         *
+         * Parameters:
+         * geometry - {<OpenLayers.Geometry.Collection>} A geometry collection.
+         *
+         * Returns:
+         * {DOMElement} A KML MultiGeometry node.
+         */
+        collection: function(geometry) {
+            var kml = this.createElementNS(this.kmlns, "MultiGeometry");
+            var child;
+            for(var i=0, len=geometry.components.length; i<len; ++i) {
+                child = this.buildGeometryNode.apply(this,
+                                                     [geometry.components[i]]);
+                if(child) {
+                    kml.appendChild(child);
+                }
+            }
+            return kml;
+        }
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Method: buildCoordinatesNode
+     * Builds and returns the KML coordinates node with the given geometry
+     * <coordinates>...</coordinates>
+     * 
+     * Parameters:
+     * geometry - {<OpenLayers.Geometry>}
+     * 
+     * Return:
+     * {DOMElement}
+     */     
+    buildCoordinatesNode: function(geometry) {
+        var coordinatesNode = this.createElementNS(this.kmlns, "coordinates");
+        
+        var path;
+        var points = geometry.components;
+        if(points) {
+            // LineString or LinearRing
+            var point;
+            var numPoints = points.length;
+            var parts = new Array(numPoints);
+            for(var i=0; i<numPoints; ++i) {
+                point = points[i];
+                parts[i] = point.x + "," + point.y;
+            }
+            path = parts.join(" ");
+        } else {
+            // Point
+            path = geometry.x + "," + geometry.y;
+        }
+        
+        var txtNode = this.createTextNode(path);
+        coordinatesNode.appendChild(txtNode);
+        
+        return coordinatesNode;
+    },    
+
+    CLASS_NAME: "OpenLayers.Format.KML" 
+});
+