Chapter 2. Placemarks and Balloons

After reading this chapter, you’ll be able to do the following:

• Create a placemark that uses HTML markup in a descriptive balloon.

• Add a custom icon to a placemark.

• Specify an explicit viewpoint for a placemark using the <LookAt> element.

• Create a set of placemarks and specify how to fly from one to the next.

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