Help with New Place Error

[kimberlietx]

A local city representative has reached out to me to see observations within their city. (Arlington, TX). There is not currently a place that has the city boundary, so I attempted to create one using a KML file from Google Earth. I’m still getting the error msg “There were problems importing that place: Latitude can’t be blank…” Any help on what I am doing wrong would be appreciated. The KML text is posted below, too. (If it works…)

<?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“UTF-8”?>
<kml xmlns=“http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2”>
<Document>
<name>Untitled layer</name>
<Style id=“icon-1899-0288D1-nodesc-normal”>
<IconStyle>
<color>ffd18802</color>
<scale>1</scale>
<Icon>
<href>https://www.gstatic.com/mapspro/images/stock/503-wht-blank_maps.png</href>
</Icon>
<hotSpot x=“32” xunits=“pixels” y=“64” yunits=“insetPixels”/>
</IconStyle>
<LabelStyle>
<scale>0</scale>
</LabelStyle>
<BalloonStyle>
<text><![CDATA[<h3>$[name]</h3>]]></text>
</BalloonStyle>
</Style>
<Style id=“icon-1899-0288D1-nodesc-highlight”>
<IconStyle>
<color>ffd18802</color>
<scale>1</scale>
<Icon>
<href>https://www.gstatic.com/mapspro/images/stock/503-wht-blank_maps.png</href>
</Icon>
<hotSpot x=“32” xunits=“pixels” y=“64” yunits=“insetPixels”/>
</IconStyle>
<LabelStyle>
<scale>1</scale>
</LabelStyle>
<BalloonStyle>
<text><![CDATA[<h3>$[name]</h3>]]></text>
</BalloonStyle>
</Style>
<StyleMap id=“icon-1899-0288D1-nodesc”>
<Pair>
<key>normal</key>
<styleUrl>#icon-1899-0288D1-nodesc-normal</styleUrl>
</Pair>
<Pair>
<key>highlight</key>
<styleUrl>#icon-1899-0288D1-nodesc-highlight</styleUrl>
</Pair>
</StyleMap>
<Placemark>
<name>Arlington</name>
<styleUrl>#icon-1899-0288D1-nodesc</styleUrl>
<Point>
<coordinates>
-97.1080656,32.735687,0
</coordinates>
</Point>
</Placemark>
</Document>
</kml>

[jwidness]

@kimberlietx

<Point>
<coordinates>
-97.1080656,32.735687,0

This kml describes a single point, not a polygon.
You can get a boundary from the city’s open data portal – let me know if you need any help with that.

[janetwright]

What a great tip, @jwidness! That is a gold mine. @kimberlietx, were you able to find the kml file you needed?

[kimberlietx]

Thank you! I’ve never tried to import an existing boundary, only created new polygons so this is a learning experience.

Actually, a double-learning experience. The city happens to have other municipalities inside it’s border, so I had to take out the extra polygons.

Thanks so much for your help! Definitely bookmarking that site for future reference!