[gdal-dev] OGR support for Google Latitude KML output

[Even Rouault]

Le vendredi 05 décembre 2014 03:11:24, Ulrich Strötz a écrit :
> Though another thing I just noted is that the attributes aren’t kept. I
> think this is already mentioned in the ticket #5095
> <http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/ticket/5095> and you said it requires a lot
> more development. Is this still the same status?

Yes

> 
> Uli
> 
> > On Dec 4, 2014, at 19:37, Ulrich Strötz <ustroetz at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > I didn’t compile against libkml. I compiled again against libkml and now
> > it works perfect.
> > 
> > Thanks again for this great fix! Makes my work a lot easier :)
> > 
> > Uli
> > 
> >> On Dec 4, 2014, at 17:17, Even Rouault <even.rouault at spatialys.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> 
> >> Le vendredi 05 décembre 2014 00:11:44, Ulrich Strötz a écrit :
> >>> Thanks Even for getting on this so quickly!
> >>> 
> >>> I built GDAL from source after you committed your changes, though I
> >>> still only get the start and end point. Did you try it with my sample
> >>> file?
> >> 
> >> Yes, I did. Are you compiling against libkml ?
> >> 
> >> When running ogrinfo on the file it should display :
> >> INFO: Open of `in.kml'
> >> 
> >>     using driver `LIBKML' successful.
> >> 
> >> If it displays "using driver `KML' successful", then you're using the
> >> 'old' KML driver, and gx:Track/MultiTrack won't be recognized.
> >> 
> >> Even
> >> 
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> 
> >>> Uli
> >>> 
> >>>> On Dec 4, 2014, at 10:07, Even Rouault <even.rouault at spatialys.com>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>> 
> >>>> Le mercredi 03 décembre 2014 19:53:44, Ulrich Strötz a écrit :
> >>>>> Hi everyone,
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> I am trying to use ogr2ogr with a KML file generated by Google My
> >>>>> Tracks
> >>>>> <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.ma
> >>>>> ps.m yt racks&hl=en>.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> There was a ticket #5095 <http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/ticket/5095>
> >>>>> about this which is marked as fixed, but it still does not work
> >>>>> properly.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> I use GDAL 1.11.1, released 2014/09/24 and the following command:
> >>>>> ogr2ogr -f "GeoJSON" out.geojson in.kml
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> It does create only the start and end points of the track, but not
> >>>>> the points in between.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> The sample file can be found here.
> >>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/ilafup4m0vcvmxj/in.kml?dl=0
> >>>>> <https://www.dropbox.com/s/ilafup4m0vcvmxj/in.kml?dl=0>
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Any help on how to get this to work is appreciated.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Ulrich,
> >>>> 
> >>>> Ticket 5095 was about gx:Track, but the geometry in your file is a
> >>>> gx:MultiTrack. I've just added support for the later in the LIBKML
> >>>> driver in GDAL trunk.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Even

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