[Qgis-community-team] add a gml layer

Tara Athan tara_athan at alt2is.com
Fri Jun 20 12:11:06 EDT 2008


I am attempting to add a gml layer to the QGIS dataset that will be used 
in the next release of the QGIS manual (v 1.0).
I took the lakes.shp shapefile from the existing dataset and used ArcMap 
to convert to gml (sorry, I couldn't figure out any other way.)
The resulting layer loads into ArcMap OK, although it complains about 
the spatial reference, but when I try to load it into QGIS

(Click Layer -> Add Vector Layer, then select the file and the type 
[OGR] Geography Markup Language (*.gml) )

I get the error

... is not a valid or recognized data source

The file is available here:

http://www.alt2is.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=4&Itemid=42

I don't know if the problem is with the file, the software or the 
procedure. If anyone has or knows how to create GML files that work with 
QGIS, I am willing to use that, as long as it is in Alaska, as that is 
the region of our dataset.

Thanks, Tara

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Tara Athan
Principal, Alternatives to Invasive Species
tara_athan [AT] alt2is.com
707-485-1198
PO Box 415
Redwood Valley, CA 95470



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