[Qgis-user] Google earth kml file not opening in Qgis

[Harish]

.kml can also be opened easily in QGIS, but editing is not possible.

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Noli Sicad <nsicad at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just convert your kml to shapefile, then you can easily open shapefile in
> QGIS.
>
> You can use OGR2OGR to convert kml to shapefile in FWTools
>
> http://fwtools.maptools.org/
>
> ogr2ogr -f 'ESRI Shapefile' output.shp input.kml
>
>
> Details in this site:
>
> http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/98/how-can-i-convert-between-kml-and-esris-shapefile-format
>
> Noli
>
>
> On 7/31/12, Harish <harry.om2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Did you save as .kmz or .kml from My places?
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Harikumar Sivanandan
> > <hakucomet at gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> >> Sir,
> >> I exported a kml file consisting of roads, paths and lines from My
> places
> >> in Google maps. It is opening in Google Earth, but I am not able to open
> >> it
> >> as a vector layer in QGIS.
> >> However I am able to open a Google earth kml file consisting of only
> >> points in QGIS. What should I do to open a kml file consisting of lines?
> >> With regards
> >> Harikumar
> >> Kollam, India
> >>
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National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD),
Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India- Pin-302006

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