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

[Ralf Wessels]

Andre is right - qgis (like other gis systems too) cannot display 
points, lines and polygons in one layer. It has to be either points or 
lines or polygons. In a kml-file this is no problem.
So if you try to load a kml-file with points, lines and polygons, qgis 
just loads the first object (and all same objects e.g. points) which is 
saved in the kml-file.
Try to change the display order of the kml-file in Google Earth and you 
will see the effect.
ralf

Am 31.07.2012 14:51, schrieb Andre Joost:
> Am 31.07.12 14:32, schrieb Andre Joost:
>> Am 31.07.12 14:03, schrieb Ralf Wessels:
>>> maybe it is an old kml-version?
>>> try to open it in Google Earth (actual version) and save it again - to
>>> be sure
>>> to have a valid file.
>>> ralf
>>
>> No change, but:
>> Importing kml gives a list of layers to select. If I dont select
>> anything, i get nothing ;-)
>>
>> As long as I have only one folder in the kml, it opens at once.
>>
>
> Just another thing: It is possible to have points and tracks in the 
> same folder with Google Earth kml, but Qgis does not like that, and 
> displays only one geometry type.
>
> HTH,
> André joost
>
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