[Qgis-user] KML Load Error

[Richard Duivenvoorde]

On 16-06-14 02:20, James Wood wrote:
> Seemingly a newbie question, and I confess, KML is not something I play
> around with very much, but I'm getting an error on a simple Add Vector
> Layer operation with a downloaded KML file. I suspect it may be the
> source, although a quick peak in Notepad++ looked OK. The links  (mostly
> to PNGs stored online) that I checked inside the doc are broken, but
> would that cause it not to load at all? Would anyone else want to give
> it a quick try?
> 
> KML Source: http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49c3646c4d3.html
> 
> QGIS 2.2 on Windows 7 x64 (install from standalone)
> 
> Some options here
> <http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/33826/how-to-convert-kml-to-shapefile-without-losing-attributes>
> for me, I guess, if it works for someone else.

This file also shows me a big red cross in Google earth...

The Galdos KML validity checker, which I normally use to check KML:

 http://www.kmlvalidator.com/validate.htm

is also chocking on it...

conclusion: wrong file :-)

Regards,

Richard Duivenvoorde