[Qgis-user] .GDB to .KML/.KMZ?

[Stefan Keller]

Simon,

> I'm hoping that I've managed to identify the issue:
> my data is in a .gdb directory, but its subcomponent files are in slightly different form.

I sometimes see this effect when ArcGIS users save Shapefiles (or
other stuff) in a .gdb directory.
So your data could be in a format different from ESRI Geodatabase?

But I can't help without further info and specific data.

:Stefan


2016-08-31 16:01 GMT+02:00 Simon Minching <sminching at gmail.com>:
> Hi Stefan, Stefan and Nyall-
>
> Thanks so much for the prompt responses. To close the loop here, it is in
> fact an ESRI Geodatabase, and I tried using all of the suggestions mentioned
> above, but to no avail. Because I only need read access for my .gdb files, I
> thought OpenFileGDB would be sufficient- screenshot of relevant
> documentation attached- but I'm hoping that I've managed to identify the
> issue: my data is in a .gdb directory, but its subcomponent files are in
> slightly different form.
>
> I'll be poking around with the following below, but I'm open to any other
> feedback/thoughts! :)
>
> Thanks again,
> Simon
> ---
>
> http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/29501/how-to-get-gdb-esri-file-geodatabase-in-qgis-for-mac-osx-10-6
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 4:10 PM, Stefan Keller <sfkeller at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> If you mean ESRI File Geodatabase (FileGDB) then you can also use my
>> free online web app:
>> https://geoconverter.hsr.ch/ (pls. use responsibly :-))
>>
>> :Stefan
>>
>> 2016-08-30 21:48 GMT+02:00 Nyall Dawson <nyall.dawson at gmail.com>:
>> > On 31 Aug 2016 04:57, "Simon Minching" <sminching at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi everyone,
>> >>
>> >> Can QGIS import a gdb file and allow a user to transform it to kml/kmz
>> >> for
>> >> export and re-use? I didn't see anything to this end within the user
>> >> documentation
>> >
>> > Definitely - I do this all the time! Just open the gdb data source (eg
>> > drag
>> > and drop it in QGIS), then right click the layer and select "save as".
>> > You
>> > can then change the output format from that dialog to KML or kmz.
>> >
>> > Nyall
>> >>
>> >> Excited to dive in here!
>> >>
>> >> Thanks in advance,
>> >>
>> >> Simon
>> >>
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