[OSGeo Africa] KMZ/KML files in QGIS

[Chris Berens]

What happens when you open the kmz in GE and save as kml? KMZ is the binary
version of KML (ascii)




On 22 January 2014 08:00, <adarsh.1989 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi Hanlie,
>
> There are lots of online converters and free software that can convert KML
> to SHP. Haven't really tried them but I hear that they work. Try them out
> and see what happens.
> http://www.zonums.com/online/kml2shp.php
>
> You can try this link. If it does not work, just look for other converters
>
> Regards,
> Adarsh
> Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hanlie Pretorius <hanlie.pretorius at gmail.com>
> Sender: africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 07:51:44
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> Subject: [OSGeo Africa] KMZ/KML files in QGIS
>
> Hi,
>
> Was just wondering if anyone else has come across this and found a
> solution.
>
> A client sent me a KMZ file with his data. QGIS can't read KMZ, so I
> 'unzipped' the KMZ file and a doc.kml popped out.
>
> When I add that to QGIS, I get a list of layers that I can choose to
> add - the list is the same as the one I see when I open the KMZ file
> in Google Earth.
>
> But some of the layers don't display and have no attributes. I can see
> the points in Google Earth and they have attributes there, but the
> layer is empty in in QGIS. When I zoom to the layer, it's in the
> correct spot, no features display.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks
> Hanlie.
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