[OSGeo Africa] Batch conversion from shp to kml

Zoltan Szecsei zoltans at geograph.co.za
Mon Aug 15 05:09:24 PDT 2016


Hi,

shp2kml is a product, you do realise?

Presumably you mean you have a bunch of SHP files and want them in KML 
format but don't want to use shp2kml?


Try ogr2ogr - using the command-line approach you should have zero 
difficulties doing it "in a snap"


Regards,

Zoltan


On 2016-08-15 13:04, Mnqweno Mnyengeza wrote:
> Dear All
>
> I need to convert approximately thirteen million  points *from shp2kml 
> using QGIS*. I have already split the points into their respective 
> provinces, districts and the lowest level of demarcation which is an 
> enumeration area (EA) here at Statistics South Africa. The output file 
> of the split is the sub-folder named the EA reference number and 
> containing the points and polygon of that particular EA. I now need to 
> batch process this conversion using QGIS batch file processor if any 
> is available or any other free open source tool that can easily serve 
> the purpose.
>
> Please assist
>
>
> Kind regards
>
> Mnqweno Mnyengeza (Mr)
> Professional GIS Practitioner
> Geography
> 082 9048267 (Mobile)
> Statistics South Africa
>

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