[OSGeo-Discuss] semi-OT... Using Google Drive as a file repository for a mapping app

[Andrea Giacomelli]

Hello to all,

a) This is a question I tried to pose initially on Google Drive discussions
as it is a generic issue on the Google Drive side.
In absence of feedback for the moment I am relaying it also here...maybe
somebody has tried this.

I would like to understand if there is a way to use a Google Drive folder
as a repository for GPX or Geojson files to be displayed via web map
applications that allow online data sources.

b) As a test, I took a generic geojson file and uploaded it via FPT to a
folder on my web site, and I am able to use that file as a layer by
indicating its URL....works fine.

If I upload the same file to Google Drive, share it to "Anyone with the
link", and then use the deriving URL as a data source, the layer is not
displayed....

example:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Iao_JWwGgOqrFTGNdjxvuTSaq1whnXz9/view?usp=sharing

c) I am wondering if there are other ways to refer to the shared file, so
that it may be read appropriately by the mapping app.

I noted that Drive uses different URL for the file depending on the
function (e.g.
https://drive.usercontent.google.com/u/0/uc?id=1Iao_JWwGgOqrFTGNdjxvuTSaq1whnXz9&export=download
)...but I cannot find a documentation about this...

TIA for any feedback, and best regards

Andrea Giacomelli
http://www.pibinko.org Cultura, ambiente, innovazione libera...
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p.s. I am evaluating the Google Drive approach since I have some data
providers who are comfortable using Drive to upload their files, but are
less conversant with FTP or other tools.


Andrea Giacomelli
http://www.pibinko.org Cultura, ambiente, innovazione libera...
http://www.jugbandcm.it ...e musica
+39 3791680739 - voce
+39 3317539228 - whatsapp
PIVA 01582480537

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