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

[Andy Anderson]

Hi, Andrea,

The problem is that the link that Google Drive provides is to a “preview” program that turns it into a web page, even for well-known file types like “.txt” and “.png”. It is not a link to the “raw” file.

The only way around that I’ve seen is for Sheets documents, which, when sharing, can be “Published to web” in standard formats such as “.csv”.

— Andy

> On Oct 18, 2024 04:38 AM, at 4:38 AM, Andrea Giacomelli via Discuss <discuss at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
> 
> 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 <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 <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
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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
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