[Gdal-dev] Google earth + GDAL

[Ivan Lucena]

Hi Guillaume,

That looks like an interesting idea. 

Google Earth KML Basic documents, can be mapped as basic GIS objects, or more likely the other way around:

	Point -> Placemarks
	Lines -> Paths
	Polygons -> Polygons
	Raster Image -> GroundOverlays

And whatever else you need just customize it. It's XML!

But the purpose of this would be just visualization, Am I right?

By the way, I tried to add some geotiff on Google Earth and it didn't work right. That is pointing me back to my original question. It should work better in the commercial version of GE and that should be the one that uses GDAL. I guess.

Best regards,

Ivan

-----Original Message-----
From: Guillaume HUBY [mailto:ghuby at geosys.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 3:36 AM
To: Ivan Lucena; 'gdal-dev'
Subject: RE : [Gdal-dev] Google earth + GDAL

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : gdal-dev-bounces at lists.maptools.org 
> [mailto:gdal-dev-bounces at lists.maptools.org] De la part de Ivan Lucena
> Envoyé : lundi 8 mai 2006 18:09
> À : gdal-dev
> Objet : [Gdal-dev] Google earth + GDAL
> 
> 
> Hi There, 
> 
> Does anyone know which version of Google Earth uses GDAL, 
> what it does and by what price?
> 
> That is all that I found so far but it's confusing:
> 
> "Google Earth EC features: 
> ...
> * GIS data import -allows direct import into Google Earth EC 
> of "traditional" GIS files. These are ingested and converted 
> into KML. You can open and directly view .SHP, TAB, and over 
> two dozen other GIS files formats. The points and geometry 
> are draped onto imagery, 3D terrain, and streamed vector and 
> point layers." [http://earth.google.com/earth_ec.html]
> 
> And
> 
> "Optional premium features and data:
> ...
> * GIS Data Importing Module - $200 
>   o incorporate GIS data in file formats such as .shp, .tab 
>   o examples include parcel data, demographics data, 3D 
> building data [http://earth.google.com/earth_pro.html]"
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Ivan
> 
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I do not answer the question, but I wish to discuss a development request
related to the subject:

Is it possible to see KML (http://earth.google.com/kml/) being implemented
in OGR formats (http://www.gdal.org/ogr/ogr_formats.html) ?

This way, it would be very simple to use ogr2ogr
(http://www.gdal.org/ogr/ogr2ogr.html) to produce GE objects.

Thanks,
Guillaume.