[gdal-dev] OSM to KML Error

[Josua S]

> From: even.rouault at mines-paris.org
> To: gdal-dev at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [gdal-dev] OSM to KML Error
> Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 13:38:41 +0200
> CC: josh-talk at hotmail.com
> 
> Le mercredi 03 juillet 2013 13:20:10, Josua S a écrit :
> > Hello
> > 
> > I exported an OSM file from openstreetmap.org and tried to convert it to
> > KML with GDAL/OGR 1.10.0. However the conversion does not succeed and I
> > get a lot of these errors: "ERROR 6: Interleaved feature adding to
> > different layers is not supported". Is this a known problem and is there a
> > solution to prevent this error? Thank you very much.
> 
> Josua,
> 
> When converting OSM files with ogr2ogr, the features are read in an interleaved 
> way. For example, you can get X features from layer lines, then Y features 
> from layer multipolygons, then Z features from layer lines again, etc...
> 
> The writing part of the KML driver doesn't support that back-and-forth between 
> layers, hence this error.
> 
> A workaround is to convert to an intermediary format such as shapefile, 
> PostGIS, sqlite/spatialite, gml, etc... that support writing features in 
> layers in an interleaved way. Then you can convert to KML.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Even
> 
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Hello Even
Thank you very much for your help, now it works! Probably I have not fully understood the problem, but is it something that can and will be fixed in a future version?
Josua 		 	   		  
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