[OSGeo BC] viewing .gml files with OpenJUMP

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

Hi Sam, I downloaded the nl_bs file unzipped it and added to QGIS without any 
trouble.  It was a bit slow to load initially but after was pretty okay (only 
90k features).  Then I use Layer -> Save as to put it into a shapefile.  Then I 
add that shp layer, goto Layer -> Properties -> General and choose "Create 
spatial index" .. and I'm all happy.

Hope that helps!

http://qgis.org

Tyler

On December 23, 2010 07:23:04 pm Sam Vekemans wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm trying to open up the .gml files from NRCan - CanVec website
> http://ftp2.cits.rncan.gc.ca/pub/canvec/province_gml/nl/
> so then i can use a program like OpenJUMP to be able to save it as a .shp
> file, then i can upload the .shp files to
> www.koordinates.com
> 
> Unfortunately, i get an error when trying to load the .gml file.
> I tried http://www.gvsig.org/web/   yet the program is rather big and not
> in english by default (im trying to install it again, but it stalls on
> setup)
> 
> I also tried http://mygeodata.eu/  and it stalls on loading the .zip file
> :(
> 
> And what is FGDB file?
> http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/geogratis/en/whatsnew.html;jsessionid=ACD1DCA33
> E1D9CEA93EDBFCB2D020E4D#canvec-20100611 I'd like CanVec to provide province
> sized .shp files broken down by theme, but the files are apparently too
> big for nrcan to support (that would make it too easy)
> 
> 
> My alternative solution is to just download all of the NTS tile squares and
> extract each file type and bring it all into a same folder, then use
> OpenJUMP to merge it all together.
> (alternativly, i can load it all to koordinates.com and create a layer with
> multiple data and export it as a single .shp file)
> 
> Anyone have any better options?
> 
> Thanks,
> Sam
> 
> P.S. I use windows and don't have the expensive software ArcGIS, and im a
> newbie, so i dont know what a PostGIS database actually is nor how to work
> one :)
> 
> ***
> 
>        1 Problem Loading NL_LX. See View / Log For Stack Traces
> 
>    - Read first 10 lines of C:\Documents and Settings\Adaptive\My
>    Documents\Downloads\canvec7_gml_NL_LX\NL_LX\NL_LX.gml and couldn't find
> a <schemaFeatures> tag. This isn't a valid FME GML file. (Parse Exception)
> 
> 
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