[Qgis-user] trouble importing a .kml from Google Maps

[Woolard, Zachary S.]

You can convert the KML file to a shapefile using the ogr2ogr command in
FWtools - http://fwtools.maptools.org/.  

Zachary Woolard

GIS Programmer Analyst

County of Moore

PO Box 905

Carthage, NC 28327

Phone: 910 947 1078

Fax: 910 947 2313

 


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Geofrey Sanders
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 1:30 PM
To: qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: [Qgis-user] trouble importing a .kml from Google Maps

I'm trying to pull a custom Google Map into QGIS with a view to adding
in additional data like county boundaries, however I've been unable to
add the file as a vector layer, getting the 'not a valid or recognized
data source' message. I'm importing from a .kml file saved from the
Google Maps web interface.

I'm running QGIS 1.1.0, installed from the OSGeo4w package manager.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, as it really seems like I
should be able to use KMLs without hassle...

-gws
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