[Qgis-user] Re:Newbie question - gml files

[Sam Vekemans]

That's odd, i thought it would automatically reply to the mailing list,
rather than direct to the responder.. oops.
and i should have been clearer, i dont know what 'GDAL' is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GDAL
... still unsure.  I'll need to school up on that one..

On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 12:10 PM, <samvekemans at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks :)
> But im afraid of the ogr...lol :(
>
> http://ogr.maptools.org/ogr2ogr.html
> The link to download this program is broken :(
>
> I'm using QGIS program as it's supposed to be able to open up this file
> type. So im looking for the GUI for it...
>
> Is this the correct file?
> http://geoserver.org/display/GEOSDOC/Ogr2Ogr+based+WFS+output+format
> with a link to
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/2.0.2/geoserver-2.0.2.exe/download
>
> There is another link on a google search, but i dont want malware. (i did
> install some other mapping software before which was scare-ware,
> unfortunately)
> ... so i'll try it, if it's the correct program :)
>
> Thanks,
> sam
>
>
>
> On Jan 2, 2011 11:44am, Andrea Peri <aperi2007 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >P.S, if anyone is bored, my task is rather simple.
> > >Download all of the canvec .gml files, then convert them to .shp format
> > >and save each map feature as a separate .shp file (province size)
> > >... then zip and upload it to some website, like mediafire.com or any
> other
> >
> > >file sharing site.
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > you could try with gdal/ogr.
> >
> > I think the last version is capable to convert GML.
> >
> > ogr2ogr.exe -f "ESRI Shapefile" folder-result file.gml
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > --
> > -----------------
> > Andrea Peri
> > . . . . . . . . .
> > qwerty àèìòù
> > -----------------
> >
> >
>
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