[Qgis-user] KML to GoogleEarth

[Walter Ludwick]

Hey, Saber: Thanks for the quick reply and explicit instructions. 

It was easy to do, i gave it a try -but still the same condition results, alas (i.e. the KML saved, even using that WGS84 as CRS, is interpreted by Google Earth as a set of polygons that covers the entire globe). 

I'm going to keep flailing, trying whatever other CRS seems likely, but if there be any further ideas of things i might try, please don't hesitate to suggest!

/w


On Jul 27, 2011, at 12:29 PM, Saber Razmjooei wrote:

> The CRS you need is EPSG:4326
> To find it easily, in search section change Authority to EPSG and search
> for ID.
> Type 4326 and highlight the line from Coordinate Reference System:
> WGS84   EPSG:4326     3452
> Click OK.
> 
> 
> 
>> As a complete n00b to this list -also very new to QGIS and GIS in general-
>> i am having a problem that is i hope trivial to solve, for one of you with
>> more experience!
>> 
>> Essentially: to take a (vector) layer from QGIS and "save as..." KML, if i
>> pass that dialog with defaults selected, i get a .KML file that doesn't
>> make much sense to Google Earth -that is to say, Google Earth can read and
>> will display the polygons, perhaps even in the right shape, tho i cannot
>> be sure about that, because they display as lines that pretty much cover
>> the entire globe!
>> 
>> The one thing i can see that i think might be related to this problem is,
>> the CRS (Co-ordinate Reference System) parameter, which appears in the
>> "Save as..." dialog box with "Original CRS" as the default parameter...
>> but then when i push the "browse" button, i am faced with an immense
>> number of possibilities from which to choose, about which i have no idea.
>> 
>> Can anyone shed some light, and perhaps suggest a CRS that just might
>> work? The geography i am trying to describe is in coastal Portugal, if
>> that makes any difference...       /w
>> 
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