[Qgis-user] KML to GoogleEarth

[percy langa]

Works for me >> Qgis 1.6 >> CRS: WGS84, EPSG:4326, 3452

Also try saving to GPS exchange format, then open in google earth.

Cheers!
Percy

On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Giovanni Manghi
<giovanni.manghi at gmail.com>wrote:

> Tha  probably your shapefile is missing the .prj file, so when you load
> it into QGIS it will probably be given the wrong CRS. Change it manually
> then try again "save as..." and export in WGS84.
>
> cheers
>
> -- Giovanni --
>
> On Wed, 2011-07-27 at 13:13 +0100, Walter Ludwick wrote:
> > 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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