[Qgis-user] KML Load Error

[Simon Cropper]

On 16/06/14 10:20, James Wood wrote:
> Seemingly a newbie question, and I confess, KML is not something I play
> around with very much, but I'm getting an error on a simple Add Vector
> Layer operation with a downloaded KML file. I suspect it may be the
> source, although a quick peak in Notepad++ looked OK. The links  (mostly
> to PNGs stored online) that I checked inside the doc are broken, but
> would that cause it not to load at all? Would anyone else want to give
> it a quick try?
>
> KML Source: http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49c3646c4d3.html
>
> QGIS 2.2 on Windows 7 x64 (install from standalone)
>
> Some options here
> <http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/33826/how-to-convert-kml-to-shapefile-without-losing-attributes>
> for me, I guess, if it works for someone else.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> James​
>
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James,

I can't get the KML file to open either (QGIS 2.2, Ubuntu 13.10)

Have you tried just running the KML file from Google Earth?

The errors I am getitng suggest some non-standard colour tags are being 
used. If you can open in Google earth try exporting to a different 
version of KML.

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