[Qgis-user] USGS 3DEM question: export to kml/kmz

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The tif file is a raster. 
Kml is a vector format.
You need to use one of the processing tools to extract contours or spot heights and then export the results to kml.

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On 12 Nov 2024, 20:06, at 20:06, "John W. Blue via QGIS-User" <qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>QGIS newbie here.  I want to use USGS LiDAR to search for abandoned
>railroad grades as a layer in Google Earth.
>
>I am able to download the 1 meter tif from USGS and I am able to add it
>as a layer in QGIS.  I cannot, however, figure out how export the layer
>as a kml/kmz file.
>
>I right-click on the layer and choose "Export" and then "Save As"
>followed by dropping the "Format" menu down.  Heaps and heaps of
>options to choose from but none for kml/kmz.
>
>Any help in what I am missing or doing wrong would be appreciated.
>
>John
>
>
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