Nikos, Could you file a ticket, and attach a working and nonworking kml example?
Any idea if this behavior varies across versions of google earth? I wonder if libkml can read the file(s) ok. Best regards, Frank On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Nikos Alexandris <n...@nikosalexandris.net>wrote: > Hi! > > I work with GDAL 1.9.2, compiled from source with support for expat and KML > under Kubuntu 12.10. Any attempt to convert a(ny) shapefile (be it of type > point or polygon) using ogr2ogr (or exporting from GRASS GIS or/and QGIS -- > all based on the same GDAL librairies) results in a .kml file that Google- > Earth (version 7. ) wont read with the "excuse": Unknown element <Schema>. > > Even the example KML file over at > <https://developers.google.com/kml/articles/vector> is rejected by GE > with the > same error message. > > Removing the <Schema> entries altogether, makes the file readable by GE. > > Anyhow, GE reads without problems a KML example (that includes Schema > elements) to be found over at > <https://developers.google.com/kml/documentation/extendeddata> (look for > the > Example under "Adding Typed Data to a Feature"). > > What are the odds? > > Thank you, Nikos > _______________________________________________ > gdal-dev mailing list > gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev > -- ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, warmer...@pobox.com light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam and watch the world go round - Rush | Geospatial Software Developer
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