Thanks - yes that was it. So I used the other link and downloaed the actual kml file but all I see in qgis is the the line I had drawn on the google map, on a white background. ie no map.
This is clearly my ineptness/inexperience - please feel free to ignore me if I am missing something obvious that I should be finding myself :) Thanks :) Jel On 25 February 2012 16:36, Alex Mandel <tech_...@wildintellect.com> wrote: > On 02/25/2012 03:45 PM, Jel Coward wrote: > > Ubuntu 10.04 > > QGIS 1.7.4 > > > > kml file exported from google maps > > > > When I try opening with QGIS I get > > > > The layer...../Pemberton Medical Clinic area2.kml is not a valid layer > and > > can not be added to the map > > > > > > Any thoughts from the here gathered wise folks please? > > > > > > I am still a complete nube.....so please accept my apols if the there is > > something obvious that I should be doing that I am not doing :) > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > jel > > > > Often times if the kml is downloaded from Google Maps, it's not the > actual data but only a link to the real data which is hosted online. > An easy way to check is to open the kml in a text editor, it will be > quite short and obvious if the actual x,y data is in the file. > > See http://sites.google.com/site/gmapstips/export-my-map-as-kml for more > information. > > If this isn't the issue and the data is public and you can point us to a > copy to test that would be great. > > Thanks, > Alex > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > -- Jel Coward Don't miss the OSCAR demonstration evening on Thursday, May 3rd, 2012 in the Paetzold Auditorium, Vancouver General Hospital (map here<http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=vancouver+general+hospital&hl=en&sll=49.891235,-97.15369&sspn=31.844519,90&vpsrc=0&hq=vancouver+general+hospital&t=m&z=15> ). The BC OSCAR UserGroup and OSCAR Canada Users Society (OCUS) meeting<http://oscarcanada.org/>will be held on Friday, May 4th and Saturday, May 5th, 2012 in the Paetzold Auditorium, Vancouver General Hospital (map here<http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=vancouver+general+hospital&hl=en&sll=49.891235,-97.15369&sspn=31.844519,90&vpsrc=0&hq=vancouver+general+hospital&t=m&z=15> ). Some Open-Source and Creative Commons interests..... The CARE Course http://www.theCAREcourse.ca Wilderness Medicine Twitter account <http://twitter.com/#%21/wemsiint> WEMSI-International http://WEMSI-International.org OSCAR open-source EMR http://OSCARcanada.org
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