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Thanks, Alex PS: I knew this one because I spent a couple of hours solving it a couple of years ago. On 02/25/2012 04:55 PM, Jel Coward wrote: > 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
