Just convert your kml to shapefile, then you can easily open shapefile in QGIS.
You can use OGR2OGR to convert kml to shapefile in FWTools http://fwtools.maptools.org/ ogr2ogr -f 'ESRI Shapefile' output.shp input.kml Details in this site: http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/98/how-can-i-convert-between-kml-and-esris-shapefile-format Noli On 7/31/12, Harish <harry.om2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Did you save as .kmz or .kml from My places? > > On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Harikumar Sivanandan > <hakuco...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Sir, >> I exported a kml file consisting of roads, paths and lines from My places >> in Google maps. It is opening in Google Earth, but I am not able to open >> it >> as a vector layer in QGIS. >> However I am able to open a Google earth kml file consisting of only >> points in QGIS. What should I do to open a kml file consisting of lines? >> With regards >> Harikumar >> Kollam, India >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-user mailing list >> Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> >> > > > -- > Harish Kumar Solanki, Assistant Professor > National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD), > Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India > Jaipur, Rajasthan, India- Pin-302006 > > Email- hksola...@nird.gov.in, harry.om2...@gmail.com, > Tele-Fax-0141-2209905, Mo.- 09214446732, 09414291732 > Website- http://www.nird.org.in, > http://watershed.rajasthan.gov.in/<http://www.nird.org.in> > LinkedIn: www.linkedIn.com/in/hksolanki > <http://www.nird.org.in> > _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user