KML isn't a good choice, as it's always Lat/Lon WGS84. GML might work, but give GeoJson a shot first - it's simpler than GML to parse (actually little or no parsing required).
Did you try ogr2ogr on the commandline to make sure it's not a bug in the QGIS writer for long lines? Thanks, Alex On 10/20/2014 11:11 AM, Andrew Gillett wrote: > I wrote my parser for WKT as it was the quickest and simplest format to > parse that I was aware of I only need the country border data, and > could see how to parse this just by looking at the file, whereas other > formats would have needed more research. > > The problem is with exporting the WKT using a specified projection. At > the moment I have to export an intermediate format to get the projection > right, then load that back in and copy/paste for the WKT. > > I am now looking into using KML or GML instead. > > > On 20/10/2014 18:26, Alex Mandel wrote: >> That sounds like it's hitting some sort of line limit. Might be a bug in >> OGR. You could try writing WKT to a column first, but it would have to >> be in a layer type that supports long text fields. >> >> That said WKT is not a great format for complex geometries. Perhaps you >> can tell us your goal and we can suggest another way to get there. >> >> Thanks, >> Alex >> >> On 10/20/2014 10:21 AM, Andrew Gillett wrote: >>> Thanks for the info. I've just tried this and there appears to be a bug >>> in it. I'm using the country border data from here: >>> >>> http://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-cultural-vectors/ >>> >>> If, for example, I select Iceland and export as you suggested, the >>> column for the polygon data is truncated. Only about 200 vertices are >>> exported, as compared to around 3000 which are correctly present if I >>> use the copy/paste method. The polygon data ends with an X coordinate >>> but no Y coordinate, and the closing brackets and quote mark are also >>> missing. >>> >>> >>> On 20/10/2014 17:39, Matthias Kuhn wrote: >>>> Hi Andrew, >>>> >>>> WKT is a format for geometries and not a file type. Therefore it is not >>>> possible to offer a save as WKT just like that. You can however easily >>>> choose Comma Separated Value as export format and then choose AS_WKT in >>>> the Geometry combobox under layer options. >>>> >>>> Best regards, >>>> Matthias >>>> >>>> >>>> On 20.10.2014 18:35, Andrew Gillett wrote: >>>>> It is possible to export in WKT format by copying then pasting into a >>>>> text editor. However, there is no WKT option when exporting via Layer >>>>> -> Save As. Is there a particular reason for this, or is there a >>>>> development list where I could request this? >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Qgis-user mailing list >>>>> Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org >>>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Qgis-user mailing list >>> Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org >>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-user mailing list >> Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > -- Alex Mandel http://wildintellect.com _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user