That was my suspicion. Though since it's an OGR issue, you just need a newer GDAL/OGR not necessarily newer QGIS.
Updating just GDAL/OGR depends on your operating system but should be possible on most systems. Thanks, Alex On 10/20/2014 12:34 PM, Junior Delaz wrote: > Hi, > I think the WKT issue is an OGR one : > https://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/ticket/5508 > It should work in QGIS master > > 2014-10-20 20:31 GMT+02:00 Alex Mandel <tech_...@wildintellect.com>: > >> 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