Hi Juliane, I have found an Arcview3-extension that converts kml to shapes (http://arcscripts.esri.com/details.asp?dbid=14988) and that works fine. But it would like to solve the problem in the scripting-environment of R.
Henk PS: the kml-files were made with Google Earth. Henk Sierdsema SOVON Vogelonderzoek Nederland / SOVON Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology Rijksstraatweg 178 6573 DG Beek-Ubbergen The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)24 6848145 fax: +31 (0)24 6848122 -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: Juliane Struve [mailto:juliane_str...@yahoo.co.uk] Verzonden: dinsdag 6 januari 2009 12:26 Aan: Henk Sierdsema Onderwerp: Re: [R-sig-Geo] Converting kml to shape (readOGR) Hi, I know this does not answer your question directly, but have you tried converting your kml file using the Data Interoperability extension in ArcGIS ? This is supposed to be possible. I can't activate that extension so can't try it. But I'd be interested to know if it works. Also the shape2earth plugin in MapWindows apparently converts shape to kml files, but can it convert kml to shape ? Regards, Juliane Dr. Juliane Struve Environmental Scientist 10, Lynwood Crescent Sunningdale SL5 0BL 01344 620811 ----- Original Message ---- From: Henk Sierdsema <henk.sierds...@sovon.nl> To: r-sig-geo@stat.math.ethz.ch Sent: Tuesday, 6 January, 2009 11:43:08 Subject: [R-sig-Geo] Converting kml to shape (readOGR) Hi, I've been trying to convert a vector kml-file to an ESRI shape with readOGR(), but I don't manage to read the kml-file. Can anyone help me with this? Thnx, Henk Sierdsema SOVON Vogelonderzoek Nederland / SOVON Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology Rijksstraatweg 178 6573 DG Beek-Ubbergen The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)24 6848145 fax: +31 (0)24 6848122 _______________________________________________ R-sig-Geo mailing list R-sig-Geo@stat.math.ethz.ch https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo _______________________________________________ R-sig-Geo mailing list R-sig-Geo@stat.math.ethz.ch https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo
