Hi José
No reactions yet... but thank you very much for share your feedback. I'll
take note of this to mi next deal with KMLs.
Saludos
Carlos Cerdán
2014-08-28 4:38 GMT-05:00 José G Moya Y. :
> Hi!J
>
>
> On QGIS 2.4, I have some kind of trouble exporting to KML from SHP files
> when the "name" field is not called "name".
> If I specify the "Name" field in the SaveAs->KML file ->Datasource options
> dialog, QGIS ignores that option.
> A workaround is using the Field calculator to generate a new field called
> "Name". Then, QGIS uses the Name field.
>
> This is the result of my experiments:
>
> 1) Export kml from a SHP file without "NAME" field, specifying field XXX
> as Namefield
> => Resulting KML file has no name. Field XXX is exported as Extended data
> with name XXX.
>
> 2) Export kml from a SHP file with "NAME" field, Specifying field XXX as
> Namefield
> ==>Resulting KML file has namefield "NAME", "XXX" field is NOT exported.
>
> 3) Export kml from a SHP file with "NAME" field, Specifying "NAME" as name
> field
> ==>Everything is ok.
>
> Please note the same applies to Description field option.
>
> Also, I use to need calculated descriptions (I.E. to generate a html
> description with a table grouping many fields), but I can't use the field
> calculator inside the "description field" option, so I have to make a copy
> of the SHP file with the custom Description field, using the field
> calculator before exporting to kml.
>
> (Another question: what does mean "export simbology?" I find the results
> are the same with or without clicking that option. I would like an option
> to save my custom categorized icons ...)
>
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