Re: [Qgis-user] trouble importing a .kml from Google Maps

2009-07-23 Thread Geofrey Sanders
un...@lists.osgeo.org > [mailto:qgis-user-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Geofrey Sanders > Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 1:30 PM > To: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > Subject: [Qgis-user] trouble importing a .kml from Google Maps > > I'm trying to pull a custom Google Map in

Re: [Qgis-user] trouble importing a .kml from Google Maps

2009-07-23 Thread Geofrey Sanders
I've just had a look inside the "kml" and it doesn't actually have any GIS data at all; just the URL of the map in Google Maps. This made me facepalm a little bit. Next step? Track down an actual datafile to try importing! Geofrey Sanders Weather Call Customer Care geof...@weathercall.net voicemai

Re: [Qgis-user] trouble importing a .kml from Google Maps

2009-07-23 Thread Jamie Adams
I'm using osgeo4w QGIS 1.2 and can open KML okay, though it wasn't exported from maps. Have you tried KML from another source? On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Geofrey Sanders < weathercallmaph...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm trying to pull a custom Google Map into QGIS with a view to adding > in ad

RE: [Qgis-user] trouble importing a .kml from Google Maps

2009-07-23 Thread Woolard, Zachary S.
...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:qgis-user-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Geofrey Sanders Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 1:30 PM To: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Subject: [Qgis-user] trouble importing a .kml from Google Maps I'm trying to pull a custom Google Map into QGIS with a view to addi

[Qgis-user] trouble importing a .kml from Google Maps

2009-07-23 Thread Geofrey Sanders
I'm trying to pull a custom Google Map into QGIS with a view to adding in additional data like county boundaries, however I've been unable to add the file as a vector layer, getting the 'not a valid or recognized data source' message. I'm importing from a .kml file saved from the Google Maps web in