Mat Gilbert created UDIG-1899:
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Summary: Exporting a Shapefile as KML does not work
Key: UDIG-1899
URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/UDIG-1899
Project: uDIG
Issue Type: Bug
Components: application
Affects Versions: UDIG 1.3.1
Environment: Windows XP Java 6 Update 29 (build 1.6.0_29-b11)
Reporter: Mat Gilbert
Fix For: UDIG 1.3.1
Attachments: udig_logfile.txt
I am trying to create a KML file from shapefiles that detail all NOAA forecast
zones. The files I am working with are available here:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/geodata/catalog/wsom/html/pubzone.htm
Here are the steps that I am following:
Step 1: I create a new project called "Public Forecast Zones"
Step 2: Layer -> Add -> Files
Step 3: Select the .shp file (z_23fe12.shp)
Step 4: Shapefile regions are now loaded... in the "Table" pane at the bottom I
can iterate through all the zones and they are highlighted on the map. I can
see all the data (except for the LONG list of coordinates per zone) or search
for named zones.
Step 5: In the projects pane in the top left, I right click on the layer for
the shapefile, and click "Export"
Step 6: I click the "Export feature layer to kml" option and click next
Step 7: I click the button with 3 periods "..." and supply a filename
"test_zones.kml".
Step 8: I click "Finish". A dialog box comes up that says "Exporting Map" with
a scrolling progress bar. The window is shown for approximately 5 seconds (time
this dialog box shows for is consistent), and then it closes without any
notification.
After following these steps, no KML files are ever generated. No errors are
displayed, nothing confirms or denys that the file was created. I am suspect
that something is going wrong, because I doubt the export would happen as quick
as the "Exporting" dialog box appears for. The shapefiles I'm working with are
about ~60mb, so it should not be a quick 1 second export... I can only assume.
I have tried selecting an "empty" kml file (just a .txt file with it's
extension changed). I have also tried saving a basic KML file from google
earth, and having the "Save" operation work on that file... and nothing happens
then.
Attached is the logfile that the Help->Submit Issue... menu selection provided
me.
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