Thanks Mat for the good report. Frank, did you start already on the kml stuff? If you didn't I could look into it without creating conflicts. Else let's see how to proceed.
Cheers, Andrea On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 8:19 PM, Mat Gilbert (JIRA) <[email protected]> wrote: > Mat Gilbert created UDIG-1899: > --------------------------------- > > 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. > > > -- > This message is automatically generated by JIRA. > If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA > administrators: > https://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa > For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira > > > _______________________________________________ > User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig) > http://udig.refractions.net > http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/udig-devel _______________________________________________ User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig) http://udig.refractions.net http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/udig-devel
