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Reading KML files

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Hi all,

I have just added a basic KML importer to scenProc. This means that you can now also read polygons, lines and points from that format. This for example allows you to draw your vegetation polygons in Google Earth and then turn them into autogen.

I used some KML files I made with Google Earth to test and one thing I noticed is that I can't really store additional attributes with the feature (besides the description field maybe). So at the moment no attributes are read. If somebody has an example of a file that does store attributes in some way, please let me know.
 
Hi,

I did find a way to read some attributes as well now. What I did is let QGIS make a KML file of a SHP I had. I noticed the attributes were written as SimpleData commands in the KML file. So that way of storing attributes is now supported by the reader.

If there are other ways to do it, sample files are still welcome of course!
 
Thanks Arno, what I was doing was converting the kml files into shp files and then worked with Scenproc. usefull to complete many osm file which are very limited according to the area.
 
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