Comments on: Converting Shapefiles (and more) to KML http://www.perrygeo.net/wordpress/?p=56 Matt Perry's random adventures with geospatial technology and other tangentially related topics Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:19:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: rivertripper http://www.perrygeo.net/wordpress/?p=56#comment-47891 rivertripper Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:21:21 +0000 http://www.perrygeo.net/wordpress/?p=56#comment-47891 The Zonums tools shp2kml and kml2shp were incredible tools. Unfortunately they have a license that expires and requires downloading the latest version from Zonums.com; now these tools won't download. The Zonums tools shp2kml and kml2shp were incredible tools. Unfortunately they have a license that expires and requires downloading the latest version from Zonums.com; now these tools won’t download.

]]> By: roland_from_auburn http://www.perrygeo.net/wordpress/?p=56#comment-47806 roland_from_auburn Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:50:15 +0000 http://www.perrygeo.net/wordpress/?p=56#comment-47806 Excellent help, thanks greatly Perry- with this simple, straightforward help I was able to map out all the registered quarries in NSW in google earth, and zoom in to check their status- thanks again! Excellent help, thanks greatly Perry- with this simple, straightforward help I was able to map out all the registered quarries in NSW in google earth, and zoom in to check their status- thanks again!

]]> By: Steven Vance http://www.perrygeo.net/wordpress/?p=56#comment-47772 Steven Vance Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:45:54 +0000 http://www.perrygeo.net/wordpress/?p=56#comment-47772 I second using the MapWindow plugin, Shape2Earth. I've used it successfully many times before. Now there's GeoCommons Finder: http://finder.geocommons.com, an online service that accepts geodata in multiple formats, or tables in CSV format and will export in KML among others. I second using the MapWindow plugin, Shape2Earth. I’ve used it successfully many times before.

Now there’s GeoCommons Finder: http://finder.geocommons.com, an online service that accepts geodata in multiple formats, or tables in CSV format and will export in KML among others.

]]> By: j03lar50n http://www.perrygeo.net/wordpress/?p=56#comment-47269 j03lar50n Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:11:31 +0000 http://www.perrygeo.net/wordpress/?p=56#comment-47269 i have recently begun using FWTools (GDAL and ogr2ogr) a lot more for this type of operation, but wanted to share these tools as i still use them quite frequently. http://zonums.com/kml2shp.html to go from KML to SHP http://zonums.com/shp2kml.html to go from SHP to KML as the last post on this thread was over a year ago - i'm sure you all either already know about these or have a better solution by now. the rest of the site is filled with somewhat-GIS related goodness however. Cheers to Mr. Zonums and to Perry* --j03 i have recently begun using FWTools (GDAL and ogr2ogr) a lot more for this type of operation, but wanted to share these tools as i still use them quite frequently.

http://zonums.com/kml2shp.html to go from KML to SHP

http://zonums.com/shp2kml.html to go from SHP to KML

as the last post on this thread was over a year ago - i’m sure you all either already know about these or have a better solution by now. the rest of the site is filled with somewhat-GIS related goodness however.

Cheers to Mr. Zonums and to Perry* –j03

]]> By: Dale Lutz http://www.perrygeo.net/wordpress/?p=56#comment-25536 Dale Lutz Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:21:44 +0000 http://www.perrygeo.net/wordpress/?p=56#comment-25536 I should probably chime in and let folks know that the FME product (free eval at www.safe.com) can do a very good job of going from Shape (or most any spatial format) into KML. See more details about it at http://www.safe.com/google/earth/index.php and some examples made by one customer at http://earth.nanaimo.ca/ (check the data tab). Dale I should probably chime in and let folks know that the FME product (free eval at http://www.safe.com) can do a very good job of going from Shape (or most any spatial format) into KML. See more details about it at http://www.safe.com/google/earth/index.php and some examples made by one customer at http://earth.nanaimo.ca/ (check the data tab).

Dale

]]> By: yecarrillo http://www.perrygeo.net/wordpress/?p=56#comment-11827 yecarrillo Wed, 07 Feb 2007 05:00:30 +0000 http://www.perrygeo.net/wordpress/?p=56#comment-11827 PostgreSQL/PostGIS users can export a basic Geometry from database using <a href="http://svn.refractions.net/postgis/trunk/lwgeom/lwgeom_kml.c" rel="nofollow">AsKML()</a> function introduced at <a href="http://www.postgis.org/news/20070111" rel="nofollow">1.2.1</a> version. Although is not a full KML document, it saves a lot of work on export process. PostgreSQL/PostGIS users can export a basic Geometry from database using AsKML() function introduced at 1.2.1 version. Although is not a full KML document, it saves a lot of work on export process.

]]> By: Felipe Costa http://www.perrygeo.net/wordpress/?p=56#comment-11510 Felipe Costa Sat, 03 Feb 2007 15:55:57 +0000 http://www.perrygeo.net/wordpress/?p=56#comment-11510 Thanks Perry, Your solutions are being very useful to me and I believe that others people are using it too. Great blog. Thanks Perry,

Your solutions are being very useful to me and I believe that others people are using it too.
Great blog.

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