Hi, Andrea, The problem is that the link that Google Drive provides is to a “preview” program that turns it into a web page, even for well-known file types like “.txt” and “.png”. It is not a link to the “raw” file.
The only way around that I’ve seen is for Sheets documents, which, when sharing, can be “Published to web” in standard formats such as “.csv”. — Andy > On Oct 18, 2024 04:38 AM, at 4:38 AM, Andrea Giacomelli via Discuss > <discuss@lists.osgeo.org> wrote: > > Hello to all, > > a) This is a question I tried to pose initially on Google Drive discussions > as it is a generic issue on the Google Drive side. > In absence of feedback for the moment I am relaying it also here...maybe > somebody has tried this. > > I would like to understand if there is a way to use a Google Drive folder as > a repository for GPX or Geojson files to be displayed via web map > applications that allow online data sources. > > b) As a test, I took a generic geojson file and uploaded it via FPT to a > folder on my web site, and I am able to use that file as a layer by > indicating its URL....works fine. > > If I upload the same file to Google Drive, share it to "Anyone with the > link", and then use the deriving URL as a data source, the layer is not > displayed.... > > example: > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Iao_JWwGgOqrFTGNdjxvuTSaq1whnXz9/view?usp=sharing > > <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Iao_JWwGgOqrFTGNdjxvuTSaq1whnXz9/view?usp=sharing> > > c) I am wondering if there are other ways to refer to the shared file, so > that it may be read appropriately by the mapping app. > > I noted that Drive uses different URL for the file depending on the function > (e.g. > https://drive.usercontent.google.com/u/0/uc?id=1Iao_JWwGgOqrFTGNdjxvuTSaq1whnXz9&export=download > > <https://drive.usercontent.google.com/u/0/uc?id=1Iao_JWwGgOqrFTGNdjxvuTSaq1whnXz9&export=download> > )...but I cannot find a documentation about this... > > TIA for any feedback, and best regards > > Andrea Giacomelli > http://www.pibinko.org <http://www.pibinko.org/> Cultura, ambiente, > innovazione libera... > http://www.jugbandcm.it <http://www.jugbandcm.it/> ...e musica > +39 3791680739 - voce > +39 3317539228 - whatsapp > PIVA 01582480537 > > > p.s. I am evaluating the Google Drive approach since I have some data > providers who are comfortable using Drive to upload their files, but are less > conversant with FTP or other tools. > > > Andrea Giacomelli > http://www.pibinko.org <http://www.pibinko.org/> Cultura, ambiente, > innovazione libera... > http://www.jugbandcm.it <http://www.jugbandcm.it/> ...e musica > +39 3791680739 - voce > +39 3317539228 - whatsapp > PIVA 01582480537 > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > Virus-free.www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > > <x-msg://2/#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>_______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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