On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:41:28 +0100 Chris Browet <[email protected]> wrote:
> KML handling is a bit specific in Merkaartor 0.17. > > 1) KML is not considered as tracks, but rather as features like SHP. > 2), to avoid licensing issue with unauthorized google imports, the > built-in KML import only imports nodes, not roads > 3) To bypass 2) you can rename your .kml and then force an import. > GDAL will then be used as last resort, recognize a KML and import it > as a SHP. > > I'll probably remove any KML specifics in 0.18. KML will then be > handled the same as SHP. > > - Chris - > > On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 00:25, Elizabeth Dodd <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I've just got a camera which outputs a kml file (which at the > > moment I haven't successfully converted to gpx track, only > > waypoints). When I try to view this series of kml placemarkers in > > Merkaartor I can't find them, except in MapnikPlus, where they get > > the same marker as any other unknown tagged item. > > I think that if I modified a style I would be able to see my track > > in Merkaartor, but I don't know where to start to achieve this. > > > > Liz > > renaming .xml works i tried some other possibilities but they weren't ok this camera is the casio exilim ex-h20g with gps on and the camera off it records a point each minute with gps and the camera on it records a point each 10 secs a firmware upgrade allows export as kml onto the sd card gps positioning accuracy is reasonable, supplemented by an in-camera INS the INS isn't particularly good but as a tracking and recording device it is good. Expect other manufacturers to do even better over the next couple of years. _______________________________________________ Merkaartor mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/merkaartor
