[R-sig-Geo] loading GML files into R

[Paul Hiemstra]

I'm running Windows and the GML files will consist of point data.

Thank for the fast response :),

Paul

At 11:28 28-9-2006, you wrote:
>On Thu, 28 Sep 2006, Paul Hiemstra wrote:
>
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I am using sp and gstat to interpolate radiation data from the Dutch
> > Radiation Monitoring Network. One of the goals of this project is to use
> > inter operable data formats, in this case probably GML (Geography Markup
> > Language). I have not found a package to parse GML files directly into R.
> > Is anyone aware of a way to read GML files into R?
>
>(Assuming GML vector data)
>
>Which platform are you on? If Linux/Unix/OSX, install GDAL with support in
>OGR for GML vector files, and use the rgdal package; this should work, but
>needs care in installing Xerces and other libraries. If Windows, use the
>binary rgdal package on CRAN to read a file converted from GML to one of
>the small range of drivers available - for example using the FWTools suite
>of Windows binaries - see ogrinfo and ogr2ogr in that suite.
>
>Roger
>
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > Paul Hiemstra
> > University of Utrecht
> >
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