[R-sig-Geo] Converting kml to shape (readOGR)

[Henk Sierdsema]

I have installed Expat XML Parser, but how do I rebuilt GDAL/OGR?

Henk


Henk Sierdsema

SOVON Vogelonderzoek Nederland / SOVON Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology

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-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: Edzer Pebesma [mailto:edzer.pebesma at uni-muenster.de]
Verzonden: dinsdag 6 januari 2009 12:16
Aan: Henk Sierdsema
CC: r-sig-geo at stat.math.ethz.ch
Onderwerp: Re: [R-sig-Geo] Converting kml to shape (readOGR)




Henk Sierdsema wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been trying to convert a vector kml-file to an ESRI shape with readOGR(), but I don't manage to read the kml-file. Can anyone help me with this? 
>   
http://www.gdal.org/ogr/ogr_formats.html mentions at KML that "read 
support needs libexpat". Further it says "KML reading is only available 
if GDAL/OGR is built with the Expat XML Parser, otherwise only KML 
writing will be supported."

Maybe this was missing while your gdal/rgdal was built?
--
Edzer
> Thnx,
>
> Henk Sierdsema
>
>
> SOVON Vogelonderzoek Nederland / SOVON Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology
>
> Rijksstraatweg 178
> 6573 DG  Beek-Ubbergen
> The Netherlands
> tel: +31 (0)24 6848145
> fax: +31 (0)24 6848122
>
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