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

[Edzer Pebesma]

That's a question beyond the scope of r-sig-geo, IMO; it's in the R 
documentation and/or faqs.
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Edzer

Henk Sierdsema wrote:
> I have installed Expat XML Parser, but how do I rebuilt GDAL/OGR?
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> Henk
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> Henk Sierdsema
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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)
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> Henk Sierdsema wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> 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? 
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> 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."
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> Maybe this was missing while your gdal/rgdal was built?
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> Edzer
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>> Thnx,
>>
>> Henk Sierdsema
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>> 6573 DG  Beek-Ubbergen
>> The Netherlands
>> tel: +31 (0)24 6848145
>> fax: +31 (0)24 6848122
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