Re: [MI-L] Mapinfo to google earth

[siddahrtha kamasani]

Hi Bhathiya,

Try attached tool.

Selected objects need to be exported into KML.

Short key to export into KML is "a".

Sidharth kamasani

On 15 November 2012 11:23, Bhathiya Pilanawithana <bhat...@gmail.com> wrote:

When  I export mapinfo to google earth, labels do not appear in google earth. Is there a solution?

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[MEG]

I downloaded your ExporttoKML tool.  It is very nice and works great.

 

Is there a way to call your program from another MapBasic program and  pass parameters to it for the translation?  For example:

 

Call ExportToKML "C:\Data\polyline.tab" "C:\Data\polyline.kml"

 

If not does anyone know of something that can be used?

 

Thanks,

 

MEG

[Brendan Stone]

You could use the command line program ogr2ogr.exe

e.g

ogr2ogr -f "KML" "X:\KML\example.KML" "X:\TAB\example.TAB"

More info:

http://www.gdal.org/ogr2ogr.html

Using MapBasic you could save the TAB and then call ogr2ogr with the correct parameters using "Run Program"

[MEG]

Brendan:

 

Thanks for your response about the ogr2ogr utility.

 

I did a test and it created a KML.

 

The only issue is no matter what the line style in MapInfo, the KML line is a very thin RED line (which is hard to see). 

 

Is there a parameter to for the utility that transfers the MapInfo line style to the KML?  OR a parameter I can send in the command line that set it bolder in the KML?

 

It appears that the -lco NAME=VALUE: Layer creation option might be a way to set this feature.  If you have a link or know how to set this it would be appreciated.

 

Thanks,

 

MEG

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks,

 

MEG

 

 

[Brendan Stone]

Which version of ogr2ogr are you using? You can check by running ogr2ogr.exe --version

I used the version that ships with QGIS Dufour (v 1.9.2) and the resulting KML files inherit the style of the feature in the TAB file.

When I used an older version of ogr2ogr (1.6.0) all the resulting KML files had the same style which I guess was ogr2ogr's default style. Can't remember what style it was exactly.

Hope that helps.

[MEG]

Brendan:

Thanks for the response.

 

I checked and the version of GDAL is 1.7.0b2.  So I wonder if I'm setting something incorrectly?

 

The command was fairly simple

 

ogr2ogr -f "KML"  "X:\KML\example.KML" "X:\TAB\example.TAB"

 

I was thinking I could set a parameter for the KML file to set the width that would generate the code in the KML to look like:

 

<LineStyle> <color>DCABEC</color>  <width>5</width></LineStyle>.

 

However, I couldn't determine the correct syntax... the documentation is sketchy.

 

MEG

 

 

 

 

[Brendan Stone]

Sorry, didn't see this.

I don't know if it's possible to apply a style via ogr2ogr, perhaps someone with more experience of ogr2ogr can advise.

I'd recommend you download QGIS (which is well worth having on your machine anyway) and use the ogr2ogr.exe that it includes.

This version will take the style of the MapInfo object and apply it to the KML file.

[Ramon Perez]

Hi

I´m use this

1. Tools>Tool manager

2.Select "Google earth Connection Utility" (Select Loaded and Autoload)

3.Click Ok

4.Select the objects that you like send to google earth

5.Go to Map>Google Earth Link>Export To Google Earth

6.Select the option "Export selected objets (kml)"

7.Select the output path

8.Select the source place name (label)

9. Click Ok

Wait a minute while process is completed

The software willbe open the Google Earth with your data.

Best regards

2012/11/15 Bhathiya Pilanawithana <bhat...@gmail.com>

When  I export mapinfo to google earth, labels do not appear in google earth. Is there a solution?

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[Etore]

Sorry kamasani,

I couldn't run...could you get  .MB?