Hi Bruce- The KML driver should behave as follows:
If you define a field using a creation option for NameField (the default is "Name") then it will be written out as the "Name" element. Likewise with "Description". You're saying that everything works fine using ogr2ogr but when you try to create an OGR dataset programmatically you get extra, empty "name" and "description" elements in the output? Can you file a trouble ticket and include your input layer and code snippet if possible? -Chris From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Clay, Bruce Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 10:53 AM To: gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org Subject: [gdal-dev] KML output fields When I use ogr2ogr to convert a shapefile to KML there are no "Name" or "Description" fields in the output and all attributes are lined up. When I try to create a KML file from my code and populate the data both "Name" and "Description" fields are included in the output. I have tried not a variety of things in the call to KML's CreateDataSource Not setting any options (i.e. passing a NULL) Setting both to empty strings CSLSetNameValue( ogrOptions, "NameField", ""); CSLSetNameValue( ogrOptions, "DescriptionField", ""); Setting both to "None" CSLSetNameValue( ogrOptions, "NameField", "None"); CSLSetNameValue( ogrOptions, "DescriptionField", "None"); None of the above will remove the 2 fields from the output KML as a result all real attribute values are sifted up 2 places. I looked in the ogr2ogr.cpp and I do not see any parameters getting passed into the call. Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this? Bruce This message and any enclosures are intended only for the addressee. Please notify the sender by email if you are not the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not use, copy, disclose, or distribute this message or its contents or enclosures to any other person and any such actions may be unlawful. Ball reserves the right to monitor and review all messages and enclosures sent to or from this email address.
_______________________________________________ gdal-dev mailing list gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev
