Build OGRE with latest version of GDAL/ogr2ogr to extend abilities, including support for KMZ files

[autydp]

Relates to Issue #112

Greetings. We use OGRE frequently for converting shape files to GeoJSON. Thank you for providing a valuable resource.

One deficiency has been support for KMZ files, as this has been an issue with ogr2ogr. I have noticed, however, with at least the 3.7 release of GDAL that KMZ files are now supported, at least the KMZ examples we are interested in. Would it be possible to rebuild OGRE with the latest release of GDAL, to include support for these files?

I include a simple sample .kmz file for reference. These files are often a simple compression of a singular .kml file. There are, of course, other examples of .kmz that involve tile pyramids of map images, that do not provide a basis shape. It is understood these will fail conversion. However, the examples of compressed KML files with shape data should now be supported.

colorado_test.kmz.zip

(Note this is a zip of a kmz - which is a zip - but unzipping this file should give you a sample .kmz file to work with).

[wavded]

Assuming you are talking about the public site. I won't be able to get to likely until next year (a little swamped atm). However, you can set up your own instance and build GDAL however you'd like in the meantime.

[autydp]

When you can, it will be appreciated.

Thanks.

[aliciaaleman]

Hello @wavded - I'm a colleague of @autydp working on NASA's Earthdata Search, which utilizes OGRE for shapefile conversion. Adding support for KMZ files is a priority for our users so we're following this request closely. Do you have an approximate timeframe for when updating OGRE with the latest release of GDAL will be completed?