HOW TO CONVERT BETWEEN KML & ESRI'S SHAPEFILE IN QGIS

KML is not so commonly used by mapmakers and GIS programmers.ESRI'S shapefile on the other hand is most commonly adopted in the field of GIS and therefore in this tutorial i will show how to convert between the two. It is important to convert a shapefile(shp) to KML especially when you want to put

HOW TO EXPORT KEYHOLE MARKUP LANGUAGE (KML) FROM GOOGLE EARTH

Keyhole Markup Language(KML) is an XML based file format used to display geographic data in an Earth browser such as Google Earth and Google Maps. In this tutorial i will be digitizing roads in Nairobi's BuruBuru estate where i live and then export the data to KML.The current roads shapefile that

HOW TO DOWNLOAD FREE LANDSAT IMAGERY WITH USGS EARTH EXPLORER

This tutorial explains how one can download Landsat images from the United States Geological Survey(USGS) website.There are no restrictions to downloading data from the site,however a statement of the data source when citing,copying or reprinting the data or images is requested. The approximate scene