What is the bug?
When writing a .kml with the "KML" driver, attribute colums are correctly written to "simpledata" elements in the .kml output file.
When reading the file again though, these columns are ignored.
Ideally they would be read correctly, but at least it would be useful if this behaviour was documented in the driver doc.
Steps to reproduce the issue
import tempfile
from pathlib import Path
import geopandas as gpd
from osgeo import gdal, ogr
gdal.UseExceptions()
tmp_dir = Path(tempfile.gettempdir())
# Create a KML via the gdal python API
kml_gdal_path = tmp_dir / "polygon-parcel-gdal-kml.kml"
ds = ogr.GetDriverByName("KML").CreateDataSource(kml_gdal_path)
lyr = ds.CreateLayer("src_lyr", geom_type=ogr.wkbNone)
field = ogr.FieldDefn("text_1", ogr.OFTString)
lyr.CreateField(field)
field = ogr.FieldDefn("text_2", ogr.OFTString)
lyr.CreateField(field)
field = ogr.FieldDefn("text_3", ogr.OFTString)
lyr.CreateField(field)
f = ogr.Feature(lyr.GetLayerDefn())
f.SetField("text_1", "row_1")
f.SetField("text_2", "row_1")
f.SetField("text_3", "row_1")
lyr.CreateFeature(f)
ds = None
# Print the KML file content
print(f"KML file content:\n{kml_gdal_path.read_text()}")
# Read the KML via the gdal python API
kml_gdal_ds = ogr.GetDriverByName("KML").Open(str(kml_gdal_path))
kml_gdal_lyr = kml_gdal_ds.GetLayer()
# List the columns in the KML layer
print("gdal columns:", [field.name for field in kml_gdal_lyr.schema])Output:
KML file content:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2">
<Document id="root_doc">
<Schema name="src_lyr" id="src_lyr">
<SimpleField name="text_1" type="string"></SimpleField>
<SimpleField name="text_2" type="string"></SimpleField>
<SimpleField name="text_3" type="string"></SimpleField>
</Schema>
<Folder><name>src_lyr</name>
<Placemark id="src_lyr.1">
<ExtendedData><SchemaData schemaUrl="#src_lyr">
<SimpleData name="text_1">row_1</SimpleData>
<SimpleData name="text_2">row_1</SimpleData>
<SimpleData name="text_3">row_1</SimpleData>
</SchemaData></ExtendedData>
</Placemark>
</Folder>
</Document></kml>
gdal columns: ['Name', 'Description']
Versions and provenance
Tested on windows, with gdal 3.12.2 installed via conda
Additional context
Noticed while fixing a bug in pyogrio geopandas/pyogrio#650
What is the bug?
When writing a .kml with the "KML" driver, attribute colums are correctly written to "simpledata" elements in the .kml output file.
When reading the file again though, these columns are ignored.
Ideally they would be read correctly, but at least it would be useful if this behaviour was documented in the driver doc.
Steps to reproduce the issue
Output:
Versions and provenance
Tested on windows, with gdal 3.12.2 installed via conda
Additional context
Noticed while fixing a bug in pyogrio geopandas/pyogrio#650