Re: [Gpsbabel-misc] Problem writing kml files

[Robert L. <rob...@gp...>]

On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Andreas Roeschies <
and...@li...> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> kml files written by gpsbabel cannot be read by google earth, when there
> is html content in the comment field of waypoints. That happens at least
> when converting gdb (Garmin MapSource) or gpx to kml.
>
> Problem lines in the resulting kml file look like this:
> <description><![CDATA]<a
> href="http://radreise-wiki.de/Paris-Leuven-Venlo-Wesel#Binche
> ">Paris-Leuven-Venlo-Wesel</a>]]</description>
>

Two unfortunate typos make this fail.  You can manually fix the files
manually with a text editor.  Just replace "CDATA]" with "CDATA[" and "]]<"
with "]]><"


I've just committed a fix to the KML writer.

RJL