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I have some US Forest Service GIS data which is a set of roads and trails an Accesss Database, also commonly referred to a GeoDatabase or a Personal GeoDatabase. Its a standard Access MDB File. From a little browsing it appeears to be binary blobs (proprietary?) surround by a bunch of descriptive fields.

You can download the same data here: http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/data-library/gis/mtbaker-snoqualmie/ It's Transportation.zip

I woudl like to convert this data to KML so I can open it in Google Earth. I've spent the better part of a day searching to no avail.

Anyone have a script or a pointer to a better place to ask?

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This is more a comment than an answer....

Converted it with FME workbench (safesoftware) is a 15mb.kmz

can add styles to the layers too.

the data was a personal geodatabase (.mdb).

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  • Sent you email. Did you use FME by Safe? Is that correct. safe.com/fme
    – w7pea
    Commented Apr 9, 2015 at 22:28
  • will send it tomorrow as not at work till then.
    – Mapperz ♦
    Commented Apr 10, 2015 at 0:41
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    in theory QGIS qgis.org/en/site can open the personal geodatabase and then you can export to kml from qgis
    – Mapperz ♦
    Commented Apr 10, 2015 at 0:45
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  • To export all data within the mdb file, first add them to a mxd (map) and then save the mxd and use "Map to kml" tool.

  • To export only one feature class use "Layer to Kml" tool.

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  • I'm sorry I should have mentioned. I do not own ARCGIS.
    – w7pea
    Commented Apr 9, 2015 at 22:25
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    Why did you tag with 'arcgis' if you don’t have ArcGIS?
    – Vince
    Commented Apr 10, 2015 at 1:27
  • Because that is where it came from...
    – w7pea
    Commented Apr 10, 2015 at 18:23

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