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Setting FID values when saving GML files with writeOGR

Karl Ove Hufthammer 
Dear list members,

Is it possible to define which FID values should be used when 
saving a SpatialPointsDataFrame to a GML files using writeOGR 
(rgdal package)?

The FID values are stored as <ogr:layername fid="F0"> (and F1, 
F2, ?). If I insert a new row in the SPDF, most features change 
their FID, which creates much unneccessary noise in our VCS,
so I would like to use an already existing ID as the FID.

I have tried change both the row.names and adding columns named
?fid? and ?gml_id?, the writeOGR still only uses F0, F1, ? as 
the FIDs.

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Karl Ove Hufthammer Setting FID values when saving GML files with writeOGR Aug 25 Roger Bivand Setting FID values when saving GML files with writeOGR Aug 26 Roger Bivand Setting FID values when saving GML files with writeOGR Aug 26