[postgis-users] timespan and ogr2ogr from postgis

[Frank Warmerdam]

Jeff Hamann wrote:
> I have no idea where to send this and after signing up for the another 
> list server, I thought I might try here. Let me first say that I have 
> been using the heck out of ogr2ogr and postgis for a few days now to 
> generate kml files with relative ease, using commands like:
> 
> ogr2ogr -f kml himom.kml PG:"host=localhost dbname=$1" -sql "select 
> st_transform(boundary,4326), blah, blah, blah from my table"
> 
> While this is awsome, I need to export a timestamp/timespan into the kml 
>  file as well so I can make use of the time slider in google earth. I'm 
> a relative newbie to kml and have no idea if ogr2ogr/postgis can do 
> this. Is this possible from within the SQL query, or will I need to post 
> process the generated kml file and manipulate the file/entries myself 
> using another tool?

Jeff,

I'd suggest asking on gdal-dev, hopefully getting a reply from Chris Condit.

I am doubtful there is an existing mechanism to do this. There comes a point
where it is hard to achieve really detailed control of the kml without
generating it with a custom script, or perhaps post-processing OGR generated
kml.

Best regards,
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