[gdal-dev] converting KML to CSV

[Markus Neteler]

On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com> wrote:
> Tim Michelsen wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>> I'd like to convert KML back to CSV.
>>
>> When I issue
>> ogr2ogr -f CSV out.csv in.kml
>>
>> there are no coordinates written to the CSV file. Only the placemark names
>> are
>> written.
>>
>> How can I get ogr2ogr to create a file like
>> Latitude,Longitude,Name
>> 48.1,0.25,"First point"
>> 49.2,1.1,"Second point"
>> 47.5,0.75,"Third point"
>
> Tim,
>
> The CSV driver does not support writing geometries, though I can see some
> support for this might be desirable.

Frank,

I would need the same... is there any work-around (or would it be a
pain to add that)?

Best
Markus