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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="441182116-29012007">Hello,</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="441182116-29012007"></span></font> </div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="441182116-29012007">I'm new to GDAL and
OGR, and can't locate the answer to my question in the
Archives.</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><font><span class="441182116-29012007">When I
issue the '</span></font><font>ogrinfo --formats<span class="441182116-29012007">'
command, it indicates read/write capability for the KML format, but this page
contradicts that, saying KML support is
write-only:</span></font></font></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><font><span class="441182116-29012007"><a href="http://www.gdal.org/ogr/drv_kml.html">http://www.gdal.org/ogr/drv_kml.html</a></span></font></font></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><font><span class="441182116-29012007"></span></font></font></font> </div>
<div><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><font><span class="441182116-29012007">Can
anyone clarify this?</span></font></font></font></div></div></blockquote><div><br><br>One turn around to read KML is to use GML files, for more information read :<br><a href="http://www.perrygeo.net/wordpress/?p=3">http://www.perrygeo.net/wordpress/?p=3
</a><br>since it uses ogr2ogr, the script can be used to generate all data with writing support.<br><br>I hope it will help !<br><br>Guillaume.<br></div><br>