NAME¶
kml2gmt - Extract GMT table data from Google Earth KML files
SYNOPSIS¶
kml2gmt [
infile ] [
-V ] [
-Z ] [
-:[
i|
o] ] [
-bo[
s|
S|
d|
D[
ncol]|
c[
var1 /...]] ]
DESCRIPTION¶
kml2gmt reads a Google Earth KML file and outputs a GMT table file. Only
KML files that contain points, lines, or polygons can be processed. This is a
bare-bones operation that aims to extract coordinates and possibly the name
and description tags of each feature. The main use intended is to capture
coordinates modified in Google Earth and then reinsert the modified data into
the original GMT data file. For a more complete reformatting, consider using
ogr2ogr -f "GMT" somefile.gmt somefile.kml.
- infile
- Name of the KML file to work on. If not given, standard input is
read.
OPTIONS¶
No space between the option flag and the associated arguments.
- -Z
- Output the altitude coordinates as GMT z coordinates [Default will output
just longitude and latitude].
- -V
- Selects verbose mode, which will send progress reports to stderr [Default
runs "silently"].
- -:
- Toggles between (longitude,latitude) and (latitude,longitude) input and/or
output. [Default is (longitude,latitude)]. Append i to select input
only or o to select output only. [Default affects both].
- -bo
- Selects binary output. Append s for single precision [Default is
d (double)]. Uppercase S or D will force
byte-swapping. Optionally, append ncol, the number of desired
columns in your binary output file.
EXAMPLES¶
SEE ALSO¶
gmtdefaults(1),
GMT(1),
img2google(1),
ps2raster(1)
gmt2kml(1)