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)

GMT 4.5.11                                         5 Nov 2013                                      KML2GMT(1gmt)