[GIS] Converting KML into a vector graphic… and back

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Is there a simple means to convert, say, an SVG or other vector image format file to KML and vise versa?

There are incredibly powerful vector editing tools which attempt to replicate the way reality works, or at least the way it presents itself to the artist's eye. GIS manipulation tools are much more focused on the data itself, as opposed to the "whys" of the data.

There are cases where I would like to import a KML file into GIMP or Fireworks, re-touch it, and convert it back. Anyone?

Best Answer

Simple as in SVG to KML and KML to SVG?

This tool converts Google Earth files(kml and kmz) into vectorial SVG files, usable in Inkscape, Illustrator and other software.

kml2svg.free.fr converts most of the elements that contains a GE document:

folders
placemarks (points, lines, polygones, multigeometries and embeded images)
tours
Sketchup resources (depending of the resources..)

using the desired earth projection:

Mercator,
Miller,
Cylindrical Equal-Area (Lambert, Behrmann, Tristan Edwards, Peters, Galls, Balthasart),
Cylindrical Equidistant,
Sinusoidal,
Van der Grinten I,
Polyconic,
Albers Equal-Area Conic,
Conic Equidistant,
Bonne,
Lambert Conformal Conic,
Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area,
Cassini

http://kml2svg.free.fr/

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