Python KML – How to Log Query from KML File

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I want to know how many records are there in a KML file. Through what Python 2 code can I know this information?

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You can parse KML in Python using PYKML: https://pythonhosted.org/pykml/

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[GIS] Reading and writing existing KML files using simplekml python module

According to the creator of simplekml:

Unfortunately, simplekml is just a kml generator, it cannot read and manipulate existing kml, only create it. You will have to use an alternative, such as pyKML.

Source: groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/simplekml

Python – Convert KML to GPX Programmatically or with Command

I've ended up using gpsbabel which provides a GUI along with the command.

On ubuntu/debian:

sudo apt-get install gpsbabel-gui

This will install the command gpsbabel as well.

You can follow the GUI settings, it's easy, in my case I removed all the extra options to convert tracks and routes (I was interested only in waypoints). Otherwise the command is the following one:

gpsbabel -w -i kml -f <INPUT_FILE_NAME.kml> -o gpx -F <OUTPUT_FILE_NAME.gpx>

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