Geotags.org > Christian Spanring Transforms KML to GML
[Spatially Adjusted with James Fee] Christian also notes that once in GML, it is really easy to either use GML inside your GIS applications or with ArcGIS you’ll either need the Data Interoperability Extension or convert using GDAL. There has been a huge focus on getting ArcGIS maps into Google Earth, but I’m beginning to see the value of getting a KML file converted to shapefile or at least GML.
Some related posts from Technorati and Google.
MikeJuvrud: GDAL (with OGR inside) is then included in MapServer. If you download a pre-compiled (binary) version of MapServer, it will already contain both GDAL and OGR - just check the README or other documentation to determine which version(s) it contains. (via Cosmos)
[Spatiallyadjusted.com] Spatially Adjusted with James Fee » Blog Archive » Defending KML ...: I got hammered a months ago about complaining that much of these open formats aren’t supported in ArcCatalog and saying it was up to the open source community integrate into ArcGIS products, rather than ESRI. I think at this point with ESRI OGC support usually limited to an ArcGIS extension, someone needs to step up and write some tools for GIS professionals to integrate OGC support into their ESRI workflows because ESRI doesn’t seem to think it is a priority.
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