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Export KML ExtendedData with OGR2OGR

I would like to export with ogr2ogr the data I have in a kml as ExtendedData <Placemark> <ExtendedData> <SchemaData schemaUrl="#15540_punti"> ...
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Importing KML in QGIS - what are all the node elements that QGIS looks for other than Name and Description?

Of all elements given at (ref: http://service.kmlvalidator.com/ets/ogc-kml/2.2/) only Name and Description seem to be recognized on importing KML using QGIS 1.8.0-Lisboa. I would like to know if this ...
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How to import KML file, with custom data, to Postgres/PostGIS database?

By custom, I don't mean a different structure of KML file, but in <description></description> section, I have data with HTML tags of this kind: <?xml version="1.0" ...
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Exporting vector to kml with ogr2ogr without extended data

If I convert a shapefile as kml in QGIS, GRASS or ogr2ogr directly, defining the name and/or description field with the -dsco tag, all columns in the attribute table of the input layer are exported to ...
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ogr2ogr converting to shapefile - how to select feature types?

Shapefiles can only have one geometry type, but many other formats (kml, geojson) can have multiple types. When converting to shapefiles, is it possible to to tell ogr2ogr to create multiple ...
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OGR DXF to KML conversion

I'm trying to convert a DXF 2010 file to KML using ogr2ogr: ogr2ogr -f "KML" outfile.kml infile.dxf In the file, $INSUNITS is 6, that's meters, if I'm correct? The problem is that DXF is not ...
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Converting kml to shape file via ogr2ogr including all attributes

Here is the example kml file I am using: <kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2"> <Document> <name>My Golf Course Example</name> <Placemark> <name>Club ...
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ogr2ogr kml to shp conversion created 184 shapefiles?! What am I missing?

I'm trying to convert this KML dataset of ice arenas to a shapefile using ogr2ogr (GDAL 1.8). After some initial troubleshooting to get the script running, it's creating 184 different shapefiles (736 ...