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I have a requirement to convert .KML file to GeoJSON or JSON. Can you please recommend open source command line tools on GNU/Linux(2.6.32-358.14.1.el6.x86_64)? I have installed gdal, when I run..

ogr2ogr -f "GeoJSON" geojson.json Areas.kml

I get this error :-

Unable to open datasource `Areas.kml' with the following drivers. -> ESRI Shapefile -> MapInfo File -> UK .NTF -> SDTS -> TIGER -> S57 -> DGN -> VRT -> REC -> Memory -> BNA -> CSV -> GML -> GPX -> KML -> GeoJSON -> GMT -> AVCBin

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    Commented Apr 12, 2014 at 6:25

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The correct syntax is:

ogr2ogr -f GeoJSON geojson.json Areas.kml

You can also use togeojson (Online Maps moving forward, from KML to GeoJSON)

togeojson Areas.kml > geojson.json
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  • Thanks. togeojson worked. Do we have any open source tools to convert hml to esrijson or geojson to esrijason? Thanks Again.
    – user3509290
    Commented Apr 13, 2014 at 4:18
  • esri_to_geojson.py and geo_to_esri.py for example
    – gene
    Commented Apr 13, 2014 at 15:33
  • The original ogr2ogr syntax was also correct. Using "GeoJSON" is OK, and sometimes the syntax is compulsory, like -f "ESRI Shapefile". Next time, tell the GDAL version and try to share a sample from the failing data.
    – user30184
    Commented May 28, 2014 at 21:21

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