OGR is a part of GDAL and is very useful for converting between geospatial vector formats. What does that mean? When storing Vector GIS data there are a dizzying number of formats it can be stored in, some of the more popular of late, or at least well known are KML and SHP. A friend of a friend was looking to convert some SHP (Shapefiles) into KML so that he could make a Google Maps mashup and I helped him out. Here is a workflow for how I went about performing the conversion.
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