The following short Python program parses a KML file and displays the names of all Marks and Routes:
from elementtree.ElementTree import ElementTree tree = ElementTree(file='test.kml') kml = tree.getroot() ns = 'http://earth.google.com/kml/2.1' for folder in kml.findall("{%s}Folder/{%s}Folder/{%s}name" % (ns, ns, ns)): print folder.text I want to modify the program to ignore Marks, and print out the coordinates of each Route. Seems ElementTree v1.3 will make this task much easier, but unfortunately the CheeseShop and the Gentoo Portage repostitory only have v1.2.7 at this time. The following code is as close as I can get to what I want, but it doesn't run because I've attempted to use v1.3 syntax, ended up writing complete crap instead, and I can't understand the docs well enough for the v1.2.7 syntax. Perhaps someone can understand what I mean and give me a clue as to how to write this? from elementtree.ElementTree import ElementTree tree = ElementTree(file='test.kml') kml = tree.getroot() ns = 'http://earth.google.com/kml/2.1' for folders in kml.findall("{%s}Folder/{%s}Folder" % (ns, ns)): if folders["name"].text=='Routes': print folder.findall("{%s}LineString/{%s}coordinates" % (ns, ns)) Thanks, Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list