| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | ( gdal_rasterize + mb-util ) | Manual workflow, highly flexible | | TileMill (legacy) | Direct KML → MBTiles export | | tippecanoe (with ogr2ogr ) | Convert KML to GeoJSON → MBTiles | | QGIS (QTiles plugin) | Visual styling + MBTiles export | | Custom Python script (rasterio + mbutil) | Full control over rendering |
Uses the ogr2ogr command to translate KML into a SQLite-based MBTiles database, often used in automated workflows. convert kml to mbtiles