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It is a very common need to convert the form of data from one structure to another. Whether it’s data stored as a simple list, CSV, JSON, or XML, it is likely that it will need to be in a different structure in order for it to be consumed or analyzed. For this section, we will look at extracting and translating data from a KML and extracting Featureclass data to a dictionary.