GDAL/OGR

gdalinfo PIA03377.tif

ogrinfo -summary placept.shp placept

ogr2ogr -f KML outputfile.kml inputfile.gml -dsco NameField=some_attribute_field

note that you must assign an attribute field to be used as the Name field, or else the feature will have no name, and be unlabeled in programs such as Google Earth