By playing around with the KiCad API in ipython I managed to extract all the information I needed for plotting pick and place maps. This helped me a lot when assembling my boards, especially the more complex ones.
I uploaded my ready-to-use python script Pick and Place Assistant at GitHub if anyone is interested. Some plotting capabilities and optimizations are missing but I’m ok with it for now. Feel free to pick it up for own use, modify, etc.
Here is an example output:
