<br><div>Hi Everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>I need help in importing or converting a .kmz file so that I can view it in my GIS.</div><div><br></div><div>I work for a small environmental NGO in coastal Louisiana, and we are currently assisting emergency responders tackling BP's oil spill. One of my tasks is surveillance of oil streamers and globules as they approach the coast. To help with this, I am using radar satellite imagery obtained from CSTARS (<a href="https://www.cstars.miami.edu/">https://www.cstars.miami.edu/</a>.)</div>
<div><br></div><div>The website provides downloadable .kmz files. When I open these files in an GeoBrowser, I can view a georeferenced .tif image. However, I have not figured out how to get geotiff into my GIS, where I can overlay winds, currents, tides, and waves to project likely movement of observed oil globules.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I have tried exporting the image in Google Earth, Nasa Worldwind and ArcGIS Explorer. I have also tried opening the .kmz in a half dozen or so GIS viewers. I have also tried converting the file using GDAL. I have also tried changed the file extension .zip and then uncompressing it. None of these attempts have worked.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Please let me know if you how to extract the .tif file embedded in the .kmz.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Ezra</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>