[OSGeo-Discuss] Getting a .kmz into GIS

[Raj Singh]

Looks to me like the PNGs referenced in the KML are 2 logos and a small image preview icon. 
The actual image file seems to be called 20100614151937_Envisat_VV.tif, but I can't figure out the full web URL.
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Raj


On Jun 14, at 9:29 AM, Tim Waters wrote:

> Hi Ezra,
> 
> looking inside the kmz file,
> http://www.cstars.miami.edu/media/20100613_Envisat_PM.kmz
> 
> It appears that the image is actually a PNG file. The kml file
> references this as a groundOverlay with bounds: for example:
> <north>32.4216794699724</north>
> <south>23.59737906433506</south>
> <east>-84.32169599536186</east>
> <west>-90.33200805674051</west>
> 
> Using this information it should be possible to view it in most GIS
> systems, or at least to convert it to a GeoTIFF using GDAL perhaps.
> 
> Hope this helps!
> 
> Tim
> 
> On 14 June 2010 14:16, Ezra Boyd <eboyd3 at tigers.lsu.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Everyone,
>> I need help in importing or converting a .kmz file so that I can view it in
>> my GIS.
>> 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 (https://www.cstars.miami.edu/.)
>> 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.
>> 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.
>> Please let me know if you how to extract the .tif file embedded in the .kmz.
>> Thanks,
>> Ezra
>> 
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