[OSGeo-Discuss] Getting a .kmz into GIS

[Christopher Schmidt]

> > 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:

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 02:53:24PM -0400, Raj Singh wrote:
> 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.

That's because it doesn't have one. (At least, not one that the KML uses.)
the <name> tag is just a descriptive element; the actual 'icon' (image) 
is the small_scaled.png file included in the KMZ file, Tim was right.

-- Chris

> > <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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Christopher Schmidt
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