On 14 June 2010 15:16, Ezra Boyd <ebo...@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
Hi ! kmz files are just zip archives. So, try to unzip them :-) with unzip, on linux, for instance ;-) . I think such command line tools exist on windows too. You don't have to rename it before extracting. Good luck ! Agemen. -- OrbisGIS supporter. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss