Google Earth as Geoscience Data Browser Project: Development of a Tool to Convert JAMSTEC Research Vessel Navigation Data to KML

We have developed a new system using Google Earth as a data browser to visualize navigation data obtained by JAMSTEC research vessels. An XML-based language called Keyhole Markup Language (KML) is used to plot data on Google Earth. We developed a program, called a KML generator, to convert navigatio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Y Yamagishi, H Nagao, T Hatakeyama, H Yanaka, S Tsuboi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2009-04-01
Series:Data Science Journal
Subjects:
KML
Online Access:http://datascience.codata.org/articles/310