With a single balloon I expect that you can convert it to a comma separated values text file and then load that in. You will have to do the lat/lon -> x/y conversion as well perhaps in the python calculator.
Is there a representative file you can share with the list? David E DeMarle Kitware, Inc. R&D Engineer 21 Corporate Drive Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662 Phone: 518-881-4909 On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 6:03 PM, Mason, Michael (IS) <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I have a KML file that defines the trajectory of a balloon as it ascends > through the atmosphere and eventually descents back to the ground. It's > encoded with the latitude and longitude coordinates at various points along > the way. It also contains time stamps for each latitude, longitude > location. I have a NetCDF file that contains wind data that I've already > been able to load into ParaView. I'd like to visualize the balloon's > trajectory as it passes through the wind data set, if possible. > > What is the best way to get the KML information into ParaView? I'm > running on Linux and/or OSX (whatever works best!). Perhaps the conversion > process is a multistage operation (KML -> Shapefile -> ???), that's OK. If > anyone could just tell me the tools and the file formats used, that would > be great. > > Thank you very much for your time, > -Mike > _______________________________________________ > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: > http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview >
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