Paj2KML for generating (Pajek) network overlays to Google Maps at http:///www.leydesdorff.net/gmaps/index.htm
Paj2KML uses a 1-mode pajek file (.net) with geographical encodable labels for generating a .kml file that can be used as an overlay to Google Maps (or Google Earth). The procedure is as follows: 1. Save the Pajek network file as .net file using the default in Pajek; use a DOS-based file name (? eight characters); 2. Use the labels for the geo-encoding, for example, at http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/geocoder/ . (Choose the Google option.) 3. Save the results file using a simple (DOS-based) file name; for example, "geo.txt"; 4. Store the Pajek .net-file, the geo-information (e.g., geo.txt), and the program in a single folder; 5. Run the program which prompts you for file names and generates "citycoll.kml"; (if one runs the program in a DOS-box, one obtains an error message if something goes wrong); 6. Upload the file at a web server; read it with Google Maps. (KML-files can also be read directly into Google Earth.) The output-file citycoll.kml is readable and can be changed with an ASCII editor (such as NotePad). For example, one can wish to change the colors of the lines or the shapes of the icons. See for an axample at http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=http:%2F%2Fwww.l eydesdorff.net%2Fgmaps%2Fcitycoll.kml&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.644639, 79.013672&ie=UTF8&z=2 . The program is based on CityColl.exe and Geo2KML.exe. The former program reads tagged-format files of the ISI Web-of-Science, and produces, among other things, a file cities.txt which can be used directly for the geo-encoding. See at http://www.leydesdorff.net/software/citycoll/index.htm. ** apologies for cross-postings ________________________________ Loet Leydesdorff Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR) Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam. Tel. +31-20-525 6598; fax: +31-842239111 l...@leydesdorff.net ; http://www.leydesdorff.net/ _______________________________________________ fis mailing list fis@listas.unizar.es https://webmail.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis