Re: gmt2kml -L with a sting?

Ok, I was looking at GMT 5.
Will check 4 later.

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> On Apr 14, 2014, at 4:17 AM, "Becker, Joseph J." <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> hmm, pretty sure the syntax is -L8:name and so on. (is the help is missing the “<“ before second “col:name>”)
> 
> 
> gmt2kml 4.5.12 [64-bit] - Convert GMT data tables to KML files for Google Earth
> 
> usage: gmt2kml <infile> … [-L<col:name>,col:name>,...]
> 
> —---
> 
> With OUT a column numbers I get the data in first column repeated over and over, and the bubble doesn’t open in GE
> 
> $ tail AK.txt 
> -151.604000    71.487900       -641       -894        253         -1            43     361934 /Volumes/RAID/multibeam/data/public/JAMSTEC/MR04-K05.cm
> 
> $ gmt2kml AK.txt -Llat,lon,depth,pred,diff,flag,sid,t,name
>        <Placemark>
>            <name>Point 999</name>
>            <ExtendedData>
>                <Data name = "">
>                    <value>-151.604</value>
>                </Data>
>                <Data name = "">
>                    <value>-151.604</value>
>                </Data>
>                <Data name = "">
>                    <value>-151.604</value>
>                </Data>
>                <Data name = "">
>                    <value>-151.604</value>
>                </Data>
>                <Data name = "">
>                    <value>-151.604</value>
>                </Data>
>                <Data name = "">
>                    <value>-151.604</value>
>                </Data>
>                <Data name = "">
>                    <value>-151.604</value>
>                </Data>
>                <Data name = "">
>                    <value>-151.604</value>
>                </Data>
>                <Data name = "">
>                    <value>-151.604</value>
>                </Data>
>            </ExtendedData>
>            <styleUrl>#GMT-632-0</styleUrl>
>            <Point>
>                    <coordinates>-151.604,71.4879,0</coordinates>
>            </Point>
>        </Placemark>
> 
> 
> but this mostly works except of the text gets turned into Nan
> 
> $ gmt2kml AK.txt -L7:time,0:lat,1:lon,2:depth,3:predicted,4:diff,5:sigma_d,6:SID,8:file
> 
>        <Placemark>
>            <ExtendedData>
>                <Data name = "time">
>                    <value>361934</value>
>                </Data>
>                <Data name = "lat">
>                    <value>-151.604</value>
>                </Data>
>                <Data name = "lon">
>                    <value>71.4879</value>
>                </Data>
>                <Data name = "depth">
>                    <value>-641</value>
>                </Data>
>                <Data name = "predicted">
>                    <value>-894</value>
>                </Data>
>                <Data name = "diff">
>                    <value>253</value>
>                </Data>
>                <Data name = "sigma_d">
>                    <value>-1</value>
>                </Data>
>                <Data name = "SID">
>                    <value>43</value>
>                </Data>
>                <Data name = "file">
>                    <value>NaN</value>
>                </Data>
>            </ExtendedData>
>            <styleUrl>#GMT-719-0</styleUrl>
>            <Point>
>                <gx:altitudeMode>relativeToSeaFloor</gx:altitudeMode>
>                <coordinates>-151.604,71.4879,-641</coordinates>
>            </Point>
>        </Placemark>
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> JJ
> 
> —————
> Joseph J Becker, PhD
> ASEE Postdoctoral Fellow, Naval Research Lab
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> 
>> On Apr 13, 2014, at 4:37 PM, Paul Wessel <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> I dont think there are an column numbers in -L.  You just have to arrange your input to be
>> lon lat DRFT044RR lat
>> 
>> and then do
>> gmt2kml file.gmt -Lname,lat
>> 
>> i.e., if you want 5 extra columns then -L will specify the 5 names and your data columns will have to have those 5 extra columns in that order.
>> 
>> -p
>> 
>>> On Apr 13, 2014, at 10:37 AM, Becker, Joseph J. <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Basically I love gmt2kml. 
>>> 
>>> The output below is probably easier to understand than my question…
>>> 
>>> ===
>>> 
>>> While
>>> 
>>>    gmt2kml file.gmt -L8:name,3:lat …
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