Re: gmt2kml -L with a sting?

OK, looking at my doe (...):
GMT4 had gmt2kml in misc supplement.  It's -L option allowed column#:name but was limited to processing numerical columns.  It cannot handle text strings.  There will be no changes to GMT4.

GMT5 recognized this limitation and allows instead the user to supply the columns needed in the right order, and text strings etc are allowed, hence -L no longer has column numbers.
I suggest you use GMT5 if you need to place text strings.

-p

On Apr 14, 2014, at 6:38 AM, Paul Wessel <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ok, I was looking at GMT 5.
> Will check 4 later.
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> 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
>> 1005 BALCH BLVD RM B37 STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS 39529-5001 USA
>> cell: +1-504-252-8418 fax:+1-668-228-5752
>> 
>>> 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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