[Googleearth] GIS User Group meeting - Using Python and KML to Access Scientific Datasets and Models

[Jennifer Boehnert]

Just a reminder of our talk today at 1:30.
Jennifer

On 9/20/2010 12:32 PM, Jennifer Boehnert wrote:
> Our next GIS User Group meeting will be on Tuesday Sept. 28th at 1:30PM
> in FL1-2133.
>
> http://www.gis.ucar.edu/UGUG/index.jsp
>
> Using Python and KML to Access Scientific Datasets and Models
> by Tyler Erickson
>
> Google Earth has emerged as a useful tool for presenting scientific data
> to both scientific and non-scientific audiences alike, due to its
> easy-to-use interface and wide installation base. Google Earth can
> present external user generated data that is formatted in KML, an Open
> Geospatial Consortium standard language for expressing geospatial
> information and annotations. Many software packages offer the ability to
> export data as basic KML, but fail to use many of the advanced features
> available in KML. This talk will discuss the use of Python programming
> language for bridging the gap between large scientific datasets/models
> and Google Earth, while providing access to all of KML's features.
> Techniques ranging from basic Python scripting to full Python-based
> dynamic websites will be discussed, as well has approaches for accessing
> data from static files, relational databases, real-time model outputs,
> and geospatial web services.
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