I have a satellite image in PNG format along with the corresponding bounding latitude/longitude coordinates. I am new to this format, but wouldn't a KMZ just be a zip containing the PNG and a KML with the bounding coordinates?
How should I proceed to convert a given PNG to a KMZ file that can be viewed in Google Earth?
I would prefer python code, but any help/language would be appreciated.
The KMZ
file would just be a ZIP
file with the KML
file as doc.kml
and any referenced image.
Example KML for an ground/image overlay:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2" xmlns:gx="http://www.google.com/kml/ext/2.2" xmlns:kml="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
<GroundOverlay>
<name>25N_94E_24N_93E_JOG_1966</name>
<Icon>
<href>25N_94E_24N_93E_JOG_1966.jpg</href>
</Icon>
<LatLonBox>
<north>25</north>
<east>94</east>
<south>24</south>
<west>93</west>
</LatLonBox>
</GroundOverlay>
</kml>
The above would be in a doc.kml
file with a corresponding 25N_94E_24N_93E_JOG_1966.jpg
file, both the files being in the same ZIP
file with the filename having an extension kmz
: