AstroKML

AstroKML is a Python script that generates a KML file from Astronaught Photographs covering a user specified region.

Note: this is a script, not a module

Installation:

sudo easy_install astrokml

Usage:

To load a region defined by a shapefile:
   AstroKML.py -s < Output File > < Shapefile >
   NOTE: The shapefile must contain a single polygon entry

To load a region defined by a bounding box:
   AstroKML.py -b < Output File > < MinLon > < MinLat > < MaxLon > < MaxLat >

To use predefined region(s):
   AstroKML.py -r < Output File > < Region1 > ...

See http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/technical.htm for the full list of regions

Requirements:

• Python
• mechanize
• pykml