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Post 96549 by Perderabo on Friday 20th of January 2006 08:31:00 PM
01-20-2006
My life history would be boring. Hmmm, not sure what to make of seeing myself mentioned in the same breath as Adolf Hitler, but I guess I'll let that one pass. But the Earth having 7 continents? I can't let that one pass.
The Earth does not have 7 continents any more than it has 7 seas. In both cases the number seven was chosen and then folks went looking for the 7 continents and the 7 seas. Lots of folks insist that the Earth has 7 seas, but try to find 2 who give you the same list. Lots of folks insist that the Earth has 7 continents as well. OK, they will usually give you the same list. But now ask them where the division between Asia and Europe is. And ask them why it is necessary to split Asia and Europe. And by the way, when I said "usually" I meant it. The majority name Australia as the seventh continent. But a few authorities lump Australia together with a number of other islands and call the congomeration "The Continent of Oceanland" or something like that. (I promise that I'm not making this up. This is too goofy. I can't make stuff like this up.)
I believe that there are 11 seas and 13 continents. But I don't have either list yet. Give me a few years and I'll get back to you.
The Earth does not have 7 continents any more than it has 7 seas. In both cases the number seven was chosen and then folks went looking for the 7 continents and the 7 seas. Lots of folks insist that the Earth has 7 seas, but try to find 2 who give you the same list. Lots of folks insist that the Earth has 7 continents as well. OK, they will usually give you the same list. But now ask them where the division between Asia and Europe is. And ask them why it is necessary to split Asia and Europe. And by the way, when I said "usually" I meant it. The majority name Australia as the seventh continent. But a few authorities lump Australia together with a number of other islands and call the congomeration "The Continent of Oceanland" or something like that. (I promise that I'm not making this up. This is too goofy. I can't make stuff like this up.)
I believe that there are 11 seas and 13 continents. But I don't have either list yet. Give me a few years and I'll get back to you.
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kml2gmt
KML2GMT(1gmt) Generic Mapping Tools KML2GMT(1gmt) NAME
kml2gmt - Extract GMT table data from Google Earth KML files SYNOPSIS
kml2gmt [ infile ] [ -V ] [ -Z ] [ -:[i|o] ] [ -bo[s|S|d|D[ncol]|c[var1/...]] ] DESCRIPTION
kml2gmt reads a Google Earth KML file and outputs a GMT table file. Only KML files that contain points, lines, or polygons can be pro- cessed. This is a bare-bones operation that aims to extract coordinates and possibly the name and description tags of each feature. The main use intended is to capture coordinates modified in Google Earth and then reinsert the modified data into the original GMT data file. For a more complete reformatting, consider using ogr2ogr -f "GMT" somefile.gmt somefile.kml. infile Name of the KML file to work on. If not given, standard input is read. OPTIONS
No space between the option flag and the associated arguments. -Z Output the altitude coordinates as GMT z coordinates [Default will output just longitude and latitude]. -V Selects verbose mode, which will send progress reports to stderr [Default runs "silently"]. -: Toggles between (longitude,latitude) and (latitude,longitude) input and/or output. [Default is (longitude,latitude)]. Append i to select input only or o to select output only. [Default affects both]. -bo Selects binary output. Append s for single precision [Default is d (double)]. Uppercase S or D will force byte-swapping. Option- ally, append ncol, the number of desired columns in your binary output file. EXAMPLES
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gmtdefaults(1), GMT(1), img2google(1), ps2raster(1) gmt2kml(1) GMT 4.5.7 15 Jul 2011 KML2GMT(1gmt)