Sonde2KML

Read the radiosonde log file and generate a .kml file for Google Earth.

Works with logs coming from radiosonde_auto_rx

You can find more information on how to track weather balloons at https://0x9900.com/

Usage

usage: sonde2kml.py [-h] (-d DIR | -f FILE) [-s SPACING] [-t TARGET_DIR] [-z]

Purge old dxcc images

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -d DIR, --dir DIR     Directory containing the log files
  -f FILE, --file FILE  Full path of the file to process
  -s SPACING, --spacing SPACING
                        Spacing between points [default: 100]
  -t TARGET_DIR, --target-dir TARGET_DIR
                        Directory for ".kml" files [default: /tmp]
  -z, --zip             Compress the output file [default: False]

Example

In the following example sonde2kml uses the last log file to generate the .kml file.

√ fred@sonderx$ sonde2kml --spacing 150 --file /tmp/sondes/20230117-112338_U2450614_RS41_404001_sonde.log
09:07:34 INFO: zip: False, spacing 150, target_dir: /tmp
09:07:34 INFO: Read file "/tmp/sondes/20230117-112338_U2450614_RS41_404001_sonde.log", number of points: 4473
09:07:34 INFO: Saving file /tmp/20230117-112338_U2450614_RS41_404001_sonde.kml

Output

Examples

• 20230116-230717_U2450615_RS41_404000_sonde.kmz
• 20230117-112338_U2450614_RS41_404001_sonde.kmz
• 20230117-230557_U2450622_RS41_404001_sonde.kmz
• 20230118-110354_U2540033_RS41_404001_sonde.kmz
• 20230118-230610_U2540023_RS41_404001_sonde.kmz
• 20230119-110735_U2450623_RS41_404001_sonde.kmz