[Matlab] Convert a 2D mesh to a single kml file

function mesh2kml(kmlfile,long,lat,iskip,jskip) % convert a 2D mesh grid into a single plain kml file %             will create the horizontal and vertical mesh-line seperately % usage: %             mesh2kml(kml-filename,longitude,latitude [iskip, jskip]) %                     iskip: reduce the points when to generate i-direction-mesh-line %                     jskip: reduce the points when to generate j-direction-mesh-line %     e.g., %             lon=-90:2:20; %             lat=37:65; %             [lon,lat]=meshgrid(lon,lat); %             mesh2kml('mesh2kml_test',lon,lat,1,1); %             will produce a kml file named mesh2kml_test in current folder % %             http://scriptdemo.blogspot.com if nargin<3    help mesh2kml    return end if nargin==3    iskip=5;    jskip=5; elseif nargin==4    jskip=5; end fid=fopen([kmlfile,'.kml'],'wt'); writekmlHeader(fid,kmlfile); if length(long)~=numel(long) % mesh    [NY,NX]=size(long);    %i-index    longUD=flipud(long); latUD=flipud(lat);    longI=long; latI=lat;    longI(:,2:2:end)=longUD(:,2:2:end);    latI(:,2:2:end)=latUD(:,2:2:end); clear longUD latUD    jindex=sort(unique([1 jskip:jskip:NY NY]));    longI=reshape(longI(jindex,:),1,[]); latI=reshape(latI(jindex,:),1,[]);    fprintf(fid,'%s \n','<Placemark>');    fprintf(fid,'%s \n',['<name>',kmlfile,'-I</name>']);    fprintf(fid,'%s \n','<LineString>');    fprintf(fid,'%s \n','<tessellate>1</tessellate>'); %    fprintf(fid,'%s \n','<coordinates>');    fprintf(fid,'%0.6f,%0.6f,0.0 \n', [longI;latI]);    fprintf(fid,'%s \n','</coordinates>');    fprintf(fid,'%s \n','</LineString>');    fprintf(fid,'%s \n','</Placemark>');    %j-index    longLR=fliplr(long); latLR=fliplr(lat);    longJ=long; latJ=lat;    longJ(2:2:end,:)=longLR(2:2:end,:);    latJ(2:2:end,:)=latLR(2:2:end,:); clear longLR latLR    longJ=longJ'; latJ=latJ';    iindex=sort(unique([1 iskip:iskip:NX NX]));    longJ=reshape(longJ(iindex,:),1,[]); latJ=reshape(latJ(iindex,:),1,[]);    fprintf(fid,'%s \n','<Placemark>');    fprintf(fid,'%s \n',['<name>',kmlfile,'-J</name>']);    fprintf(fid,'%s \n','<LineString>');    fprintf(fid,'%s \n','<tessellate>1</tessellate>'); %    fprintf(fid,'%s \n','<coordinates>');    fprintf(fid,'%0.6f,%0.6f,0.0 \n', [longJ;latJ]);    fprintf(fid,'%s \n','</coordinates>');    fprintf(fid,'%s \n','</LineString>');    fprintf(fid,'%s \n','</Placemark>'); else    long=reshape(long,1,[]); lat=reshape(lat,1,[]);    fprintf(fid,'%s \n','<Placemark>');    fprintf(fid,'%s \n',['<name>',kmlfile,'</name>']);    fprintf(fid,'%s \n','<LineString>');    fprintf(fid,'%s \n','<tessellate>1</tessellate>'); %    fprintf(fid,'%s \n','<coordinates>');    fprintf(fid,'%0.6f,%0.6f,0.0 \n', [long;lat]);    fprintf(fid,'%s \n','</coordinates>');    fprintf(fid,'%s \n','</LineString>');    fprintf(fid,'%s \n','</Placemark>'); end writekmlEnd(fid); fclose(fid); function writekmlHeader(fid,kmlName) fprintf(fid,'%s \n','<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>'); fprintf(fid,'%s','<kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2" xmlns:gx="http://www.google.com/kml/ext/2.2" '); fprintf(fid,'%s \n','xmlns:kml="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">'); fprintf(fid,'%s \n','<Document>'); fprintf(fid,'%s \n',['<name>',kmlName,'.kml</name>']); function writekmlEnd(fid) fprintf(fid,'%s \n','</Document>'); fprintf(fid,'%s \n','</kml>');