Generating a KML heatmap from given data set of [lat, lon, density]
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I am looking to build a static KML (Google Earth markup) file which displays a heatmap-style rendering of a few given data sets in the form of [lat, lon, density] tuples.
A very straightforward data set I have is for population density.
My requirements are:
- must be able to feed in data for a given lat, lon
- must be able to specific the given density of the data at that lat, lon
- must export to KML
The requirements are language agnostic for this project as I will be generating these files offline in order to build the KML used elsewhere.
I have looked at a few projects, most notably heatmap.py, which is a port of gheat in Python with KML export. I have hit a brick wall in the sense that the projects I have found to date all rely on building the heatmap from the density of [lat, lon] points fed into the algorithm.
If I am missing an obvious way to adapt my data set to feed in just the [lat, lon] tuples but adjusting how I feed them using the density values I have, I would love to know!
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