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The track plot data products are plots of latitude and longitude of horizontally mobile devices, usually Lagrangian ocean drifter buoy buoys (small autonomous devices that float with the surface currents). Four formats are available, PNG and PDF static plots of the track, with the GIF and KML products provide dynamic and interactive displays.
Oceans 2.0 API filter: dataProductCode=TP
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- 20180403: Initial release
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Formats
Track Plots are available in four formats: PNG and PDF track line plots, an animated GIF of those plots with a moving cursor to represent the drifter / device, and a KML file that creates a track plot with a time slider in Google Earth.
PNG / PDF
The PNG / PDF show the coastline from the Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical, High-resolution Geography Database (GSHHG), plotted using the m_map toolbox, with a line, start and end points.
Oceans 2.0 API filter: extension={png,pdf}
GIF
The animated GIF adds a red arrow cursor to the above plot showing the location and approximate heading at the time shown at the bottom of the plot. Depending on the time range plotted, up to 48 frames will be shown in the animation.
Oceans 2.0 API filter: extension=gif
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