creating a trackline kml in PyHum using non-smoothed easting/northings

nonsmooth_kml.py

from scipy.io import loadmat
import simplekml
import pyproj
import numpy as np

my_meta_file = '/home/dbuscombe/pyhum_test/testclipmeta.mat'

cs2cs_args="epsg:26949"

metadat = loadmat(my_meta_file)

try:
   trans =  pyproj.Proj(init=cs2cs_args)
except:
   trans =  pyproj.Proj(cs2cs_args.lstrip(), inverse=True)       

lon, lat = trans(np.squeeze(metadat['e']), np.squeeze(metadat['n']), inverse=True)

kml = simplekml.Kml()
ls = kml.newlinestring(name='trackline')
ls.coords = zip(lon,lat)
ls.extrude = 1
ls.altitudemode = simplekml.AltitudeMode.relativetoground
ls.style.linestyle.width = 5
ls.style.linestyle.color = simplekml.Color.red
kml.save('my_new_trackline.kml')