function [table_str]=meta_to_table(url,lon,lat, mvals);
% META_TO_TABLE  Convert meta data to Nx2 cell array format used by "ge_point".
% this program creates the tables that are displayed by GoogleEarth when a
% placemark is clicked.  Mvals can be populated using get_whfc_meta.
table_str{1,1}='URL';
table_str{1,2}=[url '.html'];
table_str{2,1}='Latitude';
table_str{2,2}=sprintf('%12.6f',lat);
table_str{3,1}='Longitude';
table_str{3,2}=sprintf('%12.6f',lon);
table_str{4,1}='Start time';
table_str{4,2}=datestr(mvals.jd_start,'yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:SS Z');
table_str{5,1}='Stop time';
table_str{5,2}=datestr(mvals.jd_stop,'yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:SS Z');;
table_str{6,1}='water depth (m)';
if isnumeric(mvals.wdep)
  table_str{6,2}=num2str(mvals.wdep);
else
  table_str{6,2}=num2str(mvals.wdep);
end
table_str{7,1}='measurement depth(s) (m)';
 depstr=[];
 %most adcp data has depth ordered deepest to shallowest
 % looks nicer as shallowest to deepest so flip
 dep=mvals.meas_dep;
  if length(mvals.meas_dep > 1)
    if mvals.meas_dep(end) < mvals.meas_dep(1)
      dep=flipud(mvals.meas_dep);
    end
  end
  for ik=1:length(dep)
   if ik==1
     depstr = num2str(dep(ik));
   else
     depstr = [depstr ', ' num2str(dep(ik))];
   end
  end
table_str{7,2}=depstr;
table_str{8,1}='Instrument Type';
if isnumeric(mvals.sensr)
  table_str{8,2}=num2str(mvals.sensr);
else
  table_str{8,2}=num2str(mvals.sensr);
end

  varstr=[];
  ncnt=9;       % establish a counter for additonal lines 
%   % when using ncnames(var(nc)) the coordinate vars are always at the front
%   %Can't count on any particular order of coordinate vars, but there will
%   %be at least 5- thinge like waves files will have more.
%   endcoord=5;  zcnt=1;
%   for ik=endcoord+1:length(mvals.varnames)
%      varstr= char(mvals.long_names{ik});
%      if ~(strcmp(varstr,'LATITUDE')) && ~isempty(varstr)  % exclude lat when it follows lon
%       table_str{ncnt,1}=['variable ' num2str(zcnt) ':'];
%       table_str{ncnt,2}=varstr;
%       ncnt=ncnt+1; varstr=[]; zcnt=zcnt+1;
%     end

% when variables gotten from mDataset, the order could be anything
% however, the long_names that are coordinates are type mVar not char
zcnt=1;
for ik=1:length(mvals.varnames)
    if ischar(mvals.long_names{ik})
      varstr= char(mvals.long_names{ik});
       table_str{ncnt,1}=['variable ' num2str(zcnt) ':'];
       table_str{ncnt,2}=varstr;
       ncnt=ncnt+1; varstr=[]; zcnt=zcnt+1;
    end
  end
% table_str