KML help

[taine]

what is kml anyway? what is it used for? can i make kml files by myself? what tools or programming languages do i need?

btw, i am new to google earth. thanks guys!

[Gandolf]

Welcome a board. Try this FAQ page, it gives lots of info. http://www.googleearthhacks.com/forums/faq.php?

Also Google Earth at: http://earth.google.com/support

[taine]

great thanks, Gandolf!!! are you that Gandolf in LOTR? :cool:

Welcome a board. Try this FAQ page, it gives lots of info. http://www.googleearthhacks.com/forums/faq.php?

Also Google Earth at: http://earth.google.com/support

[davjohn]

I followed to that website, http://www.googleearthhacks.com/forums/faq.php?, but there is no information on how to unpack or unzip a .KMZ file. It seems to be some sort of compression file, but I can't find a software that will "unzip" it.

:brick:

Davjohn

[Chief Sparky]

The program used to open .KMZ (which is compressed, or zipped .KML) is Google Earth.

KML (Keyhole Markup Language) is very similar to XML in syntax and structure. The links provided above will give you plenty of information on KML. You can view any KML file with a text editor.

[Forkboy2]

I followed to that website, http://www.googleearthhacks.com/forums/faq.php?, but there is no information on how to unpack or unzip a .KMZ file. It seems to be some sort of compression file, but I can't find a software that will "unzip" it.

:brick:

Davjohn

Change the extension from KMZ to ZIP and unzip it.

matt