The compressed version of the KML files is known as the KMZ files. These files are also used to record the user interaction with features of the map for later use. These features are always incorporated with a specific coordinate on the map, often given by longitude and latitude. KML files provide information to the relevant software regarding the features such as place marks, images, polygons, 3D models, and textual descriptions. KML was adopted as an international standard at the Open Geospatial Consortium in 2008. was acquired by Google in 2004 and Google products such as Google Earth and Google Maps were upgraded to support KML.
A basic KML file is an XML file with specific notation for expressing geographical information such as annotations and visualizations in 2D and 3D geographical models available online. They are used to record the attribute and other information about a location within a map. Or double click on the icon on the map.KML and KMZ are two extensions of the Geospatial information files used by Geographical Information systems and related software. To zoom in on the placemark, double click on the icon in the places panel.ħ. To see the content written about one of the placemarks click on the blue writing.Ħ. Make sure that the check box is marked with a ‘ ‘to view the placemarks on the map.Ĥ. You may need to click on the arrow symbol by the folder to see all the content.ģ. The file will appear in the ‘Temporary Places’ area at the bottom of the places panel. This will open a dialogue box where you can browse for the file saved on your computer.Ģ. Go to the ‘File’ menu and click on ‘Open’. Once you have saved your placemark from a website or other source follow the steps below to open and view these resources in Google Earth Pro.ġ. These files can be saved in the same way as any other file in your ‘My Documents’, department shared area or hosted on your VLE. These are saved in files called kml or kmz files. Placemark is the name given to the points created in Google Earth Pro.
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