Google Maps and Google Earth can input and create a KML file, and other common geographical programs and programming languages can do so too.

Google Earth users can now search publicly available Keyhole Markup Language (KML) data files, also known as map layers.

Google Earth Pro, it turns out, has built-in support for importing shape files. Simply go to File->Import then select “Esri Shape (*.shp)” from the file types list.

KML is what allowed me to start projects such as Google Earth Hacks, where users have uploaded nearly 30,000 KML files.

A quick trick for viewing a KML map file directly in Google Maps without downloading it or opening Google Earth.

The Google Earth custom maps features that allows you to view KML files, is extremely powerful and has now been added to mobile devices in Google Earth 6.2 for Android and iOS smartphones and tablets.

On your second computer, just double-click the KML file in your cloud folder. It will open Earth with all of your placemarks. This isn’t a perfect solution.

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