How to Use Google Maps to Create a KML File. Google Maps makes it possible to build a customized map, such as one that marks landmark locations near your business.

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

When you begin receiving KML files from the iPhone's app, you can simply drag them into Google Earth on your computer to view the location. Google Earth gives you two options for using the data.

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

According to Nigel Tao, the current version of Google Maps now supports GeoRSS (Simple, GML and W3C Geo) formats -- to import a GeoRSS file, simply "search" for the URL of one. Give this link a shot.

Table of Contents Google has added support for its KML (Earth) format and the open GeoRSS format to the Google Maps API.

In great news for map fans everywhere, the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has announced that it has accepted Google's XML-based annotation system, KML, as a standard.