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Google Earth and KMZ files

KMZ is a file extension for a placemark file used by Google Earth. KMZ stands for Keyhole Markup language Zipped. It is a compressed version of a KML (Keyhole Markup Language) file. Keyhole was the founding company of the Earth Viewer software that Google Earth was built upon. KMZ files can contain placemarks featuring a custom name; the latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates for the location, and 3D model data. KMZ files can be opened by Google Earth.

If you have a KML file from previous versions of Google Earth, you can view the saved places in Google Earth on web.

• First, to view KML files, click Menu Settings Enable KML file import.
• Your saved places will only appear on the device on which you saved them.

1. Using Google Chrome on your computer, open Google Earth.
2. On the left, click My Places .
3. Click Import KML file.
4. Choose the location of the file you want to upload.
5. Select and open the KML file. A preview of the list will open in Google Earth.
6. To keep these places in your list, click Save.

The locations will be saved to My Places.

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