KML to KMZ converter

What is KML

Keyhole Markup Language is an XML based format for storing geographic data and associated content and is an official Open Geospatial Consortium standard. KML is a common format for sharing geographic data with non-GIS users as it can be easily delivered on the Internet and viewed in a number of free applications, including Google Earth and ArcGIS Explorer. KML files have either a .kml or .kmz file extension.

What is KMZ

KMZ is one type of file extension that file is used by Google Earth. KMZ stands for Keyhole Markup Language Zipped it is a compressed version of KML ( Keyhole Markup Language ) file. Keyhole is a founding company of the earth viewer software that Google was builts build upon.

KMZ file can contain placemark featuring a custom name. That shows latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates for the locations. And also shows 3D model data. KMZ file can be opened by Google earth, or unzipped with a compression utility, such as WinZip on windows, mac zip for Macintosh users and zip and unzip for a UNIX system.

KML to KMZ converter

How to convert KML to KMZ in simple steps

there are simple steps are shown that converts your KML file into a compatible file format. If you want to convert your KML file into KMZ than use online tool for KML to KMZ file converter. A KML file is a specific data file that is shown on Google earth were KMZ file is a zipped version of the KML file. So if you want to change your KML to KMZ file then zip program such as WinZip Winrarnrar are required.

You can convert your file KML into KMZ in some easy steps. Like firstly you can import your KML file then next step preview of your KML to KMZ file are shows then click on save button and your file has been successfully converted in KML to KMZ. if you want to share your KML to KMZ file then you can easily share with your friends.